Influence of Strategic Management Practices on Performance of Turkana County, Kenya

Abstract: The purpose of the study was to examine the effect of strategic management practices on Performance Turkana County. The study was guided by the following specific objective as to identify the influence of strategic evaluation on Performance Turkana County. The study used the following theories as resource based view, goal setting theory, system theory and results based theory. The study adopted a descriptive research design. The target Population was all county directors from all the 13 departments in Turkana County. Data collection instruments used were structured questionnaire. Both primary and secondary data were used to collect data. The researcher self-dropped and picked the duly filled questionnaires. Piloting was done in the County Government of West Pokot to test the validity and reliability of data collection instrument. Data was organised, coded, edited to bring a meaning. Data was analysed and presented using the statistical package for social science SPSS version 24. Both descriptive and inferential statistics was done. Multiple regression was done to test the significant levels of one variable over the other. Analysis of variance was also done. From the findings strategic evaluation (β = 0.514) was found to be positively related performance of Turkana County, Kenya. From t-test analysis, the t -value was found to be 2.904 and the ρ -value 0.000. Statistically, this null hypothesis was rejected because ρ