The Dingwall club have already brought in Jordan Slew as well as Evangelos Ikonomou and Michael Tidser since the January transfer window opened.
“We recognised that we haven’t been good enough and we need to do something about it,” said MacGregor.
“We need to strengthen and we need to stay in this league.”
Following Saturday’s 1-0 victory against St Johnstone , County occupy third-bottom place in the Scottish Premiership.
And, although they hold a 19-point advantage over bottom side Hearts, the Highlanders are eager to move up to the table to avoid finishing 11th and entering a promotion-relegation play-off at the end of the season.
Graham Carey’s sharp reactions after a Saints defensive error with only two minutes remaining gave County an unexpected victory in Dingwall, and manager Derek Adams felt it was a deserved outcome for a day of hard work from his players.
“I think over the 90 minutes, especially in the second half, we put a lot of crosses in to the box and we had chances,” said Adams.
“We tried to put Frazer Wright under pressure, we probably didn’t do that enough in the first half, but in the second half we were better at that.
“Melvin De Leeuw was composed, he took his time and it was a great cutback for Graham Carey to score.
“We were at home, and we wanted to go and win the game – but so did St Johnstone – it’s a good start for us, six points in two games.”
Speakign ahead of the meeting with Saints, MacGregor told BBC Scotland he hoped 2014 would bring about a change in fortune for the Highland club after a troublesome first half of the season during which County lost 13 league matches.
“It’s been a difficult first four or five month for us,” admitted MacGregor.
“Most clubs have a difficult time. We’ve been very fortunate for a number of years that we’ve only seen good times.
“You learn more about the club and the people about the club in difficult times and we haven’t been good enough.
“We know we need to change and we’re in the process of doing that. We’ve three new players in the squad today and there’s more to come.
“There was money in the budget that the manager didn’t use in the summer and we’ve let three players go.
“If he gets the right players in, there might be another one or two that might go out.
“I think, probably, there’s another two or three to come, but that’s a football matter, that’s not a chairman’s prerogative.”
County clinched a top-six finish in their debut top-flight campaign last term, with their form in the second half of the season proving crucial to their eventual placing of fifth.
“We strived for 19 years to get here and we’re not going to give it up easy,” MacGregor told BBC Scotland.
“Everybody said it was going to be difficult. It’s the second season and we’re not unknown and we had a lot of spirit coming up from winning the First Division.
“We just got a reaction and it wasn’t the right reaction.
“It’s like anything in life, when you make mistakes you’ve got to challenge mistakes and do something about it and that’s exactly what we’re doing now.”
MacGregor insisted that the County youth system was working but needed top-flight football to progress further.
“We want to encourage the best players in this part of the world to come and join us, so it’s really imperative that we stay in the Premiership,” he added.
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