Organizations engage in the strategic planning process to define its long term direction, to search for a fit with the business environment and to achieve sustainable competitive advantage. Strategic planning in public sector is often goaded by the need to define policy and program direction, to institute good business culture, respond to the demands of citizens to reduce government spending, and as a symbol of good Corporate governance. Strategies fail in the implementation phase despite the exorbitant costs of planning; this can be attributed to contextual, content, structural and operational factors within this environment. Strategic planning and implementation present a major challenge
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