Collaboration Between Strategy Directorates and Audit Units in the Monitoring and Evaluation Process of Strategic Plans in Public Administration
Chapter from the book:
Aladağ,
Ö.
F.
(ed.)
2026.
Contemporary Studies in Strategic Management 2.
Synopsis
The monitoring and evaluation process of the strategic plan is vital for strategic management and strategic planning. Strategic management also includes audit mechanisms such as internal audit, external audit, and inspection in cases of corruption or irregularities. Since inspection and audit units, by their nature, operate in the field and sometimes in the provinces, they possess experiential knowledge regarding the implementation of the strategic plan in the field. This study aims to ensure that the results of the strategic plan implementation are clearly understood by management by establishing coordination between the experiential knowledge of inspection and audit units regarding the implementation of the strategic plan in the field and the monitoring and evaluation duties of the strategy development directorates. In this way, it is aimed to contribute to solving the problems in the implementation of strategic plans. The study uses a literature review method. Inspection and audit units, by their nature, operate in the field and sometimes in the provinces, therefore possess experiential knowledge regarding the implementation of the strategic plan in the field. It has been concluded that combining the field observations of inspection boards and audit units with the monitoring and evaluation tasks of strategy development directorates can have a positive impact on the successful implementation of the strategic plan; that monitoring and evaluation practices play a crucial role in the successful implementation of strategic plans by providing oversight and feedback; that coordination between strategy development directorates and inspection and audit units, which are fundamental units in Turkish public administration, can be effective in achieving the success of strategic plans; that the performance audit findings carried out by the Court of Accounts and internal audit can be utilized in the preparation of the strategic plan evaluation report.
