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Effect Of Change Management Practices On Productivity Of Transport Sector In Migori County, Kenya

ABSTRACT Change management is an emerging tool and is increasingly being seen as a working tool that provides solutions to various problems which may be affecting the organization today. It compasses the organizational tools that can be used to assist people to make successful personnel changeover and acceptance of change. Past studies have talked about change management in organizations by looking at various types of change majorly the strategic change and operational change within the organ...

An Assessment Of Community Participation In Design, Implementation And Management Of Kiambai Water And Sanitation Project: Kaksingri Location Homabay County. Kenya

ABSTRACT In sub-Saharan Africa, about 250 million people (67%) lack safe accessible water while 81% of the rural population lacks sanitation facilities (Rose and Vincent1999). People spend 40 billion hours every year just walking for water. Women and children usually bear the burden of water collection, walking miles to the nearest source. Along their long walk, they are subjected to a greater risk of harassment and sexual assault. According to National Water Polocy (2002) despite significant...

Relationship Between Meaning Making And Coping Strategies In Women Incarcerated At Kisumu Women Prison, Kenya

ABSTRACT Incarceration of women in KWP produces various indices of existential harms experienced cognitively as meaninglessness and functionally as ineffective coping. The women enter prison in perilous states which potentially disrupt their lives, restrict their liberties, challenge their self-identity, and distort their global meaning, diminishing their prospects for mental and behavioral health recovery. Thus, women need to restore coherence and transform the prison experience into optimal...

Influence Of Strategy Formulation On The Relationship Between Quality Management System And Access To Water And Sanitation Services In Kenya

ABSTRACT Access to water supply and proper sanitation is fundamental to the elimination of poverty and the achievement of Millennium Development Goals. In Kenya, over 3,100 children die annually for using unsafe water and poor sanitation. In the 2015/2016 financial year, access to water in Kenya stood at 54% for urban and 51% for rural areas. Previous studies have revealed the unsuccessful attempts to improve access of water and sanitation services through privatization and structural reforms...

Effect Of Strategic Leadership And Strategy Implementation On The Growth Of The Real Estate Industry In Kisumu County

ABSTRACT Strategic leadership has been recognized as a major driver of effective and efficient strategy implementation for a long period of time. Strategic leadership can be defined as the ability to influence a group or members of a team towards goals achievement hence successful strategy implementation will highly depend upon the leadership skills of organizing, culture building and working through others, establishing strategic controls, motivating, creating strong fits between strategy an...

Desirable Revenue Management Practices For A Sustainable Oil And Gas Industry In Uganda

ABSTRACT This study was aimed at examining the desirable revenue management practices for a sustainable oil and gas industry in Uganda which involved studying the relationship between transparency and accountability, tax administration and contract negotiation as well as citizens’ involvement in the Oil sector and sustainability of the sector. The researcher adopted a descriptive survey research design to examine perceptions of 48 respondents drawn from the Oil Governance and Management cla...

An Analysis Of The Impact Of Agency Banking On Growth Of Small And Medium-Scale Enterprises In Tharaka Nithi County

ABSTRACT During school opening days, we have witnessed long queues in the halls of our Commercial Banks arising from the last minute rush by the parents/guardians to pay school fees for their beloved children. In addition, the opening and closing hours of these commercial banks has continued to cause unknown havoc to small and medium scale enterprises who cannot access their services outside their normal but limiting operating hours. This has necessitated the proliferation of Agency Banking t...

Contribution Of Non-Financial And Financial Investment Appraisal Factors In Influencing The Choice Of Investments By Real Estate Investors In Kisumu City, Kenya

ABSTRACT The last decade has seen phenomenal investments in real estate. According to a report by Wisconsin School of Business in 2016, Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate (AFIRE) with an estimated $2 trillion or more in real estate assets under management globally, reported intention to increase their investment in US. Real estate investment contributed 9% of Kenya's GDP in 2016. In Kisumu City, real estate investors have a total per annum return of 13.3%, with an income yield of...

Effect Of Generic Strategic Responses On The Performance Of Yana Trading Limited Kenya

ABSTRACT Tyre manufacturing industry is critical to Kenya and the East Africa economy as a whole in terms of job creation and its contribution of GDP growth for the East Africa region which is forecast at 5.3% in 2018, up from 4.5% in 2016. Despite this major contribution, it is observed that some firms in the sector are facing a shaky financial situation. For instance, from 2014 to 2018, Yana Trading Limited Kenya faced tight liquidity problems and stiff trade competition. Consequently, the ...

Financial Factors Affecting Liquidity Of Savings And Credit Co-Operative Societies In Kirinyaga County, Kenya

ABSTRACT Savings and Credit Co-operative Societies are quasi financial institutions that mobilize savings, provide loans as well as other products to their members. Liquidity is considered as one of the serious concern and challenge for the modern era SACCOs. A SACCO having good asset quality, strong earnings and sufficient capital may fail if it is not maintaining adequate liquidity. The general objective of the study was to assess the financial factors that influence liquidity of Savings an...

Corporate Governance, Management Competence And Financial Performance Of Selected Money Transfer Companies In Uganda

TABLE OF CONTENTS Approval ............................................................................................................................. i TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................. ii LIST OF FIGURES ......................................................................................................... vi LIST OF TABLES ......................................................................................

Corporate Governance Practices And Performance Of Kampala Capital City Authority (Uganda) And City Of Kigali (Rwanda): A Correlational Comparative Study

Table of Contents Approval .................................................................................................................................... ii CHAPTER ONE ...................................................................................................................... 1 INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Introduction ........................................................

Corporate Governance And Organizational Performance Of Commercial Banks In Uganda: A Case Of Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited

ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate the influence that corporate governance has on organizational performance in Stanbic Bank. The study was guided by the following specific objectives; effect of transparency on organizational performance; contribution of accountability on organizational performance; and effect of board composition on organizational performance at SBUL. The study adopted a case study design and a sample size of 97 respondents comprising staff was selected usi...

Analysis Of Competitive Strategies And Performance Of Commercial Parastatals In Kenya A Case Of Kenya Power Company

ABSTRACT According to Economic Survey Report of 2018, by end of June 2018 Kenya Power Company (KPC) was selling electricity to over 6,761,090 million units. In the last two years, the average electric tariffs per unit sold rose to 15.65 up from 14.68 in the previous year. Despite this, electricity supply contribution to GDP has stagnated at 1.8% in the last two years. This points to stagnating performance of KPC, raising a point of concern. This may be explained by competitive strategies Keny...

A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF MARKETING OF GENERAL INSURANCE PRODUCTS IN GHANA

ABSTRACT The study sought to critically assess the marketing of general insurance products in Ghana. The population of this study comprised of insurance companies in the Sunyani municipality. From the population of the study, a purposive sampling technique was used to select all the seventy-six (76) staff and management members of the selected insurance firms. The study adopted primary and secondary data. The study used both the descriptive and inferential data analysis for the study. The des...


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