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...
ABSTRACT Persistent current account deficit is a chronic problem in many developing countries including Kenya. In an attempt to understand disequilibria dynamics in Kenya, this study sought to investigate the effect of real exchange on current account balance and additionally investigate whether the rate of import growth in Kenya is consistent to balanced economic growth as stipulated in Thirlwall law. The study is based on two main theories, the neoclassical elasticity approach and balance ...
ABSTRACT The main challenge facing the Kenya Ports Authority is how to effectively and efficiently pursue its goals in order to be able to fully execute its key mandate of being open to Eastern and central Africa. The cha11enge with the managers is to strategica11y plan for an action that works best for any given situation. As a result, the purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of strategic management on the organization's effectiveness. Specifically the study sought to: identi...
ABSTRACT The organizational performance of Kenyan commercial banks has continually declined of due to stiff competition from other financial institutions. The innovations of lending applications and mobile banking have given room for loan defaults by customers from the main banks hence reduced organizational performance. The main study objective was to establish influence of re-engineering practices of business process on Kenya commercial banks’ organizational performance. Specifically, thi...
ABSTRACT Despite the existence of studies on specific areas relating to college students' stress such as coping behaviors, stress in relation to health, and stress management there is little documentation existing on the specific factors that cause stress and burnout amongst college students. A more holistic assessment needs to be carried out to understand the factors that lead to stress and subsequent burnout among the college students and patterns of stressors in relation to personal and ac...
ABSTRACT The study was set out to establish the influence of Savings and cooperative societies on growth of enterprises in Kenya; the study was guided by three objectives, to establish various loan products offered by SACCOs to the members, to establish the strategies used by SACCOs in mobilizing members' savings and establish SACCO's investment opportunities available to the members. The study design comprised of a descriptive research design. Stratified sampling used to determine the sampl...
ABSTRACT Destinations are often seen by the tourist as the outwardly facing elements of a tourist product or service, being a place where the consumption occurs. At a global scale, the growth of international tourism and domestic tourism has seen the exponential expansion of places seeking to develop their tourism potential. Even very unlikely and unattractive places have developed a tourism economy, based on the principles of creating a destination and a demand for the products and serv...
ABSTRACT Public Private Partnership (PPP) is an emerging economic model in Kenya. It entails the collaboration between state entities and private stakeholders to initiate infrastructural development projects. Nonetheless, this economic policy does not resonate with the current constitution dispensation which is anchored on fiscal decentralisation. This research study intended to identify the effects of the devolution on implementation of public private partnership projects in Kenya. The speci...