Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Discourse analysis of Catholic homicides: A case study of Queen of Apostles Seminary Church, Ruaraka Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The focus of this study is the language employed in Catholic homilies in Queen of Apostles Seminary Ruaraka. The aim is to find out what makes disparate discourse sentences hang together as well as the tools used by ... -
Influence of stigma on treatment failure on HIV patients undergoing treatment at Mbagathi District Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Though much study has been conducted on HIV/AIDS and its scope, the area that seems to have been relegated to the back of most studies is about stigma and how it affects the overall outcome of the existing measures to ... -
Enforcement of the right to food in Kenya: shifting focus from rural poor to the urban poor
(University of Nairobi, 2014-10)The right to food is a fundamental right recognised under international human rights law. From its inception in 1948, the right to food aimed at protecting the most vulnerable in the society. To counter hunger and ... -
Public transport sector perception on television programming on road safety: a case study of Nairobi County
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Road safety has been greatly associated with numerous deaths in the recent past and the numbers have risen tremendously. Road crashes are mainly attributed to lack of responsiveness. If the public are made aware of the ... -
Strategic management process and performance of M.P. Shah hospital in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The main purpose of the study was to determine the extent at which strategic management process has been used by M.P Shah Hospital and how the use of strategic management process has influenced the performance of M.P. ... -
Influence of employee retention strategies on the performance of kenya power and lighting company limited
(University of Nairobi, 2014)More than 50 peace operations have deployed in Africa since 2000, including multiple Africanled or hybrid African Union/United Nations initiatives. The frequency of these deployments underscores the ongoing importance of ... -
Impact of Social Media to Corporate Organizations in Kenya: A case of Safaricom Limited
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The purpose of the study was to analyze the impact of social media to corporate organizations in Kenya using the case of Safaricom Limited. The objectives of the study were to: establish the most widely used social media ... -
Implementation of corporate restructuring at the independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Restructuring is a deliberate transformative exercise whose prime aim is enhancing the performance of the organization by reconstituting its structures. It entails among other things downsizing, outsourcing, and mergers. ... -
Effect of capital structure choice on financial performance of commercial banks in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)A firm‘s capital structure consists of both debt (bonds) and equity (stock) and has been an issue of great interest in the corporate finance literature. This is due to the fact that the mix of funds (leverage ratio) ... -
Problems of internationalization of operations by Kenyan Insurance firms
(University of Nairobi, 2014)There is a notable absence of empirical studies locally conducted to determine the problems of internationalization of operations by Kenyan insurance firms. Globally some scholars have also lamented on the paucity of ... -
Gender relations in public road transport in Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2014)SAMUEL M. MWANGI The entrepreneurial participation of women in the motorized transport sector in many African countries is limited. Determining the causal factors for the low participation of women in the sector has ... -
The effect of financial liberalization on the stability of Commercial Banks in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The major negative implications of global crisis on the financial systems and real economies of the countries of the world have brought into focus of the decision makers and researchers the problem of evaluating and ... -
Factors contributing to post discharge stay at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi
(2014-12-16)Discharge planning is embedded in the clinical pathway of patient’s treatment in hospitals during overnight admissions. Actual discharge from a hospital allows patients to leave the facility and convalescence at their ... -
Strategy evaluation and control practices at Kenya Bureau of Standards
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The growing need to continuously improve efficacy in Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) is driven by the fact that customers expect the organization to provide quality preparation of standards relating to conformity ... -
Efficacy of anti-counterfeit laws in Kenya
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The effect of interest rates spread and management efficiency on the growth of lending among commercial banks in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Despite the liberalization of the financial sector, high interest rate spreads is still an issue of concern in a number of African countries, including Kenya. Commercial banks set interest rate levels for deposits and ... -
Utilization of information communication technology facilities for research output amongst postgraduate students: The case of university of Nairobi Library systems
(2014)The study focused on utilization of information communication technology facilities for research output amongst postgraduate students at the University of Nairobi library systems. Objectives of the study were to assess the ... -
Strategy implementation at Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Public institutions in Kenya, including Kenyatta National Hospital, have been involved in strategic planning as a requirement of performance contracting. These organisations are characterised by management failure and ... -
Strategy formulation process in Public Secondary Schools in Embu County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Strategic plans are important for all organisations. The process of strategic management formulation is one that has been examined by various scholars as it is usually different from one institution to another and is ... -
Generic competitive business strategies and performance of micro and small enterprises in Nairobi: an empirical validation of the MSE typology
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Competitive business strategy typologies classify business strategies based on common elements and provide a framework for gaining competitive advantage in the market. In Sub-Saharan Africa, it is estimated that the ...
