A Review of Factors Influencing Strategy Implementation in the Public Sector

Abstract

This article presents a review of strategy implementation in the public sector. The findings show that several researchers have highlighted the need for a more comprehensive investigation of strategy implementation in the public sector, whereby specific public sector concepts should be considered. A framework for internal and external factors of strategy implementation is developed based on the available evidence. The framework includes recommendations for the the gaps addressed beforehand: 1. To link strategy implementation based on public sector concept with internal factors such as centralised, formalised and complexity structure, transformational and transactional leadership, formal and informal communication, and appropriate organisational culture, and 2. To consider the impact of external factors such as political and governmental regulation, resources from the budgeting system and technology infrastructure on the internal factors as moderators.