The purpose of this study was to identify the determinants of strategic success or failure in Zimbabwean Profit and
Non-Profit Organizations. The convergent parallel mixed methods research design was adopted as the guiding model
for the data collection, analysis and interpretation process in this study. This explains why data was collected through a
concurrent parallel methodological triangulation of questionnaires, semi-structured interviews, and document
analysis. Quantitative data was analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21.0 while
the analysis of qualitative data was performed using the NVivo 10 data analysis software. The study established that
there is a high rate of strategy implementation failure in Zimbabwean Profit and Non-profit Organizations. The failure
to build the distinctive competences and resource capabilities needed for successful strategy implementation was
identified as the main cause of strategic failure in these Organizations