Impact of strategic management on the performance of public institutions: empirical evidence from development agencies

IMPACT

This article provides practical advice about how development agencies can use strategic management (SM) to improve their performance. Successful implementation of SM enables managers to predict the future, reduce uncertainty, use resources more efficiently and achieve strategic goals. According to the study results, public institutions should focus on decentralizing to create the appropriate organizational structure to implement strategic plans. As well, better performance indicators are needed.

ABSTRACT

Strategic management (SM) principles are being applied in the public sector, but there have been some implementation problems. This article investigates the applicability and effectiveness of SM practices for the public sector using quantitative methods and techniques. This case study involved 26 development agencies operating throughout Turkey.

KEYWORDS:

• Corporate performance (CP)
• development agency
• new public management
• public sector
• strategic planning
• strategic management (SM) practices
• Turkey

Acknowledgements

Raw data were generated from development agencies. Derived data supporting the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author (E.G.) on request. This article was prepared from the doctoral thesis named ‘the effect of SM process on corporate performance: a research on development agencies’.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.