ABSTRACT Financial management models have impact on wealth maximization. Wealth is maximized when a positive net present value is earned on investments. The use of debt and equity forms the capital structure of a company. Recent empirical studies have focused on how debt or equity affects financial performance. There has not been adequate analysis of the combined effect of debt and equity in the same model on investment performance. Moreover, these studies have not provided conclusive result...
ABSTRACT Employee is a key element of the organization. The success or failure of the organization depends on employee‟s performance. Therefore, organizations are investing huge amount of money on employees‟ training. Despite the fact that training and development is well planned and systematic in the ministry of labour and social protection it still have issues of employees still not performing up to standard operating procedure in the work environment and labour turn over. Therefore, th...
ABSTRACT Continuous environmental degradation has resulted into increased environmental awareness that has led more companies to adopt green marketing strategies. Oserian Development Company limited is faced with many changes and an increasingly turbulent business environment which necessitates the adjustment of its strategic responses and come up with green marketing strategies for dealing with the ever deteriorating environment. The main aim of this research was to determine the effect of g...
Abstract Teacher turnover is high in schools. Teachers in Kenya have always portrayed lack of devotion at their places of work hence the high turnover rate. Therefore, identifying the factors and understanding who leaves, when, and under what conditions is important for policy formulations that target teacher retention. In addition it may possibly lead to solutions to reduce this problem. The general objective of this study was to analyse the factors influencing teacher turnover in public sec...
ABSTRACT Most reform programmes in the public sector that have been taking place in many developing countries over the last three decades are some of the structural adjustment programmes introduced by the world bank dating back to 1980s.These structural adjustment programmes (SAPs) never considered factors like capacity building, continuous innovation, customer centricity, interconnected government and how their mix as a strategy in public management would bring about the long awaited new daw...
ABSTRACT The Food Processing firms contribute enormously to economic development in Kenya However; a critical analysis indicates that food processing firms are experiencing declining performance. Therefore, this study sought to investigate the effect of strategic assets on performance of food processing firms in Nairobi City County, Kenya. Specifically the study sought to determine the effect of Information Technology Capability, Marketing capability, Research, Development Capability, and Op...
ABSTRACT Total quality management (TQM) has been proposed to improve business performance and received considerable attention in recent researches .Despite the recent research efforts on effects on total quality management, little work has been done on effects of total quality management implementation in performance of microfinance institutions in Kenya, particularly K-rep Development Agency(KDA). This study sought to establish effects of total quality management implementation in performanc...
ABSTRACT The factors affecting Kenyatta International Conference Centre is the implementation of the Kenya Vision 2030 Strategy. This was as a result of organizational leadership commitment, information technology, employees training and organizational cultural values. It is from this onset that study aimed to examine whether the above name factors affect implementation of Kenya Vision 2030 Strategy at Kenyatta International Conference Centre. The research design was descriptive in nature wit...
ABSTRACT Taxation has played a crucial role in administering national income and more so in developed countries. Although, both developed and developing countries have intensified measures to enhance tax compliance and minimize reliance on foreign donations and internal and external borrowing, the results of these measures cannot yield the desired results due to high levels of tax avoidance. The main objective of this study was to establish the influence of channels of communication on tax ...
ABSTRACT Organizations are becoming project-oriented thus must continuously change their human resource management (HRM) practices in order to adapt and respond to changing and temporary work schedules. The objectives of this study were to; Determine the influence of management on project performance of organizations within Westlands; Assess impacts of staff welfare issues on project performance of organizations within Westlands; Determine the relationship between technical expertise and pro...
ABSTRACT Manufacturing in Kenya has been on the decline for a considerable period of time with its contribution to Gross Domestic Product stagnating at 10 % from 1960’s. According to the Government of Kenya, the manufacturing sector has high, yet untapped potential to contribute to employment and Gross Domestic Product growth. Generally, the manufacturing sectors’ average growth percentage has continued to stagnate at three to four percent over the years. The performance of manufacturing...
Abstract Cosmetic industry is a lucrative business that progressively attracts more attention from marketing research. The highly competitive environment in the cosmetic industry makes it a valuable area to study brand loyalty in cosmetic products. Brand loyalty is one of the important aspects which is significant for the management to sustain competitive advantages in the market. In this research, the relationship between brand loyalty and determinants of brand loyalty was unveiled, with spe...
ABSTRACT Donor assisted water supply and sanitation development projects have been of immense help to the communities living in Wajir County. While these water projects are a top priority for residents, majority are unsustainable, ineffective, inefficient, either broken, damaged, or abandoned due to failures in operation and maintenance, inappropriate technology, or insufficient community interest. As a result, the communities continue to depend on unimproved drinking water sources and unsaf...
ABSTRACT One of the environmental influences to a business arises from competition. Banks have to respond strategically to environmental factors in order to be sustainable. Increased competition threatens the attractiveness of an industry and reduces the profitability of the players (Hamel and Prahalad, 1993). To succeed in the long term, organizations must compete effectively and out-perform their rivals in a dynamic environment. To accomplish this they must find suitable ways for creating ...
ABSTRACT Macroeconomic uncertainty, volatility and risk on manufacturing firms have adversely affected the profitability in developing countries and Kenya as well has not been spared. Various financial factors are said to influence profitability of manufacturing firms; fluctuation of exchange rate, interest rates and inflation affect the cost of production and the cost of raw material hence leading to low profits. This study sought to determine the financial factors that affect the profitab...