Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Challenges Facing Kenya Prisons in Implementing Reform Strategies
(University of Nairobi, 2011-11)ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to find out the challenges facing Kenya Prisons in implementing reform strategies. The investigation was anchored on the state of the overcrowding in the Country’s prisons, ... -
Diversification as a Strategic Approach by Safaricom Limited
(University of Nairobi,School of business, 2011-11)A fundamental part of corporate strategy is the choice of what portfolio of businesses to compete in, and the managerial importance of this issue has stimulated an enormous amount of research focused on corporate ... -
The Role of Psychological Contract on Secondary School Teachers Commitment in Kitui Central District
(School of business, University of Nairobi, 2012)In an environment of rapid organizational change, where the ideas of satisfaction and motivation are potentially meaningless, the psychological contract appears to provide a useful integrative concept around which to ... -
Quality improvement practices: patterns of Adoption by manufacturing firms in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of business, 2012-11)This study was conducted to investigate patterns of adoption of quality improvement practices adopted by manufacturing firms in Nairobi. The study also studied the challenges encountered in implementing the quality ... -
Challenges of strategy implementation: A case study of Kenya Pipeline Company Limited
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2011-09)The researcher was motivated to undertake this study by the desire and with a general objective to establish challenges of strategy implementation at KPC. Strategy implementation is seen as the continuation of the planning ... -
Stakeholder Perception of Credit Reference Service in the Kenya Credit Market
(School of Business, 2012)The Kenya credit market is characterized by high level of default tendencies resulting to huge non-performing loans. High figures have continuously been posted for write-off despite efforts by organizations to review and ... -
Foreign market entry strategies used by multinational corporations in Kenya: A case of Coca Cola Kenya Ltd
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2012-11)This study was on the strategies that MNCs use to enter the Kenyan market with a case study of Coca Cola Company in Kenya. The objective of the study was to establish the foreign market entry strategies adopted by Coca ... -
Competitive strategies adopted by pharmaceutical companies operating in Kenya
(School of business, 2012)This project investigates the competitive strategies adopted by pharmaceutical companies operating in Kenya. The population of the study consisted of forty two pharmaceutical companies operating in Kenya. Cross sectional ... -
Brand positioning strategies and competitive advantage of the five star hotels in Nairobi
(School of Business, 2012)Five star hotels are placing a focus on the brand positioning strategy, it is necessary for the hotels to strategically find a way to get a competitive advantage over the others as a market strategy, as there exists ... -
The relationship between loan portifolio management and performance of Kenya Commercial Bank in Kenya
(uSchool of Business, 2012)Loan portfolio management has openly shown a direct impact in the performance of most banking institutions. This is based on the fact that many financial institutions have collapsed in Kenya due to poor loan portifolio ... -
Customer relationship management systems among commercial Banks in Kenya
(School of business, 2011-11)Nowadays, many businesses such as banks, insurance companies, and other service providers have realized the importance of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and its potential to help them acquire new customers, retain ... -
A survey of teachers’ perception of performance appraisal practices in public secondary schools in Nakuru district
(School of business, 2007)The purpose of performance appraisal in schools is to assess teachers performance in their jobs as objectively as possible .the information collected through performance appraisal is used to assess training need sand ... -
Implementation of strategic change to sustain defined benefits pension scheme of the Local Authorities Pension Trust in Kenya.
(School of Business, 2009)Local authorities Pension Trust, like any other organization whether in public or private organization is directly or indirectly affected by the changes taking place in the environment in which they operate. It therefore ... -
Strategic responses by internet service providers in Nairobi to the growth of mobile telephony industry in Kenya
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2011-10)The objective of this study was to establish the strategic responses that have been adapted by the ISPs to address the existing growth of mobile telephony industry and to establish the challenges the ISPs are facing. A ... -
The effect of venture capital on financial performance of small and medium enterprises in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of business, 2012-11)iv ABSTRACT Venture capital has been one of the sources of finance, which is more prevalent in developed financial markets, for small scale and start up firms. In Kenya Venture capital has been there for long but little ... -
Strategies Employed by National Housing Corporation to achieve competitive advantage
(University of UniversitySchool of Business, 2010)Competitive advantage is crucial for sustaining superior performance and edging out competitors. The ability of a company to achieve competitive advantage is directly related to the strategies the organization adopts and ... -
Responses of Sameer Africa limited to changes in the external environment
(School of business, 2009)The external environment has undergone various changes that have tremendously affected the operations of many businesses. Sameer Africa Limited is one such company that has gone through various changes due to the turbulent ... -
Foreign market strategies adopted by Barclays Bank Ltd
(University of NairobiSchool of business, 2009-10)ABSTRACT In today's competitive global marketplace, the importance of formulating an effective foreign marketing strategy has been receiving increased attention. The relationship between foreign marketing strategy and ... -
Motivation and satisfaction as functions of Perceptions of reward: a case study of employees of Kenya Revenue Authority
(School of Business, 2012)Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), like any other public organization, despite establishing reward systems to improve its employees, its employees have been criticised of being lazy, corrupt and that they lack professionalism ... -
The impact of Information Communication Technology development on financial performance of Commercial Banks in Kenya
(School of Business, 2012-10)Despite the potential benefits of ICT an e-commerce, there is debate about whether and how their adoption improves bank performance. This study used some relative measures such as return on assets to uncover impact of ...
