Strategic Thinking and the Performance of Land Administration Function in Kenya
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Date
2021
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Journal of Arts and Social Sciences
Abstract
The systematic failure in land administration processes and procedures have often reflected in weak and ineffective land delivery mechanisms in Kenya. In some instances, the processes are undemocratic, bureaucratic, and uneconomical. Improving land administration system through strategic thinking enhances performance and service delivery. This study sought to investigate the influence of strategic thinking on the performance of land administration function in Kenya. Strategic thinking was measured in terms of, thinking in time, intelligent opportunism, and hypothesis-driven parameters. The study used quantitative research methods. The target population was 2880 staffs who work on land administration in various departments in the Ministry of Lands and the National Land Commission and sampled customers who access land administration services in 5 selected Counties. By use of a stratified random sampling method, a sample size of 351 was arrived at and selected. In addition, the research employed document analysis at the respective headquarters of the National Land Commission and the Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning. Inferential and descriptive statistics were deployed to analyse quantitative data with the assistance of SPSS version 22. Included in the descriptive statistics were frequency distribution, mean (the measure of dispersion), standard deviation and percentages. Besides, inferential statistics included regression analysis and Pearson correlation. The study revealed that strategic thinking has positive significant effect on performance of the land administration function in Kenya (β=0.577, p-value=0.000). The study recommends that the management of the National Land Commission and the Ministry of Land and Physical Planning should consider continuous analysis of opportunities and threats to identify potential ways of improving service delivery. In addition, the management of the National Land Commission and the Ministry should make decisions on time, based on the present and the future needs of the organization.
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Strategic Thinking, Performance, Land Administration, Hypothesis-driven, Intent focused
Citation
Opondo, M., Opio, P., & Ongeti, W. J. (2021). Strategic Thinking and the Performance of Land Administration Function in Kenya. Journal of Arts and Social Sciences