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The ability of an organization to implement strategy successfully is important. While it is
the desire of every organisation to keep abreast with changing times and demands in the
environment, it is accepted that having strategic plans on paper and donor conferences is
very different from the on-ground implementation exercise To identify the challenges of
strategy implementation, a case study of Indigenous Information Network was conducted.
The study aimed to answer two research questions: what were the challenges of strategy
implementation and how the challenges could be overcome and it involved in-depth
interviews with members of staff involved with the implementation of strategy.
Interviews was done with the help of an interview guide and the data obtained from the
study was analysed through a content analysis which was most suited for this kind of
study and qualitative nature of data collected. The results from the study revealed that
implementation variables could be challenges that undermine the implementation
process. These variables were leadership factors, organisational structure, resources
allocation and information systems. It was discovered that these variables can pose
challenges to an organization strategy implementation or enhance success of the strategy
implementation process.
The study recommends that to overcome the challenges related to leadership, structure
resources and information systems there is need for structural adjustments, strengthening
of staff skills, leadership that motivates employees to commit to strategy implementation
and enhancement of information systems at all levels.
Limitations identified in the study are that the challenging factors found were examined
separately based on their relationship to implementation. The study was also done in the
It is important that this research is repeated with several organizations to form themes and
patterns which can be analysed and generalised and to study how other lower
management staff influence strategy implementation. The factors that pose challenge to
strategy implementation and their relationship to each other within the implementation
process, is an area that needs further research.
