The fact that both scholars and practitioners believe that changes are occurring, whether outside or inside, means organizations must adopt changes, otherwise they will not survive and grow. To adopt changes, organizations must have strategic planning. It helps in adopting changes and its needs for backbone in today?s changing world. The main aim of the study was to determine the impact of strategic planning on organizational performance in private universities and higher education institutions working in Nangarhar, Afghanistan. Data was obtained from university chancellors, vice chancellors, and provosts. Faculty Deans, Faculty Deputies, and Lecturers the Z score formula used 172 questionnaires given to the respondents. SPSS was used and the OLS method with its relevant assumptions was checked. Dimensions for strategic planning were mission and vision statements, SWOT analysis, cooperation agreements, R & D, and the existence of a data base. Whereas dimensions for organizational performance included inclination to cooperation, experience exchange, reward of good work, market share, growth, profit, and innovations and sought to know whether formal and informal education exist regarding these dimensions, researchers used adopted questions to gain the answers for each dimension, and the questions were used collectively to give the meaning of each variable. The result of the study finally revealed that strategic planning has a strong positive impact on organizational performance.

strategic planning

Nangarhar Afghanistan

private universities and Institutions

organizational performance