The productivity of commercial banks in Kenya has been under intense scrutiny in the recent past owing to the unprecedented failure of some top mid-tier banking institutions. This is occurring despite comprehensive regulatory mechanism being in place. This research sought to examine the strategies adopted by commercial banks in response… Continue Reading
Performance in the Police Service in Kenya has been deteriorating over the years. For this reason, the National Police Service has recently developed an ambitious plan for police reforms, aimed at transforming the Police Service into an institution that will be modern, efficient and effective and responsive to the needs and expectations of… Continue Reading
The study sought to find out the effects of Rapid Results Initiatives (RRI) on service delivery in the civil service of the republic of Kenya. The research covered Mombasa County which comprises of four Sub Counties namely; Likoni, Changamwe, Kisauni and Mombasa and basically focused on the employees of the departments of Coordination of… Continue Reading
The retention of talented employees is paramount to an organization because employees’ knowledge and skills are central to its ability to be economically competitive. Employees are a key resource that can be strategically placed for an organization to attain competitive advantage. Organizations can increase and sustain their competitive… Continue Reading
Due to the increased level of dynamic environment in which projects are implemented organizations face great challenges in ensuring that the projects are successfully delivered on time, within the set budget and as per the clients expectations. Project managers at Nyanadarua County have been facing challenges to deliver sustainable… Continue Reading
The interaction between the firm and its environment determines how the established goals and objectives are to be attained. Through aligning to the changing environment, organizations are able to come up with products and services that meet the changing customer needs hence be competitive and post better performance. Pension funds are… Continue Reading
Slum upgrading projects have in existence in Kenya since 2000. Their aim is to improve the living standards of the slum residents. However, the level of poverty continues to increase in the slums. The project success of the slum upgrading projects is questioned because the number of people living in the slums is increasing. Experts’… Continue Reading
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) was a computer application package that automated processes in a business institution to make them easy to use, and also played a critical role in finance functions, human resource functions, supply chain management functions, administration management, ICT functions and project planning functions.… Continue Reading
Banks in Kenya continue to record decreased profitability due to face stiff competition from non-bank institutions. Corporate branding strategy provides direction and scope an organization takes in its journey to identify itself uniquely to its customers to ensure customer loyalty. It’s not just enough to create a brand since that will… Continue Reading
Achievement of a project means that a number of its perceived factors were attained. It is not guaranteed that project management practices will result to proper implementation of projects by manufacturing companies. However, the success of projects largely depends on the way it is managed and controlled. The challenges met during the… Continue Reading
In the current global business environment formulating and implementing the best strategies is essential for organization success. One of the key units in the manufacturing industry is the purchasing department. The major share of the organization costs are utilized within the purchasing department hence finding and employing the best… Continue Reading
Kenya with support from multilateral and bilateral financing agencies has implemented many rural water projects to address the pressing need of water supply and improve on local sanitation conditions. Many rural projects fail to deliver the goods and services as planned and operational costs increase exponentially making them… Continue Reading
Strategic management can be beneficial when an organization applies approach to strategic management which matches the situation they are in. The economic environment is changing rapidly and this change is characterized by phenomena such as globalization, changing customer and investor demands and ever increasing product-market… Continue Reading
Agriculture is the mainstay of the Kenyan economy accounting for 24% of the GDP and accounting 18% of all formal employment in the country. Agriculture includes crop husbandly and animal production. The livestock sector in Kenya accounts for 10-15 % of the GDP. Au - 1BAR, Kenya livestock sector study .The sector employs about 50% of the… Continue Reading
Employee relations is one of the key fundamental elements of organizational performance, prosperity and sustainability. Since good employee relations results in a highly committed, motivated and loyal employees there is need for organizations to develop strategies that will improve performance. Employee relations strategy involves… Continue Reading
Despite the potential of Hospital Management Information systems (HMIS) to significatly reduce medical errors, streamline clinical processes, contain healthcare costs and ultimately improve the quality of healthcare, their adoption by hospitals in Kenya has been slow. The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of;… Continue Reading
In order for projects to achieve the intended objectives there is need for the project team to continuously, monitor the project activities with the objective of ensuring that the project is on course and take corrective actions whenever there are significant deviations. This process involves regular and systematic collection, analysing… Continue Reading
The current business environment is relatively dynamic and competitive. This has necessitated financial institutions to design strategies that ensure they maintain their competitive position in a sustainable manner. These demands mainly come from their customers, who in a rapidly advancing technological age have access to information that… Continue Reading
Issues of Quality of Education, rather than mass production, have had to move to the forefront of the educational agenda of policy makers at higher education level. Considering the huge public and private investment in university education, evaluation of how effectively the investment is being utilized by examining the quality of the… Continue Reading
Project performance is assessed by the timely delivery of project objectives, budget constraints and scope of intervention, along with the satisfaction of the customer and end-user. However, several studies show that projects often fail to achieve one or more of these. This failure is attributable to internal and external factors of an… Continue Reading
The purpose of this research project was to evaluate the influence of access of microfinance loans on poverty reduction towards growth and improvement of people’s living standards through services offered by Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in Kuria west constituency. Microfinance as a tool for poverty alleviation has insufficiently… Continue Reading
Principal leadership styles had been recognized by educationists and other stakeholders across the world as a key aspect of an education system. It had been used to judge the level of discipline of learners. Student discipline in learning institutions had received high attention, not only in Kenya but all over the world. In fact many… Continue Reading
Currently, the banking industry is experiencing an exponentially increasing competition among other challenges like government regulations. Therefore, to curb these challenges and be sustainable in the fragile business environment, banks have shifted their focus towards appealing to the public in order to create a good corporate image… Continue Reading
A great deal of literature from a number of studies established that stable financial system offers risk diversification and efficient capital allocation that leads to economic growth of a country and also the economic expansions caused by harnessing FDI as a source of external financing equally leads to economic growth. However, finance… Continue Reading
Organizational change influences the manner in which firms operate and that for them to prosper; they must be dynamic to the changing environments they operate. The management of strategic change is always incomplete without a thorough understanding of strategy. Negative firm’s performance can be attributed as organization’s failure… Continue Reading