Table 4: Views on strategic planning
Statements Mean* SD
Strategic planning has resulted in rigidity and inflexibility of response
to the changing environment (reverse scored)
2.112 1.343
Formal strategic planning is /would be an effective way to achieve
improved financial performance
3.879 1.158
The strategy adopted is the result of a very deliberate process of
formulation
3.590 1.195
Strategic planning has encouraged excessive bureaucracy (reverse
scored)
2.115 1.217
Strategic planning processes achieve a good fit (or alignment) between
the external environment and the internal capability of the organisation
3.749 1.375
The strategy adopted has “emerged” over time without being the result
of a deliberate plan
2.623 1.459
The implementation of strategy has been effective 2.284 1.139
*The mean is an average of a scale of 1= strongly disagree to 5= strongly agree