ABSTRACT The construction and allied sector remains key to Kenya’s vision of becoming an industrialised nation by year 2030 as per Kenya Vision 2030. The industry has however faced challenges in terms of erratic profits, reduced access to credit and competition from imports that have affected its growth. The study sought to assess the effect of working capital management (cash management, inventory management, debtors management and creditors management) on profitability of listed cons...
ABSTRACT Today competitiveness has permeated from local to global businesses of all sorts. Moreover, in recent years, almost all of the organizations, if not all are involved with some form of competition, if not for customers, then for gaining advantage on the utilization of scarce resources, strategic management has become the key critical factor to succeed in this endeavor. Higher education managers need to implement, sustainable strategies that can develop, enhance and sustain, competiti...
ABSTRACT In Kenya, the challenges of sales performance are prevalent amongst the supermarkets. A declining sales performance was noted for Uchumi supermarket in its 2016 financial year leading to its poor financial performance. Nakumatt supermarket has also had poor sales performance in the recent years leading to its struggling financial position. Merchandizing is one of the aspects that can be utilized for the purposes of improving on sales performance. The study’s purpose is to determine...
ABSTRACT Strategic planning practice has assumed an increasing importance in the Church, especially at a stage in its evolution when Churches are facing heightened scrutiny of its effectiveness in attaining the two-pronged goal of outreach and sustainability. There are a lot of challenges and barriers facing the church today. This study sought to analyse the management practices and implementation of strategic plan in Anglican Church of Kenya Head Office in Nairobi County, Kenya. The followi...
ABSTRACT Garissa County is among the county governments in Kenya experiencing dismal performance in revenue collection as depicted by the small percentage of their own source revenue and failure to achieve its revenue targets. This had affected the county’s operations in terms of meeting its financial obligations to service providers and contractors as well as service delivery. This therefore called for a study to assess the issues affecting the performance in revenue collection of these co...
ABSTRACT The financial sector is aggressively adopting use of Mobile banking technology to offer services. Among the services being offered through this mode is issuance of mobile based loans. The use of mobile phone technology to offer different financial services by commercial banks in Kenya has impacted on the way these services are offered, as opposed to the traditional brick and Mortar based banking, thus enhancing financial inclusion and affecting financial their performance. Mobile pho...
ABSTRACT Environmental degradation brings about challenges to human health, animals and plants through pollution of air, water and soil. To mitigate this pollution standard guidelines on management of the environment has been developed. Firms/organizations/institutions that are not ISO 14001 compliant are expected to employ this standard in their operations to stop or reduce polluting the environment. The general objective of this study was to investigate the environmental management systems...
ABSTRACT SMEs help to achieve sustainable growth as a centralized theme. However, SMEs in Garissa county face several and critical demanding situations to their growth. The general objective of study was to investigate the effect of strategic implementation practices on the growth of SMEs in Garissa County, Kenya. The specific objectives of the study were to establish the effect of resource allocation, communication, leadership styles and organizational culture on the growth of SMEs in Garis...
Abstract Sugar firms have been constantly under threat of collapsing possibly after their dismal performance, leading to perception of poor corporate image. For instance, Sugar Companies in western region have been continuously receiving a negative corporate image attributed to their dismal performance. The dismal performance threatened the firms with their collapse. There have been reported incidences by various stakeholders touching on performance of the companies. This study was about corp...
STRACT Commercial banks in Kenya are working on achieving maximum quality possible both on the services and products offered. As a result all the banks have opted for the adoption of total quality management. Despite the widespread use of total quality management still most of the banks have not achieved the expected performance. Therefore, this study aimed at investigating the influence of total quality management practices on performance of commercial banks in Kilifi Town, Kenya. The s...
Abstract The telecommunication companies have witnessed tremendous growth in thepastseventeen years. This unprecedented growth of the industry was occasioned by the enactment of the Kenya communications act in 1998, which led to the establishment of the then Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK). Its function was to license and regulate telecommunications, radio communication and postal servicesin Kenya. Together with the clamor by the government to loosen its grip on ownership of state co...
ABSTRACT The key objectives of this research project was to determine the effects of performance and sustainability factors of the Community Water supply projects e.g., government funding, staff management, modern technology, Social cultural factors and other factors that are affecting the sustainability of the Water Supply Projects; It’s important to note that with the distribution of large amounts of C.D.F funds by the Kenyan government to the rural constituencies has had a positive ...
ABSTRACT Construction projects in Kenya are facing challenges in performance where there has been loss of funds due to increased construction cost, delayed project completion, compromised health and safety of employees and therefore expected economic growth has not been realized as envisaged. Although there is empirical evidence that construction is not performing to standards, there is absence of consensus in research on management of various contracting risks on performance of construction ...
ABSTRACT There have been numerous financial scandals and audit reporting failures in both public and private organizations some of which are listed in the NSE which has led Companies in various sector of the economy to experience financial distress; that is circumstances in which a company cannot meet its current obligations using operating cash flows and it is therefore faced with the need to employ corrective measures. Such distresses have been occasioned by professional misconduct while ha...
ABSTRACT The failure to achieve development in Kenya and in most African countries is caused by escalating poverty, unemployment and inequality. In Kenya the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) was established for undertaking projects that are aimed at tackling these challenges. The hope was that it would enhance peoples’ participation and power in decision-making processes; promote good governance, transparency and accountability. However, despite many CDF projects having been initiated so...