Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Boy (A Novella)
(University of Nairobi, 2014-09)Ayub, a year older and with an overactive imaginati on, cannot cope with the ever changing world. He grows up in a loving family whic h comprises his father, an editor for a national newspaper and his mother, a hotel ... -
Effects of health care costs on child mortality rates in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Infant and child mortality rates in a given country reflect the health status and social wellbeing of society. In addition to being an indicator of the nation’s wellbeing, child mortality on its own is a recipe for ... -
The role of radio in agricultural development: an evaluation of The program Me Oboremi B Waito On Egesa Fm in bomachoge Chache constituency
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The study sought to determine the role of radio in agricultural development in Boma choge Chache Constitu ency by evaluating the program Oborem i Bwai to on Egesa FM. Particularly, the study sought to determine ... -
The Role of the Social Media as a Source for Political Information: a Case Study on the Use of Facebook and Twitter Among Selected Youth in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Narobi, 2014)The growth of the Internet has brought with it new ways of communicating and interacting. Social networking sites have indeed become quite popular in the recent past especially among the urban population. This is as a ... -
The impact of supply integration on the supply chain performance in the manufacturing firms in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Nowadays business environment is characterized by faster technological development, shorter product life cycle and more intense global competition. This new competitive landscape force organizations to actively acquire ... -
Challenges of strategy implementation faced by micro and small women entrepreneurs in Nakuru county, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The major drive behind this study was to investigate challenges of strategy implementation faced by micro and small women entrepreneurs in Nakuru County, Kenya. The major objectives of the study were to; determine strategy ... -
The role of leadership in managing change within the courier industry in Kenya
(University of Narobi, 2014)Organizations have been so dynamic in the last decades. As a result, workers on feeling the impact have been forced to adapt to new ways of doing things. To them, change is no longer an irregular outing, an inconvenient ... -
Challenges of strategy implementation in the world scout bureau-Africa regional office in Nairobi Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The concept of strategy has continued to gain popularity and interest in the management of organizations. There is no single organization private or public, profit or non-profit that can ignore or do without strategic ... -
Strategies used in employee retention by non governmental organizations in Kisumu county, Kenya
(2014)Employee retention is a vital issue and challenge to all the organizations in today‟s‟ world. There are numbers of factors which promote the employees to stay or leave the organization, such as external factors, internal ... -
Child’s Narration of War as Depicted in Ahmadou Kourouma’s “allah Is Not Obliged
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Childhood is normally treated as a period of crucial values in ones stage of growth. Maintaining these values in children helps to preserve the future generation’s societal aspirations. However during times of war, there ... -
The right to education as a tool in the rehabilitation of prisoners: a study of Kamiti prison, Kenya
(University of Narobi, 2014-10)The main objective of this study is to explore the right to education as an effective rehabilitative instrument in prison. It sought to investigate the effect of education on rehabilitation of prisoners; the relationship ... -
The perceived influence of performance contracting on the performance of Kisumu polytechnic, Kenya
(2014)Public institutions in Kenya have been known for poor performance. In the recent past the trend has change due to introduction of performance contracting where employees set and meet the work goals or targets from their ... -
Factors that influence savings of small scale tea farmers in Kericho town- Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014-11)Saving has been a challenge to a lot of people since time in memorial. The tea business is a thriving industry in Kenya considering that tea has a huge market in Europe, Asia, and some parts of Africa e.g. Egypt. It is ... -
Comparative study of lower and middle class women’s consumer behaviour towards clothing: a case study of women in mathare valley estate and garden estate in Nairobi city county, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The purpose of this paper is to establish the similarities and differences of lower and middle class women‟s consumer behaviour towards clothing. The study also seeks to determine the factors that influence consumer ... -
Job changes and employee commitment among employees of postal corporation of Kenya - Homabay county
(2014)Job changes are the alteration and modification of activities, schedules, assignments, structure, remuneration and other human resource management process. Job changes take place in various forms including job mobility, ... -
The influence of institutional factors and job related attitudes on the relationship between employee empowerment and performance of public universities in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The research aimed at assessing the influence of employee empowerment on performance of Public Universities in Kenya, and to determine the moderating role of institutional factors on this relationship, and to determine ... -
Relationship between selected aspects of corporate governance and financial performance of commercial banks in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014-11)The main objective of this study was to determine the relationship between selected aspects of corporate governance and financial performance of commercial banks in Kenya. Specifically, this study examined board size, ... -
Strategies adopted by multinational pharmaceutical firms in Kenya to respond to competitive rivalry in the pharmaceutical industry
(2014)Today‘s business environment requires firms to embed in relationships with other actors in order to gain access to resources needed. In order to be successful, organizations must be strategically aware. They must understand ... -
The relationship between liquidity management and stock market return: evidence from commercial banks
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Liquidity management which refers to the management of current assets and current liabilities plays an important role in the successful management of a firm. It is a concept that is receiving serious attention all over ... -
Quality management practices and performance of hotels in Nairobi
(2014)The drive of this study was to investigate the Quality management practices adopted by hotels in Nairobi and find out the impact of the adopted practices on hotel performance. A survey of the 39 hotels in Nairobi listed ...
