v. Conclusions
The findings from the study established that there are many secondary school related factors which affect the
success of strategic plans implementation. From the summary of research findings on the factors constraining the
success of school strategies, it can be concluded that inadequate human resources to implement the strategy was a
major constraint since without the people to work towards an organisation’s vision and mission, it is not possible
by all means to succeed in strategy implementation even if the budgetary allocation is sufficient. It is also safe to
conclude that for schools’ strategies to succeed, the vision should be very clear to the implementers. Without this
aspect, it will be almost impossible to take the institution towards the attainment of its goals and objectives. The
implementers should however own the whole process and not take it as if they are just working for the
government. A Lack of ownership by the management can also constraint the whole process since they are the
key decision makers and leaders of their institutions.
At the same time, for the schools’ strategies to succeed, the vision must be clearly communicated to all the
stakeholders. Budgetary allocation should also be sufficient to cover the costs of implementation. Furthermore, to
curb the challenges posed by technology, the technological knowhow of all the stakeholders should be
emphasized in order to minimize the chances of resistance from employees and any interested party in the
schools’ development.
vi. Recommendations
The study makes specific recommendations guided by the objectives of the study and which are workable and
tentative in nature if implemented by the stakeholders as identified in the study. The following recommendations
are therefore crucial. First, before trying to implement any strategy, the schools’ management and educational
stakeholders should carry out a Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) analysis and identify
strategic issues affecting the schools. This will make them understand where they are, challenges facing them,
opportunities available to them and hence minimize on their weaknesses and capitalize on their strengths thus
contributing to strategy implementation success. Secondly, schools should put a lot of emphasis on the training
and development of its human resources. This will enhance the adoption of any planned change in the institution.
Thirdly, the ministry of education in Kenya should increase its allocation to schools to curb the problem of
budgetary constraints impeding strategy implementation in the schools.
Implementation procedures was a bit confusing to the respondents and most of them 27% were uncertain on
whether it was a real barrier to strategy implementation or not, 39% agreed that it was indeed a barrier, 14%
strongly agreed, 11% disagreed with only 9% strongly disagreeing. The success of the school’s strategy was also
affected by the fact that there are many competing activities on the side of the staff and the implementers such that
at the end of the day, implementation of the strategic plan is shelved. A total of 37% agreed to this aspect, 19%
strongly agreed, 17% were uncertain on this issue, 13% disagreed and 14% disagreed. The procedures adopted in
implementing the strategy were complex and hence became a barrier to the success of the school’s strategic plan
implementation.