Security companies have resulted to Business Continuity Management (BCM) practices in an effort to ensure continuity of business operations. Organizational performance is crucial and BCM is one of the key driving forces to strengthen a firm’s ability to withstand risks and survive under extreme organizational and environmental pressures. Security companies in Kenya are operating in a rapidly changing environment that presents a risk to operations of companies. The prevailing economic ...
In Kenya, there are few empirical studies that focus on the relationship between budget and trade deficit. The existing empirical studies used panel and cross-section data to examine the relationship between budget deficit and trade deficit. The findings of these studies may not adequately capture the relationship between the two deficits since these countries have different levels of budget and trade deficits, different levels of economic development. In addition, the previous studies h...
This study attempted to establish the effect of unionization on employees’ performance in family owned businesses in Kenya. The need to manage employee performance every day is the key to an effective performance management system. The researcher specifically sought to establish the effect of union mediated in compensation on performance of employees in family owned businesses; to determine the effect of union mediated motivation on performance of employees in family owned businesses; ...
SACCOs operating front office services are required by law to comply with the regulations stipulated in the SACCO societies Act enacted in the year 2008. The authority is mandated to:license, regulate and supervise the SACCO societies. This study explored the effect of SASRA regulations on the Returns of SACCOs. This study focused on regulations specifically involving, liquidity and core capital as they affect returns directly. The study considered the entire population of deposit takin...
Small and Micro Enterprises play a vital role in job creation and make significant contributions to economic growth in developed and developing economies alike. However, one on the main challenges of small and micro enterprise has been access to finances and capital. This study therefore sought to evaluate the factors influencing Small and Micro Enterprises credit worthiness by commercial Banks in Nakuru Town, Kenya. The specific objectives looked at: firm’s ownership, firm’s financi...
The Commission for University Education in Kenya recommended that Universities should be ranked so that their performances are open to public scrutiny. Sound recruitment and selection, induction and evaluation are some of the performance indicators that Universities must put in place in order to attract the required human capital that will achieve Universities individual performance, which are necessary forranking the Universities in Kenya. University performance involves many variables s...
Studies on energy management have focused principally on environmental conservation, reduction in operation and production expenses, energy savings, lower utility bills, and minimization of energy wastage. However, the gains of energy management practices can be transferred to competitive advantage strategies among manufacturing companies in Kenya so as to boost their efforts in attaining competitiveness. Success in managing competitive advantage arises out of a firm’s ability in ident...
Branding in universities are alternatives to bring differentiation in order to attract the attention of stakeholders. The problem addressed by this study was to examine how branding strategies such as internal branding strategies, external branding strategies and service mix branding strategies influenced postgraduate students’ choice of Universities in Nakuru County, Kenya. The study employed explanatory research design, the population of the study comprised of 3,742 universities post...
Succession planning is a critical tool for guaranteeing organisational growth and continuity. Employees in an organisation always choose to move on to other career opportunities, retire or leave for many other reasons. This is a challenge to the organisations’ ability in ensuring continuity of their needed right workforce. This study assessed the effects of succession planning practices on organisational performance among Non-Governmental Organisations’ (NGOs) in Kenya. The specific ...
Performance contracting is a freely negotiated agreement between a government, acting as the owner of a public agency, and the management of the agency and it is used in the Kenyan public institutions to enhance efficiency. Technical Training Institutes face pressure to improve efficiency in management practices. Before the study was conducted it was unclear whether the introduction of performance contracting had enhanced efficiency in management practices in Technical Training Institute...
Privacy invasion is an offence perpetrated by availability, access, and use of advanced mobile devices when they land in the wrong hands of people who have the intention of infringing into the space of either individuals or organizations. There have been many incidences of infringement on people‟s privacy by exposing their personal lives to third parties and the general public, a factor which is associated with detrimental effects. The study sought to integrate mobile application secur...
Financial distress prospect is a key bother to the executives and different business partners for quite some time. The impact of financial distress and bankruptcy on firms is hard to the extent of ignoring it is impossible. Financial distress is not a selective event it attacks or can happen both too big organizations and small organizations. With the importance of securing financial health of our listed companies in Kenya is therefore important in anticipating the likelihood of fiscal d...
Tier one commercial banks in Kenya operate under an extremely competitive environment in which there is competition for market share, customer numbers, loan clients, deposits and profitability levels. One of the strategies that have been adopted for the purposes of building competitive advantages is the adoption of new technologies. However, the manner in which change management is undertaken is critical in the commercial banks gaining competitive advantages given the context that these...
Today businesses are expected to take on additional social responsibilities aside from maximising profits and shareholders‟ wealth. Pressure from stakeholders have induced the businesses to espouse sustainable practices that look beyond their economic and legal requirements but also fulfil social obligations. However, due to their limited resources or lack thereof, small and medium enterprises, especially in developing countries, typically do not practice CSR or engage in reactionary C...
The county governments continue to face challenges around the world. In the County Government of Nakuru, the auditor general continues to document diverse financial performance challenges. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect offinancial management practices on the financial performance of county governments in Kenya. This study was guided by the following specific objectives; to examine the role of internal auditing on the financial performance of County Government of�...