xi ABSTRACT The Kenyan monetary sector has experienced huge changes over the most recent two decades. A ton of changes have been embraced in the segment that have prompted expansion of money related products, exercises and authoritative structures that have enhanced and expanded the productivity of the budgetary framework. Advances in innovation and changing financial conditions have made driving force for this change. Because of serious global rivalry, divided and requesting markets and the ...
ABSTRACT Skilled Birth Attendance is one of the most important interventions in reducing maternal mortality. With only 44% of deliveries assisted by skilled birth attendants in Kenya, the number of maternal deaths is significantly higher. The aim of this study was to identify factors determining utilization of skilled birth attendants in Central Division of Kitui North District. The specific objectives were to determine the proportion of Women of Reproductive Age (WRA) utilizing Skilled Birth...
ABSTRACT Projects in commercial banks are directed towards serving customers more efficiently and effectively and reduce costs for the banking institution. However, a number of projects in the Kenyan banking industry show that successful project implementation is a problem. Failure of such projects therefore impacts negatively on the customers as they do not get what they should from commercial banks culminating to business loss and customer inconvenience. The purpose of the study was to es...
ABSTRACT HIV/AIDS prevalence within the two counties that constitute the Catholic Diocese of Homa Bay remains high despite numerous interventions and generous resource allocation both from the central and devolved governments as well as donor agencies. This study assessed the performance of health strategies in reducing Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome prevalence as enshrined in the 2012 – 2016 Strategic Plan of the Catholic Diocese of Homa Bay. The four strategies are; health educati...
ABSTRACT Employees across the world often face several challenges in order to manage work life balance, ranging from matters concerning their private lives and families. Such challenges have resulted in stress, burn out, dissatisfaction among employees, poor employee performance, low organisational productivity as well as a lack of proper organisational direction. In an attempt to implement work life balance, private universities have experienced challenges. Nonetheless, private universities�...
ABSTRACT There has been great variation in organizational performance of independent regulatory agencies in Kenya, with some exhibiting exceptional outcomes in delivering on their mandates, while others are performing dismally. Previous researches have demonstrated that top management team characteristics affect organizational performance. This study purposed to investigate the effect of strategy execution and legal environment on the relationship between top management team characteristics a...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate the determinants leading to high labour turnover of domestic workers in Lucky summer estate in Ruaraka constituency. The overall objective of the study was to establish the reasons that lead to high labour turnover among domestic workers in Lucky summer estate in Ruaraka constituency. The study was seeking to establish if poor pay, mistreatment and working conditions lead to high labour turnover. Target Population was 500 house helps in Luc...
ABSTRACT Most of the studies relating banking activities and macroeconomic behavior of many nations focused on the effect of macroeconomic instability on banking sectors. This study rather examines the impact of banking instability on the Nigerian economy. Annual data were used ranging from 1980 to 2011 drawn from various data publication issues domestically and those outside the country. Variables taken into consideration in the course of analysis are those proxies to the banking instabilit...
ABSTRACT This study investigates the effect of credit risk management enhances on the performance of the Nigerian banking industry with specific attention on management efficiency measured by return on asset (ROA) and return to shareholders measured by return on equity (ROE). The study is motivated by the increased concern based on research findings which seem to have isolated increasing portfolio of non-performing credit as a casual factor of bank failures globally. The validity of the abov...
ABSTRACT Studies have shown that around 60% of SMEs fail to go past the third of operation in Kenya. SMEs are important in Kenya’s economy. This is because they contribute significantly towards the GDP and employ a good number of people. This implies that SMEs are important and should be taken seriously. Many women entrepreneurs cite factors such as failure to access finances, lack of management training and cultural issues among others, as a reason for failure of their enterprises. At the ...
ABSTRACT Workforce diversity management has been shown to directly influence performance of employees in organizations. In Kenya however, this concept has not been adopted in many organizations. The study was conducted at the National Biosafety Authority in Nairobi, Kenya. The general objectives of this study were to determine if performance of employees was impacted by managing different aspects of workforce diversity such as age, gender, marital status and educational background. The speci...
ABSTRACT The Kenyan mortgage market has experienced slow growth over the last few years despite the upsurge of mortgage payments. The uptake of mortgage loans in the country is still considered low. Although the mortgage market is considered underdeveloped, it has the potential to grow and is important for housing and economic growth in Kenya. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of macroeconomic variables on mortgage uptake for commercial banks and mortgage finance companies i...
ABSTRACT Banking institutions encounter a lot of problems ranging from debt crises to exponentially increasing rivalry in the market which affects their performance significantly. Currently, customers of financial institutions are well informed and have all the information regarding the operations of such institutions and as a result they have created brand and product loyalty. This has been escalated by the introduction of mobile banking services in financial transactions and hence financial...
ABSTRACT Globally, organizations are constantly trying to find ways of improving their performance. To achieve this, many of them try to transform themselves by effecting change within the organization. For implementation of change to be executed successfully, the human capital should, as a matter of necessity, accept and support the change. Change management practices support behavioral and organizational adjustments thus ensuring that change is accommodated and sustained in the organization...
ABSTRACT Commercial banks all over the world enhance the economic growth of nations by providing funds to customers of investments. The survival of commercial banks like every other financial institution depends largely on their profitability. However, the profitability of these banks is dependent on the risk management practices which they adopt. This is because granting of loans to borrowers is accompanied with its own risks. Credit risk is regarded as the most adamant risk faced by banks d...