The moderating effects of government regulation and organizational size: Strategic plan implementation within the U.S. seafood industry.

摘要

Research suggests that organizational performance is dependent upon several variables; one of which is strategic planning and management of the proposed plan. Yet strategic planning and implementation can be positively or negatively impacted by internal and external moderating variables. The impact may be due to the impact of one of the variables, or a combination of variables, any of which may be internal or external moderators. Prior research focused on the planning, development and implementation of strategic plans with a few having recognized the moderating variables individually. Until this research, none have addressed the impact of multiple independent and combined moderating variables impacting the strategic plan implementation and the effect on organizational performance within the United States seafood industry. To address this research gap, a validated survey instrument and Predictive Analysis Software was used to collect and measure the interaction of these variables. The moderating effect of rate of change in government regulation independently had a statistically significant impact on the relationship between strategic plan implementation and its impact on organizational performance. The moderating effect of organizational size did not appear to impact the independent to dependent variable interaction. Combined, the two moderating variables displayed a measurable impact on the relationship of strategic plan implementation and its impact on organizational performance.