Strategic Leadership Practices on Organizational Performance: A Case Study of Kenya Ports Authority

Abstract

Organizations like Kenya Ports Authority were set up to achieve specific goals. For instance, one of the goals of the Kenya Ports Authority is to facilitate seaborne trade both for Kenya and other land-linked countries worldwide. This will lead to the improvement of Kenya's economy and the creation of business. Part of the reasons for this failure has been inefficiencies in operations, berthing congestion, loss of cargo, mismanagement of funds, poor utilization of resources, and political wrangles. Most of the research done on Kenya, especially Kenya Ports Author researched on the effects of strategic leadership on organizational performance and that is why this research would like to study. The research used a descriptive survey method with a target population of 2021 which was withdrawn from the seven divisions of Kenya Ports Authority namely: Legal service, Human Resource and Administration, Operation, Engineering service, Finance, Corporate Service, and Infrastructure Development divisions where data was analyzed from the Kenya Ports Authority performance report from 2014 to 2021 on the financial reports from the year 2014 to 2019. The study concluded that communication of the strategic direction affects the performance of an organization positively, Core competence is the major booster in organizational performance; Proper human capital development indeed leads to an increase in organizational performance and Organizational culture is also crucial in organizational performance. The study recommends that Kenya Ports Authority should apply strategic leadership in their organization to increase performance positively.