University of Nairobi Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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Spectrum of Chest Ct Findings in Confirmed Covid-19 Patients at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Background: Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) is a viral disease that has rapidly spread worldwide. Identifying individuals with suspected Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) is important in terms of isolation of positive ... -
Organizational Strategy And Growth Of Microinsurance In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Organizational strategies are especially significant in businesses where the services or goods offered are comparable and in case where competitive rivalry is intense. Firms that desire to achieve and retain a significant ... -
Strategic Innovations and Competitive Advantage at Bollore Logistics Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)For an organization to thrive in an industry, it must choose a strategy behavior mode that corresponds to the degree of environmental turbulence and build resource capacity that supports the selected mode. Strategic ... -
Total Quality Management Practices And Service Delivery At The Kenya Revenue Authority
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Increasing competitiveness, environmental volatility, globalization, workforce diversity, high operating costs, and changing consumer expectations and wants have made firms worldwide undergo a paradigm shift in their ... -
Management Practices And Sustainability Of Water Development Projects In Kajiado East Constituency
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Sustainability of water development is a global issue that has been raised as a cause of concern by scholar and professionals. In the context of this study, it is important to address factors affecting the sustainability ... -
Effectiveness Of Purchasing Mechanisms In Achieving Universal Health: A Case Of National Hospital Insurance Fund In Kenya,2010-2018.
(University of Nairobi, 2022)This study sought to understand how effective the current mechanisms used to purchase healthcare are in as far as the achievement of universal health coverage in Kenya is concerned. This was done through a case study of ... -
Board Diversity, Firm Profitability, Internal Controls And Financial Reporting Quality Of Nairobi Securities Exchange-Listed Companies In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Corporate accounting scandals have cast doubt on the accounting profession's integrity and usefulness. To safeguard stakeholders' interests, the government of Kenya has enacted and released several laws, rules, and guidelines ... -
Examining the Contribution of Libraries in Promoting Use of Open Government Data in Kenya: Case of the University of Nairobi Library
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Open Government Data initiatives have gained momentum in many parts of the World with key emphasis being on promoting transparency and enhancing public participation in governance. Central to this tremendous development ... -
The Role of Training and Development on Employee Performance at Kenya Power and Lighting Company
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Training and development are crucial to contemporary organizations since they provide organization employees with skills and capacity for them to contribute meaningfully to the overall goal of organization development. ... -
Influence of Socio-economic Factors on Students’ Enrollment Rates in Public Technical and Vocational Education Institutions in Kilifi County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The study's goal was to investigate the socioeconomic characteristics that affect how many students enroll in public TVET colleges in Kenya's Kilifi County. Four goals served as the foundation for the study: to determine ... -
Socioeconomic Impacts of Covid-19: the Rural-urban Disparities in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The world has been severely hit by the COVID-19 pandemic that has led to the loss of lives and resulted in unquantifiable harm on livelihoods and wellbeing. Using quantitative research design, we analyzed high-frequency ... -
Supply Chain Risk Management Strategies and Performance of Automotive Industry in Kenya During Covid-19 Pandemic
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Projects to improve the supply chain are well known in the automotive industry. Companies in the automotive industry utilize SCRM to shield themselves from the negative consequences of supply chain disruptions. There isn't ... -
Effect of Free Cash Flows on Dividend Payout Among Commercial and Services Firms Listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Corporate finance literature shows that a company's dividend payout strategy as free cash flows can be used to finance investments and pay dividend. However, dividend payout decision remains a contentious corporate finance ... -
Risk Management Practices and Implementation of Infrastructure Construction Projects in Galmudug State of Somalia
(University of Nairobi, 2022)This study's primary goal was to determine how risk management practices and the implementation of infrastructure construction projects in Galmudug State, Somalia, relate to one another. Specifically, the research sought ... -
Access to Hiv/aids Messages Among the Youth in the North Rift Region: a Case of Ampath Project
(University of Nairobi, 2022)This study sought to examine how youth in the North Rift region access informational messages on Human Immuno-deficiency Virus and Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome prevention. The objectives of were to investigate the ... -
Strategic Responses Adopted by the Nation Media Group to Counter Digital Disruption
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Organizations in the course of their operations are affected by external factors outside their control such as competitors’ actions and digital disruptions. To enable a firm to deal with the competitive forces and disruptions ... -
The Effects of Mount Kenya Glacier Recession on Water Supply and Community Livelihoods – a Case Study of Nyeri and Laikipia Counties, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The case study was aimed at determining whether the watershed ecosystem beneficiaries are aware of deglaciation trends affecting Mount Kenya and it’s implication on their livelihood systems. The survey was guided by following ... -
Emerging & Re-emerging Arboviral Infections in Patients With Acute Febrile Illness in Two Counties in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Background Covid-19 has demonstrated the impact that emerging infections can have on our health, social and economic wellbeing. About three-quarters of emerging infections have a zoonotic origin, and are transmitted to ... -
Effect of Digital Technology as a Strategy on Child Mortality in Public Health Facilities in Kilifi County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Background: A strategic plan provides an organization, business or government with a clear roadmap that is requires to pursue and succeed in a specific and focused direction. It allows for setting of performance goals, a ... -
Relationship Between Board Characteristics and Financial Risk Management of Firms Listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The complexity of the present-day corporate operations and the global economy’s rapid change has brought into fore the difficulties managers have in understanding their own risk exposures in the course of their daily ...