ABSTRACT The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of school fees default on the financial capacity of secondary schools in Kiambu District. A sample of 5R secondary schools was selected using stratified random sampling method as the subjects were stratified into five categories; national schools, provincial hoarding, provincial day, district boarding and district Day. A self-report questionnaire was administered to the principals of secondary schools in Kiambu District...
ABSTRACT Proceeding on the basis of performance differences between male and female owned enterprises, the research analyzed the gender differences on entrepreneurial self-efficacy among Small and Medium Entrepreneurs at Githurai Trading Center, Nairobi Kenya. Descriptive survey design was adopted using structured questionnaires that were administered to a sample size of 150 respondents. Descriptive statistics and chi-square statistical analysis methods used .. Data from research indicate t...
ABSTRACT In the work environment, there is the inevitable practice of performance appraisal whether formal or informal. Research evidence also point out that in most admired organizations, employee performance appraisal is a vital and vigorous management tool. (http://www.hrdirectory.org/hr-articles/employee-performance-appraisals .php) While performance appraisal has been the focus considerable research for almost a century, this research has resulted in very few recommendations about desig...
Studies done by researchers show that entrepreneurial activities among women in Kenya are relatively lower than in developed countries. Studies done in other parts of Africa indicate that ownership of Co-operative Societies business is mainly by women aged between 30 and 45 years. This is mainly so because the women constitute about 32% of the population of Kenya of 33 million people, which is the current statistics.According to Okwoche 1998, 85% of women co-operators and 87% women non c...
A lot of organizations have adopted and implemented enterprise wide information systems which can be summarized in the term Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. An ERP system can be characterized as an information system made up of different modules, each supporting the business processes. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems affect organizations and are implemented to enhance organizational effectiveness. However, ERP implementation is complex, costly and the research to da...
ABSTRACT Commercial banks play a critical role in economic growth and development, income generation and job creation especially in developing countries. With the increasing trend of sudden corporate failures in both global and local context, shareholders and management are increasingly becoming more concerned with the factors that affect financial performance of firms. The Banking sector in Kenya is an important sector whose performance is instrumental in the economic growth and development...
Deposit Taking Microfinance institutions have increased in number through issuance of license by Central Bank of Kenya. The trend of financial sustainability for deposit taking microfinance institutions overall sector over the years has been below the threshold except for 2013 when operating self-sufficiency was only achieved. In the year 2017 the sector was hit by loss making whirlwind with only Faulu staying afloat thus raising an alarm that financial sustainability needed to be checke...
ABSTRACT Performance appraisal is a systematic evaluation of staff with respect to their performance on the job, potential for development aimed at contributing towards attaining corporate goals and objectives. The concept therefore provides a feedback process leading to greater clarity regarding organization's expectations, staff capabilities, performance goals and communication improvement. Alot of research has been conducted on performance management and its purposelimportance in organiza...
ABSTRACT Kenya Rural Enterprise Programme (K-Rep) is one of the leading micro - finance institution in Kenya, which lends money to small and micro - enterprises. It is therefore important to small and micro - enterprises. It is therefore important to study and understand terms of loans in micro - finance institutions to small and micro - enterprises particularly in this study second - hand clothes dealers This study used systematic sampling. Primary data were collected through personally adm...
ABSTRACT Electricity is a primary factor of development and should therefore be harnessed, and developed in an efficient manner. It should also be available in adequate quantity, quality and affordable prices. The level and intensity of commercial energy use in a country is a key indicator of the degree of economic growth and development. The challenges facing the power sector in Kenya include weak transmission and distribution infrastructure, high cost of power, low per capita power consump...
ABSTRACT This project was an investigation into the effects of training in hindering the growth of entrepreneurship in Kenya, a case of Karatina Town in Nyeri District. The objective behind the study was to investigate study and analyze the effects of training in hindering the growth of entrepreneurship in Kenya. Training plays a major role in enabling one to be productive, effective, and efficient in performance of his/her duty. Although entrepreneurship depends on one's creativity and inno...
ABSTRACT The study determined the factors that influence students' performance in writing entrepreneurship project proposals. The study focused on learning facilities, role of administrators like principals, teacher qualifications, size of the class, role of Kenya National Examinations Council and effects of participation of students in home chores. The study was done to determine the factors that influence students' performance in writing entrepreneurship projects. Stratified random samplin...
ABSTRACT In developing countries, attainment of economic growth depends upon physical capital, in addition to other factors of production. Growth in physical capital entails investment in capital goods which help in the production of other goods and services. The concern in this study was to investigate the determinants of investment in the informal carpentry sub-sector in Kitui town in Eastern Kenya. The data used was obtained from the entrepreneurs owning carpentry workshops in Kitui town....
ABSTRACT This study had set out to establish the major determinants of Front office Services performance. These determinants are categorized into four namely; economic factors, firms specific factors, government policy related factors and time factors. The population of the study comprised of members and employees of Mwalimu savings and credit co-operative societies in Nairobi. Mwalimu members formed the sample of the study. Data collected and analyzed were both primary and secondary. The pr...
ABSTRACT Public participation not only gives the public the opportunity to air their views but also a chance to engage the government on matters that concern them most and influence policies to be undertaken, when, where and how they will be implemented. Accountability is an important tool in ensuring a government is responsive to the public. A responsible government not only explains the use of public resources to her citizens but goes an extra mile in ensuring its programs serve public inte...