Impact of Strategic Management on Effective Implementation of Organisational Change in Public Sector Organisations – A Literature Review

The purpose of this conceptual paper is to describe and contextualize the important, but yet under reported phenomenon, strategic management, and its role on effective implementation of organisational change in Zambia’s public sector organisations. The author used extensive review of literature that encapsulates the key issues around public sector strategic management elements such as strategic planning, resource management and evaluation and control. This paper significantly contributes to the theoretical aspects as regards public sector strategic management. The paper argues that strategic management is critical for improving organisational performance as it forms a basis for resource allocation, performance evaluation, and recruitment of suitable staff and wide range of other management tasks.