Open Journal of Social Sciences, 2018, 6, 1-11 http://www.scirp.org/journal/jss ISSN Online: 2327-5960 ISSN Print: 2327-5952 Effects of the Strategic Values on the Performance of Technical Training Institutions in Meru County, Kenya George Mungiria Muthaa Department of Education, Chuka University, Chuka, Kenya Abstract Organizational performance is important in justifying its existence and re- sources allocation. To enhance performance, strategic values are useful man- agement tools to achieving competitive advantage. For Technical Training Institutions to achieve their core mandate in human resource training, the Government has emphasized on their development and implementation of strategic plans. Technical Training institutions have been operating with strategic plans for at least the last ten years; however no systematic study has been carried out to investigate the influence of their strategic values on the performance of the institutions. The current study sought to investigate the effects of the strategic values on performance in respect to enrolment, re- sources, quality and efficiency. The study used the cross sectional descriptive survey research design. The study was conducted with the top, middle and lower level management in the three Technical training institutions of Meru County. Questionnaires were used for data collection. Instruments were tested for reliability by use of the Cronbach’s alpha and a correlation coeffi- cient of 0.75 was obtained. Data was analyzed by use of both descriptive and inferential statistics and presented by use of tables and figures. The study es- tablished that the strategic values had significant influence on the perfor- mance of technical training institutional. The introduction of the government policy has a moderating variable improved the model on strategic value. The researcher recommends the alignment of the institutional philosophy to the institutional strategic values which could improve the performance of Tech- nical Training Institutions. Keywords Effect, Strategic Values and Performance How to cite this paper: Muthaa, G.M. (2018) Effects of the Strategic Values on the Performance of Technical Training Institu- tions in Meru County, Kenya. Open Jour- nal of Social Sciences, 6, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.4236/jss.2018.69001 Received: July 10, 2018 Accepted: August 27, 2018 Published: August 30, 2018 Copyright © 2018 by author and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY 4.0). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open Access DOI: 10.4236/jss.2018.69001 Aug. 30, 2018 1 Open Journal of Social Sciences