ABSTRACT With the unstable business environment, stiff competition, stringent regulatory requirements, fuel adulteration and volatile world market prices, oil and gas firms in Kenya are constantly facing problems in the course of doing business. There is therefore need for proper formulation of strategies that capture the industry dynamics and that are based on thorough understanding of the industry for swift responses whenever needed. The study sought to establish the influence of strategy f...
ABSTRACT Through audit controls, organizations accomplish execution and organizational objectives, avoid misfortune of assets, empower generation of solid reports and guarantee compliance with laws and controls. As a fund misuse, misappropriations of funds, stalled projects, are some of the challenges affecting performance of Constituency development fund projects. This study therefore sought to investigate the effects of audit controls to the projects performance of constituency development ...
ABSTRACT The construction and allied sector remains key to Kenya’s vision of becoming an industrialised nation by year 2030 as per Kenya Vision 2030. The industry has however faced challenges in terms of erratic profits, reduced access to credit and competition from imports that have affected its growth. The study sought to assess the effect of working capital management (cash management, inventory management, debtors management and creditors management) on profitability of listed cons...
ABSTRACT Substance abuse is a problem to many people across the world. Programs and activities have been put in place to fight drug and substance abuse in schools. The Ministry of Education through the report of the presidential party in education and manpower training for the next decade and beyond and the Commission of inquiry on the education system of Kenya recommended that peer counseling services be established in all educational institutions. Peer counseling was therefore integrated i...
ABSTRACT Today competitiveness has permeated from local to global businesses of all sorts. Moreover, in recent years, almost all of the organizations, if not all are involved with some form of competition, if not for customers, then for gaining advantage on the utilization of scarce resources, strategic management has become the key critical factor to succeed in this endeavor. Higher education managers need to implement, sustainable strategies that can develop, enhance and sustain, competiti...
ABSTRACT Fiscal decentralization and the need to decentralize power to the local community has gained impetus lately due because it is considered as one of the most important forces shaping governance and development today. The resultant public engagement that arises from the fiscal decentralization increases the support of the development projects by the citizens, democratization process of decision making and also enhances official accountability. The objective of the study was to analyse t...
ABSTRACT In Kenya, the challenges of sales performance are prevalent amongst the supermarkets. A declining sales performance was noted for Uchumi supermarket in its 2016 financial year leading to its poor financial performance. Nakumatt supermarket has also had poor sales performance in the recent years leading to its struggling financial position. Merchandizing is one of the aspects that can be utilized for the purposes of improving on sales performance. The study’s purpose is to determine...
ABSTRACT Strategic planning practice has assumed an increasing importance in the Church, especially at a stage in its evolution when Churches are facing heightened scrutiny of its effectiveness in attaining the two-pronged goal of outreach and sustainability. There are a lot of challenges and barriers facing the church today. This study sought to analyse the management practices and implementation of strategic plan in Anglican Church of Kenya Head Office in Nairobi County, Kenya. The followi...
ABSTRACT Garissa County is among the county governments in Kenya experiencing dismal performance in revenue collection as depicted by the small percentage of their own source revenue and failure to achieve its revenue targets. This had affected the county’s operations in terms of meeting its financial obligations to service providers and contractors as well as service delivery. This therefore called for a study to assess the issues affecting the performance in revenue collection of these co...
ABSTRACT Motorcycles have become a popular means of transport in most parts of the world. Indeed, in the last 10 years the number of motorcycles has doubled in many developing countries. The purpose of the study was to examine the gender perspectives of motorcycle transport in Keumbu subcounty, Kisii County. The objectives of the study were to establish the demographic characteristics of customers of motorcycle mode of transport in terms of gender, examine the socio-economic effects of motor...
ABSTRACT The financial sector is aggressively adopting use of Mobile banking technology to offer services. Among the services being offered through this mode is issuance of mobile based loans. The use of mobile phone technology to offer different financial services by commercial banks in Kenya has impacted on the way these services are offered, as opposed to the traditional brick and Mortar based banking, thus enhancing financial inclusion and affecting financial their performance. Mobile pho...
ABSTRACT Environmental degradation brings about challenges to human health, animals and plants through pollution of air, water and soil. To mitigate this pollution standard guidelines on management of the environment has been developed. Firms/organizations/institutions that are not ISO 14001 compliant are expected to employ this standard in their operations to stop or reduce polluting the environment. The general objective of this study was to investigate the environmental management systems...
ABSTRACT SMEs help to achieve sustainable growth as a centralized theme. However, SMEs in Garissa county face several and critical demanding situations to their growth. The general objective of study was to investigate the effect of strategic implementation practices on the growth of SMEs in Garissa County, Kenya. The specific objectives of the study were to establish the effect of resource allocation, communication, leadership styles and organizational culture on the growth of SMEs in Garis...
Abstract Sugar firms have been constantly under threat of collapsing possibly after their dismal performance, leading to perception of poor corporate image. For instance, Sugar Companies in western region have been continuously receiving a negative corporate image attributed to their dismal performance. The dismal performance threatened the firms with their collapse. There have been reported incidences by various stakeholders touching on performance of the companies. This study was about corp...
STRACT Commercial banks in Kenya are working on achieving maximum quality possible both on the services and products offered. As a result all the banks have opted for the adoption of total quality management. Despite the widespread use of total quality management still most of the banks have not achieved the expected performance. Therefore, this study aimed at investigating the influence of total quality management practices on performance of commercial banks in Kilifi Town, Kenya. The s...