Strategy Implementation Styles of Local Authorities of Copperbelt Province (Zambia)

Year 2020, Volume: 6 Issue: 11, 33 - 53, 31.05.2020

Thomas Kweku Taylor , Lweendo Buumba

https://doi.org/10.25069/spmj.724100

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Serious concerns have been raised by strategic plan formulation and implementation experts on the best strategic plan implementation style to result in effectiveness and efficiency in organisational performance. Nonetheless, empirical studies on this issue are at its infancy. In the developing economies no effort has been made by researchers to establish the best strategic plan implementation style. The literature indicated that an effort was made by researchers to establish the best strategic plan implementation style for effectiveness and efficiency in Turkish Municipal Authorities. The purpose of the study was to establish the strategy implementation styles used by local authorities on the Copperbelt Province of Zambia to realize their strategic objectives. Five out of ten local authorities were used for the study. Four strategy implementation styles from the literature were adopted and used as independent variables, i.e., rational, instrumentalism, logic-instrumentalism and no implementation style were adopted. The multiple linear regression model used to test the hypotheses revealed that, none of the hypotheses was significant (i.e., p value less than .05) The conclusion was that, though in all the local authorities strategic plan implementation has been carried out using a mixture of rational and incremental styles have been adopted. However, the two styles are not firmly adhered to because of lack of finances to oversee to the plan implementation. The possible reason could be that the organizational culture and systems affect the implementation process; leadership vision in driving the implementation is non-existent, hence poor and ineffective implementation style.

Keywords

Strategic Plan

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Copperbelt (Zambia) Bölgesi, Yerel Otoritelerinin Strateji Uygulama Biçimleri

Abstract

Stratejik plan oluşturma ve uygulama uzmanları, organizasyonların performanslarında etkinlik ve verimlilik sağlamak üzere en iyi stratejik plan uygulama biçimleri konusunda ciddi endişeler belirtmektedirler. Bununla birlikte, bu konudaki ampirik çalışmalar henüz başlangıç aşamasındadır. Gelişmekte olan ekonomilerde, araştırmacılar en iyi stratejik plan uygulama biçimi oluşturma konusunda hiçbir çaba göstermemektedirler. Literatür, araştırmacılar tarafından Türk Belediye Otoritelerindeki etkinlik ve verimliliğin sağlanması amacıyla en iyi stratejik plan uygulama biçimini oluşturma çabasında olduğunu göstermektedir.

Çalışmanın amacı, Zambiya'nın Copperbelt eyaletindeki yerel otoritelerinin stratejik hedeflerini gerçekleştirmek amacıyla kullandıkları strateji uygulama biçimlerini oluşturmaktır. Çalışma on yerel otoriterin beşini kapsamaktadır. Literatürden dört strateji uygulama biçimi (rasyonel, enstrümantalizm, rasyonel-enstrümantalizm ve hiçbir uygulama biçimi) benimsenerek bağımsız değişken olarak kullanılmıştır. Hipotezleri test etmek için kullanılan çoklu lineer regresyon modeli, hipotezlerin hiçbirinin anlamlı olmadığını (p değeri .05'den küçük) ortaya çıkarmaktadır. Sonuç olarak, tüm yerel otoritelerde rasyonel ve enstrümantalizm biçimlerinin bir karışımı kullanılarak stratejik plan uygulaması benimsendiği ifade edilmektedir. Bununla birlikte, planın uygulanmasını denetlenmesini sağlayacak finansman eksikliği nedeniyle iki biçime de sıkı sıkıya bağlı kalınmamaktadır. Bu durumun olası nedeni, uygulamanın yönlendirilmesindeki liderlik vizyonu eksikliği, dolayısıyla zayıf ve etkisiz uygulama tarzı gibi örgüt kültür ve sistemlerinin uygulama sürecini etkilemesi olabilir.

Keywords

Stratejik Plan, Uygulama Biçimleri, Yerel Otoriteler, Copperbelt (Zambia)

Project Number

Not Applicable

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