ABSTRACT This cross-sectional descriptive study assessed the relationship between motivation and performance of teachers in private secondary schools in Sheema District, Uganda. Specifically, the study examined the relationship between financial motivation and teachers’ performance in private secondary schools in Sheema District; and examined the relationship between non-financial motivation and teachers’ performance in private secondary schools in Sheema district. Data was collected usin...
ABSTRACT Performance of employees influences the current performance and future competitive advantage of the organizations they are working for. The quality and capacity of work made by employees is influenced by the workplace environment. However, un conducive workplace environment results in low employee output and reduce their job fulfillment. Therefore, if steps are taken to improve employee satisfaction, overall organizational performance is enhanced. The study sought to establish the in...
ABSTRACT Table banking is one of the key strategic interventions in providing financial resources to women globally to engage in livelihood projects thus improving their lives and eradicate abject poverty both in rural and urban slums where poverty is so rampant. Despite the importance of women empowerment in economic growth and employment creation, empirical studies have not shown clearly the effects of table banking on the livelihood of women in Uasin Gishu County thus knowledge on their in...
ABSTRACT Microfinance Institutions services have continued to play an important role in Kenyan economy. It is viewed as the provision of financial services to the poor and low income group. Microfinance Institutions in Kenya have gained wide recognition since 1990’s for the role they play in providing financial services to the low-income households, and their contribution to poverty alleviation. While achieving this poverty reduction goal, MFIs should also be financially sustainable. The is...
ABSTRACT Performance appraisal is one of the basic tools that make workers to be very effective and active at work. If the system of teacher performance appraisal is properly designed and implemented, it is believed to have favorable consequences in the professional development of teachers and ultimately the academic performance of learners. But when it is simply allowed to happen, it becomes haphazard, unsystematic, a source of conflict between appraisers and appraises, and a source of inacc...
ABSTRACT Change management is an emerging tool and is increasingly being seen as a working tool that provides solutions to various problems which may be affecting the organization today. It compasses the organizational tools that can be used to assist people to make successful personnel changeover and acceptance of change. Past studies have talked about change management in organizations by looking at various types of change majorly the strategic change and operational change within the organ...
ABSTRACT Access to water supply and proper sanitation is fundamental to the elimination of poverty and the achievement of Millennium Development Goals. In Kenya, over 3,100 children die annually for using unsafe water and poor sanitation. In the 2015/2016 financial year, access to water in Kenya stood at 54% for urban and 51% for rural areas. Previous studies have revealed the unsuccessful attempts to improve access of water and sanitation services through privatization and structural reforms...
ABSTRACT Strategic leadership has been recognized as a major driver of effective and efficient strategy implementation for a long period of time. Strategic leadership can be defined as the ability to influence a group or members of a team towards goals achievement hence successful strategy implementation will highly depend upon the leadership skills of organizing, culture building and working through others, establishing strategic controls, motivating, creating strong fits between strategy an...
ABSTRACT This study was aimed at examining the desirable revenue management practices for a sustainable oil and gas industry in Uganda which involved studying the relationship between transparency and accountability, tax administration and contract negotiation as well as citizens’ involvement in the Oil sector and sustainability of the sector. The researcher adopted a descriptive survey research design to examine perceptions of 48 respondents drawn from the Oil Governance and Management cla...
ABSTRACT During school opening days, we have witnessed long queues in the halls of our Commercial Banks arising from the last minute rush by the parents/guardians to pay school fees for their beloved children. In addition, the opening and closing hours of these commercial banks has continued to cause unknown havoc to small and medium scale enterprises who cannot access their services outside their normal but limiting operating hours. This has necessitated the proliferation of Agency Banking t...
ABSTRACT Tyre manufacturing industry is critical to Kenya and the East Africa economy as a whole in terms of job creation and its contribution of GDP growth for the East Africa region which is forecast at 5.3% in 2018, up from 4.5% in 2016. Despite this major contribution, it is observed that some firms in the sector are facing a shaky financial situation. For instance, from 2014 to 2018, Yana Trading Limited Kenya faced tight liquidity problems and stiff trade competition. Consequently, the ...
ABSTRACT Savings and Credit Co-operative Societies are quasi financial institutions that mobilize savings, provide loans as well as other products to their members. Liquidity is considered as one of the serious concern and challenge for the modern era SACCOs. A SACCO having good asset quality, strong earnings and sufficient capital may fail if it is not maintaining adequate liquidity. The general objective of the study was to assess the financial factors that influence liquidity of Savings an...
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ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate the influence that corporate governance has on organizational performance in Stanbic Bank. The study was guided by the following specific objectives; effect of transparency on organizational performance; contribution of accountability on organizational performance; and effect of board composition on organizational performance at SBUL. The study adopted a case study design and a sample size of 97 respondents comprising staff was selected usi...
ABSTRACT According to Economic Survey Report of 2018, by end of June 2018 Kenya Power Company (KPC) was selling electricity to over 6,761,090 million units. In the last two years, the average electric tariffs per unit sold rose to 15.65 up from 14.68 in the previous year. Despite this, electricity supply contribution to GDP has stagnated at 1.8% in the last two years. This points to stagnating performance of KPC, raising a point of concern. This may be explained by competitive strategies Keny...