NAJMA TAWANE ABDI2026-06-042021-09https://repository.mua.ac.ke/handle/123456789/2291The study’s main objective was to establish the effects of strategic planning on organizational performance, a case of the Kenya Ports Authority, Nairobi County. The study was guided by the following specific objectives: To establish effects of strategic planning practices on the performance of Kenya Ports Authority, Nairobi County, to determine the effects of innovative strategy on the performance of Kenya Ports Authority, Nairobi County, To find out the effects of strategic leadership on the performance of Kenya Ports Authority, Nairobi County and to determine the extent to which strategy evaluation on the performance of Kenya Ports Authority, Nairobi County. The literature review indicated that’s that lot of research has been done on strategic planning in sampled state corporations but the researcher has found none is a publicly available survey focusing on a number of state corporations rather most researchers have chosen corporations for a case study and this makes their findings prone to errors associated with low sampling. The target population of this study consisted of 126 employees of Kenya Ports Authority in Nairobi County. The researcher will use 30% of the target population to obtain a sample size of 38 respondents. Questionnaires will be administered to employees who will be selected using the convenient sampling technique. The secondary data will be gathered from reading books, journals that contain information that is related to effects of office conflict management on the performance of Kenya Ports Authority. The qualitative data from secondary sources will be analyzed using content analysis and logical analysis techniques. The techniques of analysis and interpreting data such as: Tabulation, Bar graphs, Pie charts and Percentage will be used to present the findings. The findings of the study revealed that strategic planning influenced Kenya Ports Authority organizational performance positively. These findings were supported by the frequencies of the responses from the respondents which were presented in the form of percentages and mean scores. Further the finding was supported by the coefficient of determination (R square = 0.623) which shows that 62.3% of variations in organizational performance are explained by strategic planning. The study concluded that through implementation of the strategic planning, Kenya Ports Authority in Nairobi County has increased their potential of improving organizational performance. The study recommended that the management of Kenya Ports Authority should incorporate strategic planning practices in their organization. This will help in the development of strategies to match their long-term goals in the organization.Working Paper