Citation:

Bahati Nkone, Dr. Chacha Matoka (PhD), Dr. Charles Ngirwa (PhD). "Effect of Employee Morale on Successful Implementation of Strategic Plan in Public Sector: A Case of Selected Institutions under the Ministry of Health" International Research Journal of Economics and Management Studies, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 58-67, 2025.

Abstract:

The study, through the aid of BSC, aimed to determine the effect of employee morale on the implementation of strategic plans in the public sector with the objective to examine its effect on the successful implementation of strategic plans at selected public sector institutions in Tanzania. The study was positivist research with a quantitative approach under descriptive and explanatory research designs through a survey research strategy. The study population was 541 permanent staff at the Medical Stores Department, National Health Insurance Fund, Tanzania Medicine and Medical Devices Authority, National Institute for Medical Research and National Public Health Laboratory, where a sample of 230 staff was selected through systematic random sampling. Data was collected through questionnaires with a response rate of 96.9 percent and analyzed through regression analysis. The study has found that the independent variable affects significantly the dependent variable (F=152, pvalue=0.0 << 0.05), and the coefficient is positive and statistically significant from zero. Consequently, employee morale has a positive and significant effect on the successful implementation of strategic plans in the public sector. This finding indicates that employees significantly affect the successful implementation of strategic plans in the public sector. The study recommends PSIs to continue to improve their budgetary allocation on activities geared towards improving employee morale, which includes effective communication, employee training, employee awareness of organizational goals and objectives as well as performance feedback, which have been considered to be critical in maximizing employee morale, consequently translating into successful implementation of SPs.

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Keywords:

Strategy Formulation, Strategy Implementation, Strategic Plan, Employee Morale, Successful Implementation of Strategic Plan.