DOI: 10.36347/sjebm.2019.v06i03.009

Pages: 235-244

In this period of globalization when the world is consistently experiencing numerous rapid changes in various fields, the environment in which organizations now operate is never again predictable and stable. This has led to strategic planning to provide an operational framework allowing organizations to cope with changes and gain a competitive edge. The purpose of this study was to establish the influence of organizational leadership on Implementation of Strategic Plans in Universities in Mount Kenya Region. The study was guided mainly by one objective: to determine the influence of organizational leadership on the implementation of strategic plans in Universities in Mount Kenya Region. A descriptive cross sectional survey research design was used in this study, that is, this research design involved the observation and description of the behavior of a subject without influencing the outcome of the respondent in any way. The study’s target population was 295 heads of departments from the 8 universities in Mount Kenya Region. Stratified sampling and later purposive sampling technique was used incorporating the slovin’s formula to get a sample size of 170 respondents. Both closed and open ended questions were used in the questionnaires to collect data. Data analysis was done using descriptive statistics, inferential statistics as well as content analysis and presented through percentages, standard deviations, means and frequencies. The study carried out a correlational analysis in order to ascertain the relationship and strength of associations between organizational leadership and implementation of strategic plans. The findings indicated that organizational leadership had a moderate and significant relationship with implementation of strategic plans.