The Strategic Impact of Foreign Funding on the Future Development Orientations for PNGOs in Agriculture Sector in West bank رسالة ماجستير

Abstract

This study aims to identify the strategic impact of foreign funding on the future development orientations for PNGOs in agriculture sector in West bank. The study dealt with the elements of strategic planning (vision, mission, objectives, planning, evaluation, control, and implementation) and their future development orientation. The study gained its value from the importance of strategic planning, it dealt with the effect of strategic planning on Palestinian agriculture NGOs and its goals; it discussed the challenges facing the strategic planning process, in order to meet the objectives of the study. The holistic approach was used in this study, by using different source of data; the researcher adopted interviews and questionnaire as a main tool for collecting and analyzing data. The study sample reached (56) male and female employees, 56 questionnaires were retrieved for statistical analysis from the 70 which was distributed, at a rate of (80.0%). The Interview Questions was answered by the managers of the Palestinian agriculture NGOs. The data were entered and classified through the statistical packages program (SPSS), and the study reached many results; it showed that the main objective of preparing strategic plans in these organizations was to obtain foreign funding. The results also showed a very high degree of vision by organizations of the importance of strategic planning process. The most problems and challenges that hinder the planning process form the researcher point of view according to the results is the lack of foreign funding, and the constantly changing political and economic conditions. The study concluded a set of recommendations for decision-makers in non-governmental organizations, the most important of which are: The need for the organization to involve its employees in developing the vision, mission and goals of the organization effectively, and to search for new and permanent sources of funding.