Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Critical Success Factors in the Insurance Industry in Kenya
(School of Business ( SOB ), 2006)Critical success factors (CSFs) arc tasks or attributes that should receive priority attention by management because they most strongly drive performance. Due to competition. "key success factors are the minimum capabilities ... -
Challenges of strategy implementation in the scripture union of Kenya.
(University of NairobiSchool of Business,, 2006)The Scripture Union faces a number of challenges in implementing strategy. These arise mainly out of the organization's concurrent pursuit or profit and non-profit objectives. The Scripture Union's organizational structure ... -
A survey of corporate governance practices in shipping companies operating in Kenya
(school of Business, University of Nairobi, 2007)A few years ago the buzzword was Globalization, now it is Corporate Governance. Corporate Governance is concerned with the manner which the power of a corporation is exercised in the stewardship of the corporation's total ... -
A Discourse Analysis Of The Structure Of Asian Business English
(University of Nairobi.Department of linguistics and African languages, university of Nairobi, 1995-07)This study is an investigation of the discourse structure and organization of Asian business English. It attempts to give an examination of the different exchange patterns which can be observed in this business language. This ... -
Implementation of the balanced scorecard at UNDP - Somalia
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2007-11)Strategy implementation poses a great challenge to many organizations and determines the success or failure of that strategy. A study done with selected top firms in the United States of America revealed that less than ... -
survey of orientation practices in commercial Banks in Kenya
(School of Business ( SOB ), 2006)The commercial banks in Kenya have not been spared in the environmental changes. Through the process of orientation, commercial banks seek to reposition themselves in order to create new competencies and capacities to ... -
Factors that determine brand loyalty: the case of the petroleum marketing industry in Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, 2006-10)This study was conducted with the objective of establishing the factors that determine loyalty to a Petroleum Marketing Company in Kenya. A further objective was to determine the most important of these factors. The study ... -
Strategic planning practices and performance of selected colleges offering professional programmes
(School of business,University of Nairobi, 2006)There are a number of institutions that are coming up and offering a wide range of professional programmes. This study looked at a number of colleges, the programmes that they offer and it hoped to find if there is a ... -
A survey of corporate governance practices in the motor vehicle industry in Kenya
(University of NairobiFaculty of Commerce, 2002)Corporate governance issues are recerving an increasing amount of attention. There are lots of unexplored corporate issues facing many organizations in modern day. It is therefore ... -
A survey of the levels of customer satisfaction with educational services offered
(School of Business ( SOB ), 2006)The Kenya Polytechnic had at its inception enjoyed near monopoly in training middle level manpower. Recent changes in the marketing environment seem to heighten the level and character of competition hence the need to ... -
Profitability of operating cash flow based trading strategy at the Nairobi stock exchange
(School of business,University of Nairobi, 2007)This study was meant to establish whether a cashflow based investment strategy can yield significantly better returns than the general market performance, as represented by the NSE index. Financial reports were obtained ... -
Responses of Transafrica Motors to environmental challenges in the Motor Vehicle Industry in Kenya
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2007)This study sought to establish the responses by Transafrica Motors Ltd to challenges in the motor vehicles industry. The objectives of the study were to establish the Responses Transafrica Motors has adopted to cope with ... -
Managing public services
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, 2002-09-16)The shifting perceptions of public management - from concepts of public administration to those of business management - originated in the market ideology, style and public expenditure objectives of the Thatcher administration, ... -
Optimum Cropping Calendars Derived For Rain-fed Agriculture Of Uganda From Rainfall Data
(University of Nairobi.Department of Meteorology, 2005-08)Integrating timely and accurate climate forecasts specifically rainfall based information is crucial in the development of strategies aimed at improving and stabilizing crop yields for rain dependent agriculture in Uganda. ... -
Relationship between accrued earnings, assets growth and future profitability of the companies listed on Nairobi stock exchange
(School of business,University of Nairobi, 2007)Prior researchers in developed markets have found that, change in accruals is a strong signal of company's future profitability and stock prices. This study aims at determining whether there is any relationship between ... -
Managerial attitudes toward business social responsibility: The case of bank managers in Nairobi.
(University of Nairobi.Faculty of Commerce,, 1993)This study sought to answer four questions in relation to the business social responsibility concept. First, it sought to determine the extent to which top level managers in banks in Nairobi were aware of the basic ... -
A survey of foreign exchange risk management practices by forex bureaus in Kenya
(School of Business ( SOB ), 2006)This research endeavored to achieve two main objectives: to ascertain the foreign exchange risk exposures faced by forex bureaus in Kenya and to determine the foreign exchange risk management practices they use to mitigate ... -
Competitive strategies applied by mission for essential drugs and supplies (MEDS)
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2007-09)The success and sustainability of any organization in a competitive environment is determined by its choice of strategy. I his case study was an attempt to establish the competitive strategies applied by MEDS- a Medical ... -
A Survey of the practice of telecommuting in the banking industry in Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Management Science, 2002)Telecommuting is the use of telecommunications and information technology to allow work to take place from a location other than the actual office of the employer. There are more technical definitions ... -
Structural and competitive analysis of the mobile telephony industry in Kenya: an application of porter's five forces model
(School of business,University of Nairobi, 2007)The main objectives of the study were to establish the forces that define the structure of the mobile telephony industry in Kenya and to determine the strength of these forces in shaping competition in the industry. The ...
