ABSTRACT Monitoring and evaluation helps those involved with projects to assess if progress is being achieved in line with expectations. When planning for monitoring and evaluation, it is vital to consider whether appropriate funds and staff time can be allocated to it, since it is an on-going process and requires a significant commitment. Despite this many irrigation projects in Kenya continues to fail due to lack of proper monitoring and evaluation. This study investigated the influenc...
ABSTRACT Commercial banks would find the origins of the different financial threats that arise as a result of global changes, as they can threaten bank stability. Notwithstanding the undisputed the importance of financial innovation in recognizing banking performance remains underrated, the influence of innovation on risk management. Therefore, this study aimed at establishing the effect of financial innovations on levels of risks in commercial banks in Kenya. The specific objectives that gui...
ABSTRACT Organizations have realized the importance of providing quality services to customers. The public service is charged with the responsibility of providing quality services however; this might be difficult to achieve due to a number of reasons for example poor leadership, corruption, organizational structure and lack of a clear strategic plan. Studies done in relation to strategic change have focused on factors and challenges that affect strategy implementation. Little focus has been l...
ABSTRACT Formation of mergers has over the years remained one of the most common and most pursued growth strategy by business organizations. Kenya as a country has neither been left behind by the waves of mergers that have been sweeping across different industries globally. Recent history of the business landscape in Kenya is marked with mergers within and across industries. The formations of mergers have been marked with mixed results and performances. On one hand there have been accounts of...
ABSTRACT Institutions of Higher Learning (IHLs) have experienced exponential growth in the past five years due to the rise in student enrolment. This trend has caused a lot of competition amongst these institutions, both public and private, leading them to develop competitive strategies in a bid to survive. However, successful implementation of these strategies has been a challenge to the organizational performance. The objective of this study was to examine the influence of strategy imp...
ABSTRACT Each generation make their entry into the workforce with unique traits. In the current workplace, the newest entrants are the members of generation Y. The entry of this generation into the workforce has presented new challenges and opportunities to project managers. This study sought to investigate the effect of the unique traits generation Y are introducing into the workplace on project performance. In specific, this study sought to investigate the effect of technological knowledge ...
ABSTRACT The motivation behind the study was to establish how Nairobi City County’s deposit taking Savings and Credit Cooperatives financial performance relate with corporate governance practices. Nairobi City County has witnessed immense growth in activities of Savings and Credit Cooperatives in the recent past, exhibiting upward patterns in key growth parameters like deposits, assets and loans. The research project aimed at establishing how the board size, board’s gender diversity, boar...
ABSTRACT The agriculture sector is getting competitive every day. In order to be successful Quality Management (QM) practices ought to be the integral part of any organization‟s strategic management. The agriculture sector contributes to 26% of the gross domestic product and supports industries while ensuring food security in the country. ISO certification in state Corporations came as a requirement through the office of the prime minister in ensuring the improved performance and service de...
ABSTRACT The fashion industry faces a number of challenges which include lack of policy coherence and institutional alignment, low level of value addition and a disconnect between the apparel sector and the rest of the value chain segments, supply side constraints with regards to quality and price of fabrics, with focus on afro-centric cloth and garments, weak business environment, high cost of production and built-in systemic inefficiencies, lack of market readiness, high cost and difficulti...
ABSTRACT The Banking sector acts as the life blood of modern trade and economic development. Banks do influence, facilitate and integrate the economic activities like resources mobilization, poverty elimination, production, and distribution of public finance. The financial performance of commercial banks has great implications in the financial sector and the country at large, and will still remain an important subject of concern by all the stakeholders in the banking industry. In order to imp...
ABSTRACT Profitability of banking sector in Kenya has been declining since 2013. Some of the factors include high competition, capping of interest, pricing strategies among others. Pricing strategies in banking has not been considered despite underlying symptoms of declining growth in assets, loan and deposit. Therefore, there is need to investigate the pricing strategies used in commercial banks in Kenya. The study sought to establish the influence of pricing strategies on profitability of c...
ABSTRACT Shareholder value creation and profit maximizing are among the primary objectives of a firm. Shareholder value creation focuses more on long term sustainability of returns and not just profitability. Rational investors expect good long term yield of their investment. Corporate financial decisions play an imperative role in general performance of a company and shareholder value creation. There have been a number of firms facing financial crisis among them; Mumias Sugar Ltd, Uchumi Sup...
ABSTRACT Sustainability of community based and managed water sanitation and health projects in Kenya remains a challenge. In spite of efforts to improve ownership of water sanitation and health projects to the communities for which they were intended, a large number of water, sanitation and health projects fail within three years of initiation. The broad objective of this research was to investigate the factors influencing sustainability of water sanitation and health projects implemented by ...
TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND ORGANISATIONAL ABSTRACT Organisations all over the world have been trying to cope with a rapidly changing business environment in which management have to be more astute in finding ways to sustain or gain competitive advantage. Most manufacturing companies are now adopting Total Quality Management (TQM) and other new philosophies to become more effective in the way they conduct business. The relationship between TQM initiative and improved performance ...
ABSTRACT The securities market plays an integral role in any well functioning economy. In particular, it helps in raising of equity capital, provision of investment opportunities, and transfer of funds from surplus agents to deficit agents. In order to attain Vision 2030, the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) is expected to play a key role in the economic pillar of this blueprint by perpetuating the mobilization of resources for implementation of envisaged flagship programs and projects. Howe...