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The aim of this study which was conducted on the Construction Sector in Gaza Strip was to explore the reality of the strategic planning in the construction companies in light of the clarity of it’s scientific concept, it’s significance, the degree of implementation and use, also the participation involvement in setting strategic plans and ability to adapt with their internal and external changing environment to be considered. This study relied mainly on both the analytical descriptive and the field study methods, where a special questionnaire was designed and distributed on a sample of "200" construction company, therefore, a full comprehensive survey was adopted. A "150" questionnaire out of "200' were retrieved – excluding the "28" questionnaire of the pilot study- and were processed and analyzed by using the SPSS software application "for the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences", including frequencies, Percentile Values, Means, Person correlation and One- Way ANOV. The outcomes of the study showed that "64.5%" of the construction companies' managers do not realize the whole scientific concept of strategic planning, but do have a positive opinion towards the advantages of it. In addition, the various use of the available resources also indicate the same. The hypothesis tests results showed that there is no significant indication between: the concept, importance, uses of strategic planning and a control of the management over the available resources, due to some personal and organizational variables, at α 0.05, Except for some elements. Also, there is no significant indication between: the concept of strategic planning and its use, and a significant indication between the use of strategic planning and realization of its importance, and between the companies ability to adapt with their internal and external changing environment, and between achievement of the dialog between the difference administrative levels, and between control of the management on the available resources. All these relation were found significant relationship toward strategic planning. Finally, the study recommended the necessity of starting up with the use of strategic planning as an administrative tool to help these companies to adapt with their internal and external environments, also to provide more training courses for top management on strategic management and planning, and to emphasize on the sharing principle when setting strategic plans, where different administrative levels are involved.

The aim of this study which was conducted on the Construction Sector in Gaza Strip was to explore the reality of the strategic planning in the construction companies in light of the clarity of it’s scientific concept, it’s significance, the degree of implementation and use, also the participation involvement in setting strategic plans and ability to adapt with their internal and external changing environment to be considered. This study relied mainly on both the analytical descriptive and the field study methods, where a special questionnaire was designed and distributed on a sample of "200" construction company, therefore, a full comprehensive survey was adopted. A "150" questionnaire out of "200' were retrieved – excluding the "28" questionnaire of the pilot study- and were processed and analyzed by using the SPSS software application "for the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences", including frequencies, Percentile Values, Means, Person correlation and One- Way ANOV. The outcomes of the study showed that "64.5%" of the construction companies' managers do not realize the whole scientific concept of strategic planning, but do have a positive opinion towards the advantages of it. In addition, the various use of the available resources also indicate the same. The hypothesis tests results showed that there is no significant indication between: the concept, importance, uses of strategic planning and a control of the management over the available resources, due to some personal and organizational variables, at α 0.05, Except for some elements. Also, there is no significant indication between: the concept of strategic planning and its use, and a significant indication between the use of strategic planning and realization of its importance, and between the companies ability to adapt with their internal and external changing environment, and between achievement of the dialog between the difference administrative levels, and between control of the management on the available resources. All these relation were found significant relationship toward strategic planning. Finally, the study recommended the necessity of starting up with the use of strategic planning as an administrative tool to help these companies to adapt with their internal and external environments, also to provide more training courses for top management on strategic management and planning, and to emphasize on the sharing principle when setting strategic plans, where different administrative levels are involved