ABSRACT The study was prompted by the fact that performance is a challenge to many organizations. It is hard to achieve the desired levels of performance hence the need to use human resource tools such as employee development. The study aimed at examining the effect of employee Development on performance with specific reference to the Unilever Kenya limited in Kericho County. The study was driven by the following objectives; to evaluate the influe...
xi ABSTRACT The impact of Small and Medium Enterprises on all kinds of economies cannot be overlooked. Worldwide, they have been accepted as the engine of economic growth and for promoting equitable development. However, without finance, SMEs cannot acquire or absorb new technologies nor can they expand to compete in global markets or even strike company linkages with larger companies. Despite the fact that SMES are the vital and significant contributors to economic development through their ...
ABSTRACT In this study research, we have examined the Project Evaluation and Review Technique, PERT and the Critical Path Method CPM/Critical Path Analysis. CPA as Project Management tools, among others, and applied them to study the Electrical and Mechanical services contract of the School of Health Technology Building Project, FUTO, using Network Planning and Scheduling approach. We reviewed relevant past literature to ascertain the views of professionals in project management, and accordi...
ABSTRACT strategy implementation is a critical compon~nt of strategic management. Thus, the mam purpose of this research was to study the factors affecting the implementation of strategy at Kenya national Audit Office. The specific objectives of the study included: examining the extent to which financial resources affect strategy implementation; determining the extent to which lack of coordination affects strategy implementation; establishing the extent to which capabilities of employees. af...
ABSTRACT In this changing society, it’s been noticeable that conflicts are inescapable especially among individuals, groups and organisations. The conflicts can be managed through a procedure, styles and having the right skills known as conflict management. Once the conflicts are not resolved, employee performances are affected which leads to industrial action sometimes which affects the services offered. Conflicts within public hospitals are on the rise leading to industrial actions and ha...
A B S T R A C T Bunkering has to do with the fueling of Ships. It is a legitimate trade whereby licensed operators are authorized to provide fuel and other provision to vessels. This study has appraised the practice of the bunker trade in Nigeria with emphasis on the Niger Delta Region and to demystify all that has been stated about illegal bunkering in Nigeria. Bunkering as an organized trade has traders, brokers and buyers who play very important roles. These have been extensively examined...
ABSTRACT Multinational Corporations are an important part of the economic development in the world with Kenya benefiting from such corporations as they form a larger part of the foreign exchange earner and also provide employment to its populace. They play a very important role in our lives hence boosting the whole world economy in very significant ways, but there is always a problem of competitiveness because of cost, productivity, safety and production levels. Multinational Corporations are...
ABSTRACT Over the past half-decade, a lot of changes have been experienced in the banking sector. This ranges from regulatory reforms, technological shifts especially on mobile and internet banking, intensified financial innovations, internalization and heightened competition from other players. Although some banks may have recorded good performance in the period under assessment, most of the commercial banks have recorded dwindling performance. This study was interested in determining t...
ABSTRACT Stiff competition in the energy sector in Kenya has made it crucial for organizations to seek ways of improving their organization performance. Due to changes in both external and internal environmental factors, organizations have been compelled to adjust to new procedures so as to endure and prosper in the global market place that has seen an increase in innovation and technology use. This had led organizations to focus on relentless improvement of its goods and services and to seek...
ABSTRACT Information communication technology (ICT) is a major drive in most world economies. It has been used in almost all the sectors of the economy. In developed countries like United States and Canada it has been incorporated in the education sectors as a tool for administration, management and in curriculum for both teaching and learning processes in most developing countries like Kenya, hence the study was geared towards secondary schools in Nyandarua south District, Nyandarua county, ...
ABSTRACT This study provides insight into the street hawking phenomenon and evaluates its impact on the Nairobi Central Business District. There is a common saying that “where there is traffic, there is business” which reflects a characteristic of Kenya market hawkers. It is hard to image how hawkers do business. They stand by the street, some of whom carry goods in hand and some on head. Anytime there is traffic, they rush to it and try to sell their goods to people in the vehicles. Owi...
ABSTRACT The United Nations (UN) and World Bank (2017) indicate that the emerging forms of violent conflicts have tended to be more complex and protracted. They involve more non-state and state agencies and are characterized by substantial loss of lives, displacement of population, destruction of property, social and economic wellbeing. Conflicts in the North Rift Region of Kenya, particularly in Kerio Valley, similarly have had severe effects on the socio-economic wellbeing and livelihoods o...
ABSTRACT This research examined the impact of value added tax (VAT) on economic growth of Nigeria. The aim of this study is to examine the contributions of the VAT in the economic growth of Nigeria. Data used in this study was mainly from secondary source principally the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Bureau of Statistics. The study employed a time series date for a twenty year period 1995 – 2014. The data was analyzed using the regression statistical model. The model assisted in testing ...
Abstract Revenue management, the practice of controlling customer demand through the use of dynamic pricing and capacity management is required by hotels. The practice enhances profitable operations and prohibits collapse in organizations with perishable products. The study was specifically aimed at determining the effect of price dynamism on customer relationship, investigate the effect of credit facility by an organization towards customer relationship, and assess managerial implication on...
Abstract Change has always been part of life at the moment the world is constantly changing at a faster rate. Some of the change exhibited are either revolutionary others are evolutionary also known as incremental in that they occur in predictable series or sequence. Change usually disrupts comfort of almost all individuals in an organization. For managers change may mean growth, to middle level management it may mean additional or less resources and to junior employees it may mean more work ...