ABSTRACT The agriculture sector is getting competitive every day. In order to be successful Quality Management (QM) practices ought to be the integral part of any organization‟s strategic management. The agriculture sector contributes to 26% of the gross domestic product and supports industries while ensuring food security in the country. ISO certification in state Corporations came as a requirement through the office of the prime minister in ensuring the improved performance and service de...
ABSTRACT The fashion industry faces a number of challenges which include lack of policy coherence and institutional alignment, low level of value addition and a disconnect between the apparel sector and the rest of the value chain segments, supply side constraints with regards to quality and price of fabrics, with focus on afro-centric cloth and garments, weak business environment, high cost of production and built-in systemic inefficiencies, lack of market readiness, high cost and difficulti...
ABSTRACT Urban heat island refers to the thermal temperature differences between rural and urban areas. The factor that has been attributed to this phenomenon is urbanization, where natural land cover is replaced by concrete and other man-made impervious surfaces. Causes and effects of heat islands and urban climates are varied. The urbanization process dislocates the natural solar and hydrologic balances by transforming the radiative, thermal, moisture and aerodynamic characteristics of a re...
ABSTRACT The Banking sector acts as the life blood of modern trade and economic development. Banks do influence, facilitate and integrate the economic activities like resources mobilization, poverty elimination, production, and distribution of public finance. The financial performance of commercial banks has great implications in the financial sector and the country at large, and will still remain an important subject of concern by all the stakeholders in the banking industry. In order to imp...
ABSTRACT Profitability of banking sector in Kenya has been declining since 2013. Some of the factors include high competition, capping of interest, pricing strategies among others. Pricing strategies in banking has not been considered despite underlying symptoms of declining growth in assets, loan and deposit. Therefore, there is need to investigate the pricing strategies used in commercial banks in Kenya. The study sought to establish the influence of pricing strategies on profitability of c...
ABSTRACT Shareholder value creation and profit maximizing are among the primary objectives of a firm. Shareholder value creation focuses more on long term sustainability of returns and not just profitability. Rational investors expect good long term yield of their investment. Corporate financial decisions play an imperative role in general performance of a company and shareholder value creation. There have been a number of firms facing financial crisis among them; Mumias Sugar Ltd, Uchumi Sup...
ABSTRACT Sustainability of community based and managed water sanitation and health projects in Kenya remains a challenge. In spite of efforts to improve ownership of water sanitation and health projects to the communities for which they were intended, a large number of water, sanitation and health projects fail within three years of initiation. The broad objective of this research was to investigate the factors influencing sustainability of water sanitation and health projects implemented by ...
TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND ORGANISATIONAL ABSTRACT Organisations all over the world have been trying to cope with a rapidly changing business environment in which management have to be more astute in finding ways to sustain or gain competitive advantage. Most manufacturing companies are now adopting Total Quality Management (TQM) and other new philosophies to become more effective in the way they conduct business. The relationship between TQM initiative and improved performance ...
ABSTRACT Pre-primary education plays a pivotal role in setting the foundation for better outcomes in post-nursery education. Globally, attention has shifted to how pre-primary education is being implemented both at the national and sub-national levels, with greater financial investments being channelled towards its improvement. In Africa, the quest for universal basic education has forced many countries to rethink how they are implementing pre-primary education, considering that basic educati...
ABSTRACT The securities market plays an integral role in any well functioning economy. In particular, it helps in raising of equity capital, provision of investment opportunities, and transfer of funds from surplus agents to deficit agents. In order to attain Vision 2030, the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) is expected to play a key role in the economic pillar of this blueprint by perpetuating the mobilization of resources for implementation of envisaged flagship programs and projects. Howe...
ABSTRACT Management is the cornerstone of organizational effectiveness. People‟s efforts are co-ordinated and guided towards achievement of organizational objectives through management processes. People are usually motivated to carry out the management processes in order to satisfy needs either inherent or from the external. Mumias Sugar Company (MSC) is a large-scale organization and hence is controlled by bureaucratic structures. MSC supplies 60% of the sugar consumed in Kenya, but its su...
ABSTRACT Financial management in KTDA managed factories is concerned with ensuring funds are available when needed and that they are obtained and used in the most efficient and effective way to the benefit of the shareholders. Financial performance of KTDA managed tea factories in terms of service delivery continue being poor as depicted by low sales revenue and low profitability in most factories. There has been an issue of delay of the supply of services due to mismanagement of funds i...
ABSTRACT FDI has grown significantly over time. According to the World Bank Economic report 2014, foreign direct investment in Kenya has increased from as low as 2 million US Dollars in the early 1990’s to 944.3 million US Dollars in 2014. A review of literature reveals that, the relationship between FDI and macroeconomic variables is contradictory. Mixed results have been evident with some results indicating that macro-economic variables like interest rate have a positive impact on foreign...
ABSTRACT Adoption of Total Quality Management practices by organizations in Kenya develops voluntary technical standards, which add value to all types of business operations. They contribute to making the development and supply of products and services more efficiently, safer and cleaner. The general objective of this study was to investigate quality management practices effects on the performance of public hospitals in Kenya: A case of Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital. This study was ...
ABSTRACT Urban agriculture plays a significant role in national development by contributing towards food security, employment creation and income generation. However, it is associated with diverse negative impacts on public health and the environment. Development of UA has been affected by lack of specific laws and policies geared towards addressing the development this important sub- sector. However, various legislations refer individually to the sub-sector. Some of these legislations indire...