Studies done by researchers show that entrepreneurial activities among women in Kenya are relatively lower than in developed countries. Studies done in other parts of Africa indicate that ownership of Co-operative Societies business is mainly by women aged between 30 and 45 years. This is mainly so because the women constitute about 32% of the population of Kenya of 33 million people, which is the current statistics.According to Okwoche 1998, 85% of women co-operators and 87% women non c...
ABSTRACT Commercial banks play a critical role in economic growth and development, income generation and job creation especially in developing countries. With the increasing trend of sudden corporate failures in both global and local context, shareholders and management are increasingly becoming more concerned with the factors that affect financial performance of firms. The Banking sector in Kenya is an important sector whose performance is instrumental in the economic growth and development...
ABSTRACT Performance appraisal is a systematic evaluation of staff with respect to their performance on the job, potential for development aimed at contributing towards attaining corporate goals and objectives. The concept therefore provides a feedback process leading to greater clarity regarding organization's expectations, staff capabilities, performance goals and communication improvement. Alot of research has been conducted on performance management and its purposelimportance in organiza...
ABSTRACT Kenya Rural Enterprise Programme (K-Rep) is one of the leading micro - finance institution in Kenya, which lends money to small and micro - enterprises. It is therefore important to small and micro - enterprises. It is therefore important to study and understand terms of loans in micro - finance institutions to small and micro - enterprises particularly in this study second - hand clothes dealers This study used systematic sampling. Primary data were collected through personally adm...
ABSTRACT Electricity is a primary factor of development and should therefore be harnessed, and developed in an efficient manner. It should also be available in adequate quantity, quality and affordable prices. The level and intensity of commercial energy use in a country is a key indicator of the degree of economic growth and development. The challenges facing the power sector in Kenya include weak transmission and distribution infrastructure, high cost of power, low per capita power consump...
ABSTRACT This project was an investigation into the effects of training in hindering the growth of entrepreneurship in Kenya, a case of Karatina Town in Nyeri District. The objective behind the study was to investigate study and analyze the effects of training in hindering the growth of entrepreneurship in Kenya. Training plays a major role in enabling one to be productive, effective, and efficient in performance of his/her duty. Although entrepreneurship depends on one's creativity and inno...
ABSTRACT The study determined the factors that influence students' performance in writing entrepreneurship project proposals. The study focused on learning facilities, role of administrators like principals, teacher qualifications, size of the class, role of Kenya National Examinations Council and effects of participation of students in home chores. The study was done to determine the factors that influence students' performance in writing entrepreneurship projects. Stratified random samplin...
ABSTRACT In developing countries, attainment of economic growth depends upon physical capital, in addition to other factors of production. Growth in physical capital entails investment in capital goods which help in the production of other goods and services. The concern in this study was to investigate the determinants of investment in the informal carpentry sub-sector in Kitui town in Eastern Kenya. The data used was obtained from the entrepreneurs owning carpentry workshops in Kitui town....
ABSTRACT Persistent current account deficit is a chronic problem in many developing countries including Kenya. In an attempt to understand disequilibria dynamics in Kenya, this study sought to investigate the effect of real exchange on current account balance and additionally investigate whether the rate of import growth in Kenya is consistent to balanced economic growth as stipulated in Thirlwall law. The study is based on two main theories, the neoclassical elasticity approach and balance ...
ABSTRACT The main challenge facing the Kenya Ports Authority is how to effectively and efficiently pursue its goals in order to be able to fully execute its key mandate of being open to Eastern and central Africa. The cha11enge with the managers is to strategica11y plan for an action that works best for any given situation. As a result, the purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of strategic management on the organization's effectiveness. Specifically the study sought to: identi...
ABSTRACT Despite the existence of studies on specific areas relating to college students' stress such as coping behaviors, stress in relation to health, and stress management there is little documentation existing on the specific factors that cause stress and burnout amongst college students. A more holistic assessment needs to be carried out to understand the factors that lead to stress and subsequent burnout among the college students and patterns of stressors in relation to personal and ac...
ABSTRACT The study was set out to establish the influence of Savings and cooperative societies on growth of enterprises in Kenya; the study was guided by three objectives, to establish various loan products offered by SACCOs to the members, to establish the strategies used by SACCOs in mobilizing members' savings and establish SACCO's investment opportunities available to the members. The study design comprised of a descriptive research design. Stratified sampling used to determine the sampl...
ABSTRACT Trade unions are legally recognized as representatives of workers and their activity today centers on collective bargaining over wages, benefits, and working conditions for their membership, on representi_ng their members in disputes with management over violations of contract provisions, on educating their members thus creating awareness of members rights and advocating policies and legislation on behalf of workers. Until 2003, employees in Kenya's EPZs were banned from joining tra...
ABSTRACT The objectives of this study were to identify the types of risks mitigated by the Kenyan insurers, mitigation strategies and techniques adopted, and the challenges facing the insurers i~ risk mitigation process. This was an exploratory study, hence survey methods were used to identify the risks in the Kenya's insurance sub-sector and the techniques available for managing them. The target population included all the 43 licensed insurers in Kenya. Primary data was collected using self...
ABSTRACT Performance appraisal is the basic tendency to make an evaluation of an individual's work performance in order to arrive at objective personal decisions. It systematically reviews a person's work and achievements over a recent period, leading to plans for the future in personnel psychology. Savings and Credit Co-operative Societies (SACCOs) are voluntary associations to which members contribute regularly their pooled savings and from which they obtain loans for provident and other p...