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 Agricultural activities contribute about 33% of the East African Community‟s Gross Domestic Product (World Bank, 2009), 80 per cent of the populace depend on agriculture directly and indirectly for food, employment and income, while about 40 million people in EAC suffer from hunger. Intra-EAC trade is very low, that is, at 9 per cent of the total regional trade, but it is on upward trend. Agricultural trade accounts for over 40 per cent of the intra-EAC trade. This study investiga...
ABSTRACT Despite data availability on YEDF loan disbursements and repayment, empirical literature on the performances of youth-run enterprises from the loan across various counties in the country remains scanty, yet the basis of sustained YEDF disbursements ought to be youth empowerment. Against this backdrop, the main study objective was to examine the effect of YEDF on the performance of youth enterprises in Marsabit County, Kenya. More specifically, the study sought to determine the effect...
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 Creation of productive and sustainable employment opportunities remains a key policy priority of most countries including Kenya. Employment creation in Kenya has been based on the premise that high economic growth should translate to more employment opportunities. Kenya has experienced varying rates of economic growth. Despite the increase in growth rates, Kenya’s employment elasticity declined from 1.28 in 1992-1996 to 0.5 and 0.38 in 2004-2008 and 2009-2016 respectively. The decl...
ABSTRACT A Kenya National Bureau of Statistics survey of 2009 shows that personal wealth of the top 10% of Kenyans increased on average five-fold over the past decade. The Society for International Development noted in its annual report of 2009 that the gap between this group and the bottom 20% of Kenyans is growing. While we have seen an upsurge in corporate social responsibility and there is anecdotal evidence of benevolence to family and friends, the question remains why this vast increas...
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 Organizations are primarily designed to achieve some specific goals. The fact remains that workers in every organization have a role to play for the purpose of achieving goals which organizations are designed to achieve. Directly or indirectly, therefore, workers‟ commitment to the realization of organizational goal is a major parameter that can be used to measure the performance of organization. One of the indices of workers commitment to the realization of organizational goal is ...
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 This study examined the relationship between the level of social media networking use and well-being of marital relationships, the relationship between stress and anxiety associated with social media networking use and well-being of marital relationship, and the role of psychotherapy, sociability and social skill development in promoting responsible social media use among couples. The study was grounded on Family Systems Theory and Rational Choice Theory. The study utilized Correlat...
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...