STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT PROCESSES AND PERFORMANCE OF PUBLIC TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING INSTITUTIONS AT KIAMBU COUNTY, KENYA.
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2025-07
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THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN AFRICA
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The main goal of this study was to investigate how strategic management processes influence Technical and Vocational Education and Training Institutes performance in Kiambu County of Kenya. This study was conducted in Technical and Vocational Education and Training Institutes in Kiambu County, Kenya, and aimed at establishing the impact of setting goals, analysis of the strategy, strategy development, implementation, evaluation, and control. This paper was based on goal setting theory, resource-based perspective theories, which incorporated Mintzberg strategy typology and McKinsey 7S Model through systems theory. The methodology used in the study was a descriptive survey. The targeted study participants were six hundred seventy-five trainers and all the eight TVETs based in the Kiambu county. A census-style sampling technique was employed to make sure that no technical/vocational school in Kiambu County was left out.
Yamane gave a methodology on the number of trainers that were used in the sample: 251. The researchers were able to collect primary data by using standardized questionnaires among trainers. The reliability and validity measures of the set questionnaires were verified on the basis of a pilot assessment system. Quantitative assessment of the study data collected through questionnaires was done using Statistical Package for the Social sciences window version 29. The program produced results of both descriptive and inferential statistics. The summation of the descriptive statistics which was made up of percentages, means, and standard deviations were represented in tables and pie charts. In order to
demonstrate that the variables in questions were dependent on each other, the researchers conducted an inferential analytic approach grounded on correlation by a multiple linear regression model. The researchers concluded that TVET institutions in the county of Kiambu, Kenya, were more successful in cases where goals had been set, strategic analyses had been done, strategies formulated, plans put into practice and subsequently the strategies evaluated and managed. The study established that the indicators of all the discussed strategic management processes had significant implications in the TVET institutions in Kiambu County. According to the outcomes of the research, TVET institutions in Kiambu
County should ensure that their strategies are widely interpreted and implemented, stakeholders are more involved and communicated in the process of goal creation, and more frequent data-driven planning and strategic analysis is applied. In order to improve the plan implementation and monitoring performance, the proposed solution is to improve the leadership and clarify responsibilities and establish efficient monitoring and evaluation systems. Practically, institutions should adopt an integrated strategic management approach, while theoretically, the findings support the continued relevance and refinement of the Strategic Management Process Theory in educational settings.
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Strategic management processes, organizational performance, technical and vocational education and training (TVET) institutions, strategic planning, institutional effectiveness.