Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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The Relationship Between Risk and Return for Firms Listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2015-11)Risk is the possibility of losing investment. Low risks are associated with low potential returns while high risks are associated with high potential returns although this relationship has been empirically contested with ... -
The Impact of Water Politics on Regional Security: a Case Study of Nile Basin States
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Water politics has gained prime importance in the world as trans-boundary water resources cover nearly half of the earth surface connecting many states. The Nile basin is among the largest river basin in the world ... -
Social media as a strategic orientation and organizational performance within the mobile telephony sector in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-11)Social media has opened a new perspective in the way business is conducted. Most organizations are adopting the available social media platforms and formulating strategy to guide them. The study sought to determine the ... -
Effect of Mergers and Acquisitions on the Financial Performance of Commercial Banks in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-10)Mergers and acquisition refers to where two or more companies combine corporate resources to operate as a unit with an aim of improving their performance. Previous study on this topic give conflicting findings on how ... -
Adoption of Credit Reference Bureaus as a Strategic Response to Loan Defaulting Among Commercial Banks in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Commercial banks in Kenya have had a high rate of loan default from the borrowers which have caused significant losses to the banks. This is attributed to existence of information asymmetry where commercial banks have ... -
Effects of Kenyan Culture on Foreign Employees Within Airtel Networks Kenya Ltd
(University of Nairobi, 2015-10)The study sought to determine the dynamism of Kenyan culture as experienced in social settings and also in the global world of business. The study looked in to how foreign employees with in Airtel Networks K Ltd are ... -
Response Strategies to Environmental Challenges Facing Kisumu Water and Sewerage Company (KIWASCo) Limited, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)This research project was a case study of response strategies to environmental challenges facing Kisumu Water and Sewerage Company. The main objectives of the study were to establish the environmental challenges faced ... -
Strategic change management practices and performance of staff at national hospital insurance fund, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-11)Strategic change management has become a worldwide and a compulsory practice. This is because it enables organizations to be responsive to environmental needs and changes that affect their operations. Successful organizations ... -
Women’s Access to Agricultural Information and Its Impact on Household Food Security in Kyau Village, Makueni County, Kenya
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An Investigation in the Challenges of Rescuing, Rehabilitating and Reintegrating Street Children: a Case Study of Rehabilitation Centres Within Nairobi County
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The purpose of the study was to investigate challenges which exist in the process of rescue, rehabilitation and reintegration of street children back to the society. The objectives were to identify different stressful ... -
A Pragmatic Approach To Comedy: A Case Study Of The Character Of Kansiime’s Use Of Irony In Creating Humour
(University of Nairobi, 2015)This was a pragmatic approach to the study of comedy. It looked at how one Ugandan comedian, Anne Kansiime uses irony to create humour. The interpretation of Kansiime’s jokes was done as an expansion of the applicability ... -
Implementation of Trade Union Education (TUE) in Tertiary Institutions: a Case Study of University of Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Trade union education plays a key role in strengthening TUs by focusing on challenges facing the labour movement. Its underlying principle is that high quality education is not only a right that should be accorded to ... -
Evaluation of Public Participation in Environmental Impact Assessment of the Southern Bypass Road in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Public participation in Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is meant to reduce conflict through early identification of contentious issues and provide an opportunity for the public to influence project design in a ... -
The Effects of Employee Perceptions on Service Delivery: a Case Study of Public Agencies in Machakos County.
(University of Nairobi, 2015)This study sought to find out the effects of employee perceptions on service delivery in public agencies. Based on empirical study of ten public agencies within Machakos County, the study sought to establish whether ... -
A Case Study of Verb Group Error Analysis From Kimeru Learners of English in Imenti South Sub-county
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The focus of the study was to analyze the errors in the English Verb group from sentences produced by Kimeru Learners .English in Imenti South Sub County . The area of research was two day Secondary schools; Ntharene Day ... -
Factors Contributing to the Use of Mobile Financial Services by Business Operators in Kakamega Town, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014-11)Financial services in the past have been difficult to access and were usually customer friendly to the wealthy in society. Accessibility to the services by the poor in the society was expensive since most of them were ... -
Effect Of Strategic Orientation On The Performance Of Large Retail Stores In Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)In the present day business environment, rivalry and competition among the business firms has reached unprecedented heights and in the process acquiring and sustaining competitive edge has become a key strategy to survival ... -
Relationship Between Exchange Rate Volatility and Stock Market Performance
(University of Nairobi, 2015)In the year 2015 on the first two quarters there has been a poor performance in the Kenyan stock market. Investors had shifted to their funds to the stock exchange in Nigeria. Various reasons have been given to this ... -
Effects of Human Resource Management Practices on Employee Retention in Deposit-taking Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The most successful organizations are the ones attract, develop and retain individuals who have the ability to manage a global organization, that is responsive to customers and the opportunities being presented by technology. ... -
Effect of waste management practices on the operational performance of hotels in Mombasa county, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Waste management practices have emerged due to environment degradation and are adopted mainly to reduce negative impacts on environment. The focus of the study was therefore to examine the effect of waste management ...
