ABSTRACT Corporate governance is a system of structuring, operating, and controlling a company with a view to achieve long-term strategic goals to satisfy its shareholders, creditors, employees, customers and suppliers. Corporate governance plays an important role when improving the profitability of a company. The purpose of this study was to establish the effect of corporate governance on profitability; a study of Genghis Capital Limited, xiii Nairobi. Specifically, the study sought to det...
TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION ......................................................................................................... i APPROVAL ............................................................................................................... ii DEDICATION ........................................................................................................... iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ......................................................................................... iv TAB...
ABSTRACT Organizational change influences the manner in which firms operate and that for them to prosper; they must be dynamic to the changing environments they operate. The management of strategic change is always incomplete without a thorough understanding of strategy. Negative firm’s performance can be attributed as organization’s failure or organizations from embracing fully built-in strategic change management efforts as a key driver to strategic change to attain positive organizat...
ABSTRACT Tanza nia is going through profound restructuring that force the Public Sector to become more efficient and effective. In this respect, one of the most popular tools used in the contemporary reform programme is the appli cation of Open Performance Review and Appraisal System. However. the successful implementation of Open Performance Review and Appraisal System faces numerous challenges and obstacles. The study aimed in assess ing the contrib ution of Performance Appraisal in the Pe...
ABSTRACT Customer service is an important aspect of whole business process. In today‟s global competitive environment delivering quality service is considered as an essential strategy for success and survival. The general objective of the study aims at determining the effect of marketing communication strategies and service quality in the Mobile Phone service providers in Kenya, and the specific objectives of the study to establish the effect of advertising and service quality in the Mobil...
ABSTRACT A great deal of literature from a number of studies established that stable financial system offers risk diversification and efficient capital allocation that leads to economic growth of a country and also the economic expansions caused by harnessing FDI as a source of external financing equally leads to economic growth. However, finance literature records that moderate and low rate of inflation positively affects growth of the economy but high and accelerating rate of inflation jeo...
ABSTRACT This research dealt with the effects of ethical issues on the procurement process in public health sector of Makindye Division Kampala. The study was conducted through a descriptive survey research Design. The research was guided by the following research questions; what is the relationship between ethics and the procurement process of public Health sector in Makindye Division?, what is the impact of unethical conduct on the procurement process of public Health Sector in Makindye Div...
ABSTRACT Banana production is important due to the role it plays in the economy of Kenya. It provides income to the farmers; generate job opportunities and boost food security in the country. Banana is ranked as the fourth most valuable crop in the world after maize, wheat and paddy. In some Eastern and central parts of Kenya banana plantations have replaced coffee plantation which was formerly the main source of income to the farmers in the region. Nevertheless, despite the important roles ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to establish impact of compliance review audits on financial performance of donor funded organizations in Nyeri County, Kenya. Donor funded organizations are supposed to conform to grant and loan conditions established by donor organizations and communities. One shortfall that has greatly affected the implementation and success of the donor funded projects is accountability and poor information relays to the donors which in the end demoralizes the donor...
ABSTRACT The growing expenses associated with education are often a catalyst for rising tuition and fees, and they play a large role as educators plan for the future of their institutions. The escalation of school fees at secondary level has been the immediate consequence of measures to be taken to reduce cost of education in Kenya. This study used a descriptive survey design where it targeted Principals in secondary schools of Kuresoi District in Rift Valley. The study stratified the school...
ABSTRACT Community empowerment has been advocated to be the most promising approach to local development. Ideally, community empowerment mobilizes local communities to improve their quality of life thereby reducing poverty and influencing developmental change at local levels. The objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of community empowerment fund on human development in Vihiga County. The study adopted a descriptive research approach with stratified sampling technique. This rese...
ABSTRACT The performance of commercial banks in Kenya has been declining in the recent years evidenced by decline in return on assets and return on equity from 3.99 percent and 24.7 percent in 2016 to 3.5 percent and 22.5 percent in 2018. This trend indicates a challenge in the entire banking industry regarding profitability. Agency banking was introduced to increase the reach of banks to enable banks to reach the unbanked. Agency banking can therefore enhance market share and performance of...
ABSTRACT Most SOEs are faced with a challenge of poor financial management as reflected in misuse of financial resources and inefficiencies in internal control systems. At the same time, most state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have consistently been making losses and some of the reasons cited are lack of sound financial management, poor reporting and tracking systems, lack of internal control systems and audit teams. These challenges result into the need of determining the interaction between fi...
ABSTACT The study focused on compliance with the procurement procedures and public sector performance. The study was initiated as a result of poor accountability, lack of value for money and poor quality management in the public sector despite the availability of procurement procedures. The researcher used the following objectives to guide the study: to establish the benefits of compliance with the procurement procedures, to identify the factors affecting the compliance with the procurement p...
ABSTRACT This study finds ground from the fact that railway infrastructure provide effective transport and plays a significant role in enhancing and improving urban growth and urban dynamics. Railway transport is the second most-used mode of transport after roads in Kenya, for both freight and passenger traffic. It has been argued that improvement of this mode of transport in Kenya would boost the economic performance of business enterprises which would in turn contribute to social economic ...