Bengi, Samuel Gitonga
(2017)
Evaluation of the Contribution of Knowledge Transfer in Determining Strategic Thinking Competence Among County Education Managers in Kenya.
["eprint_fieldopt_thesis_type_phd" not defined] thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.
Abstract
The research sought to evaluate the contribution of knowledge transfer on the strategic thinking capabilities of the managers of the county education level of the Ministry of Education (MOE). The study had the following research objectives: to determine the individual manager’s access to organisation’s knowledge resources as an enabler to the strategic thinking competence, to determine the effect of the knowledge transfer culture on the strategic thinking competence, to establish the effect of knowledge transfer structures on strategic thinking competence and finally, to establish contribution of knowledge transferred via implementation of ISO 9001-2008 standards in facilitating strategic thinking competence of the county education managers. The study sampled 15 counties and a total of 104 education managers in different departments. The questionnaire was the main instrument for data collection. The study used descriptive statistics to find the effect of the various variables on strategic thinking competence. Regression analysis to confirm the nature and the strength of the relationship between the dependent variable and independent was carried out. The study found that the strategic thinking competence of the managers was affected by the knowledge transfer variables of; access to knowledge resources, knowledge transfer culture, knowledge transfer structures and knowledge transferred via implementation of the ISO 9001-2008 standards. The study recommends that MOE should set appropriate knowledge reservoirs and knowledge transfer structures to ensure that the managers of the devolved levels have the appropriate knowledge resources at their disposal.
Key words: strategic thinking competence, knowledge, knowledge transfer, and public sector
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