ABSTRACT The fact that emergencies are inevitable and they can result into significant effects on emergency response, they requires proper planning and formulation of sound strategies to handle them. The study sought to determine the strategies adopted by the Nairobi City County in management of its response to emergencies. The study was guided by the following specific objectives; to establish the effect of employee training on the management of the response to emergencies by Nairobi City Co...
ABSTRACT The banking industry has been undergoing a significant process of transformation. Novelty in information technology has been the force behind this transformation. Paperless banking which is a wide concept in banking is the automatic distribution of new and outdated banking merchandises and amenities straight to clients through paperless supportive networks. These channels include, and not limited to; internet investment, mobile financial transactions, and real time gross settlements...
ABSTRACT The Motor Vehicle Companies in Nairobi, Kenya have played a major role in the contribution to job creation and economic development. Despite their role in economic development, these dealers face intense competition from imported second-hand vehicles. The purpose of the study was to investigate the strategic value of public relations on the performance of Large Motor Vehicle dealers in Nairobi, Kenya. The specific objectives of the study included; to establish the effects of; opennes...
ABSTRACT For several organizations, periods of rapid technological changes are also periods of incessant struggles with maintain a high performance. Obviously, knowledge is slowly becoming the key factor in production after labor, land as well as capital. Knowledge management (KM) has been considered over and over by every organization. In a broad dimension, it has been recognized that knowledge is a significant component of strategic organization in ensuring that innovation is enhance and th...
ABSTRACT Management practices that should ensure projects performance such as planning strategies, conformance to construction standards, design implementation, and effective financial management are normally not followed hence the reason why projects perform poorly especially in the housing industry. In the past, there have been increased cases of houses collapsing across the country and specifically in urban areas such as Kisii County leading to loss of properties and lives. Performance of ...
ABSTRACT The traditional theory of finance assumes that investors act rationally on the quest of wealth maximization, and that they follow the basic tenets of risk and return in determining which ventures to spend money on. However, various authors who have examined investors’ behaviour avow that heuristic driven biases and emotions cloud the investors’ judgment, and often negate the rules of rational economic decision making. According to these studies, investors are in fact irrational,...
ABSTRACT ICT in education has the potential to enhance the quality of teaching and learning. However opportunities for realizing the benefits of using ICT in education face a number of challenges in developing countries. This study thus set out to investigate challenges facing effective ICT implementation in selected Public Secondary Schools in Nakuru North District Nakuru County. The main objective of the study was to explore factors that challenge effective ICT implementation which can play...
ABSTRACT Over the past four decades, Kenya has been experiencing fiscal instability with average fiscal deficit as percent of GDP being greater than 5 percent threshold for developing countries. This, together with poor donors’ relations in the 1980’s, and the substitution of foreign borrowing with internal borrowing has led to continued increase in fiscal dominance. Kenya has been unable to reach the 10 percent economic growth target required for realization of Kenya’s Vision 2030, wi...
ABSTRACT Thisstudy sought to investigate the process employed in implementing Turnaround strategy in theUchumi supermarket, an organisation that had positioned itself as a market leader since 1976 until2000 when it started experiencing difficulties. The problem is that when Uchumi got into declinein year 200variousstrategies, however with appointment of new managers there is a new lease of life. An organisation is said to be in decline when it experiences a resource loss sufficient to com...
ABSTRACT Curving businesses are doing poorly concerning customer relations. The ability of the organization to adjust itself to fit customer needs is one of the requirement for them to remain competitive in the market. In absence of marketing mix customer relations suffer in terms of customer loyalty, retention and acquisition. The current study sought to assess the effects of marketing mix on customer relations in soapstone carving business in Kisii County, Kenya. Specific objectives were: t...
ABSTRACT Attracting, developing and retaining top performing teaching professionals in public secondary learning institutions is vital. This is because it determines the ability of the learning institution to achieve its overall target and goals. The general objective of the study was to investigate talent management and performance of employees among teaching professionals in public secondary learning institutions in Kiambu County, Kenya. The study’s specific objectives were to determine t...
ABSTRACT Women are becoming increasingly important in the socio-economic development of both developed and developing economies as they account for significant percentage of the operators of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). This research study sought to survey the drivers of performance on women-owned small and medium enterprises in selected markets in Nandi county Kenya. The study was guided by the following objectives: To determine how leadership styles affect performance, to find out t...
ABSTRACT The Kenyan economy is predominantly informal. The informal sector employed 132,100 workers in 1974; and 13,442,200 workers in 2016, which translate to 19 percent and 84 percent of the total work force in the respective time periods. The government has from 1986 put in place policy measures to develop the sector for employment creation, economic growth, and poverty alleviation. Among the country‟s Big Four Agenda as contained in the Medium Term Plan (2018-2022), is the development o...
ABSTRACT Kenya’s economic policy stance since 1966 has been to keep interest rates under control so as to promote monetary stability. Economic growth and inflation averaged 4.4 per cent and 10.2 per cent, respectively, in the period 1963 to 2016. However, despite the growth rate of the economy and moderate inflation rates, managing interest rates remained a major macroeconomic policy concern. The lending rates and deposit rate responded to interbank and treasury bill rates changes but with ...
ABSTRACT Dividend policy is a widely researched topic in the field of corporate finance; however, it still remains a mystery as to whether dividend policy affects the share prices of quoted firms. During the period under review (2001-2011), share prices of listed firms in the Nairobi Securities Exchange severely fluctuated making it difficult for investors to make informed investment decisions. The general objective of this study was to investigate the effect of dividend policy (cash and sha...