University of Nairobi Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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Influence of Human Resource on Implementation of Strategic Change Management Practices at the University of Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Strategic change implementation in organizations requires careful planning and knowledgeable human resource with the required skills, knowledge and attitudes. The need for this study came as a result of understanding how ... -
Investigating Contribution Of Fog To Air Traffic Delay At Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
(University Of Nairobi, 2016)Information on fog occurrence or dissipation is very useful for aircraft maneuvers. This is usually very difficult to determine either due to the absence of instruments to sense or the complexity involved in its forecasting. ... -
Modeling of volatility of interest and treasury bill rates using arch / garch family models and their effect on pension fund
(University of Nairobi, 2016-12)The interest rate and Treasury bill rates were converted into simple returns and modeled by use of ARCH and GARCH (1, 1) models. The GARCH (1,1) was preferred because it allows many parameters and considers conditional ... -
Lean Practices And Operational Performance Of Automotive Firms’S Workshops In Nairobi
(University Of Nairobi, 2016)This study is about lean practices and operational performance carried out in various workshops in Nairobi operated by selected automotive firms to establish the use of selected lean practices and to find out if the lean ... -
Information Security and Service Delivery in Health Sector: Case Study of Chogoria Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2016-11)The study focused on investigating the extent of adoption of information security in the health sector and examined its effect on service delivery. The study adopted descriptive survey design to collate, analyze and present ... -
Zur differenzierung des deutschlandbilds im landeskundlichen daf-unterricht in Simbabwe
(University of Nairobi, 2016-06)The underlying study is an impirical research examining the German image of the Zimbabwean students with the aim of making it more critical. In the German culture lessons there is a confrontation of cultures, therefore, ... -
Procurement Procedures And Procurement Performance Of Security Firms In Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016-11)The research was aimed at probing the correlation between procurement procedures and performance of security firms in Nairobi, Kenya. To find out whether there are procurement procedures used by security firms in Nairobi, ... -
Zur Differenzierung des Toleranzbegriffs am Beispiel von Chimamanda Adichies A Private Experience und Gotthold Ephraim Lessings Nathan der Weise
(University of Nairobi, 2016-06)The underlying study examines the concept of tolerance in literary works by two different writers. The thesis analyzes the texts Nathan der Weise by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing and A Private Experience by Chimamanda Adichie, ... -
Factors that influence success of social enterprises in Nairobi city county: a case study of Bridge International Academies
(University of Nairobi, 2016)The objectives of the study were to determine the key drivers of social enterprises in Bridge International Academies; to determine the challenges they face, and to establish the key success factors of Bridge International ... -
Psycho-Dietary Adaptation Among End Stage Renal Disease Clients On Hemodialysis At Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2016-08)Background: Hemodialysis care requires events of adjustment in dietary options that must be adhered to. The diagnosis of end stage renal disease (ESRD) or renal failure disease and initiation of hemodialysis care influences ... -
Social Media and Youth Perception of Feminism in Kenya: the Case of Youth at the University of Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2016)This study sought to investigate how far social networking services have gone in trying to shape the overall perception of the feminist movement among the youth at the University of Nairobi. The study sought to find out ... -
Global Factors Influencing Trade and Foreign Direct Investment Patterns, a Survey of Chinese Multinational Corporations in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016-11)The objective of the study was to establish global factors influencing trade and foreign direct investment patterns; A survey of China MNCs in Kenya. The relevant theories in support of the study are; Gravity theory; Theory ... -
Prevalence and risk factors for medication discrepancies on admission of elderly diabetics at Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya.
(University Of Nairobi, 2016)Background Medication discrepancies are defined as the variations in drug regimens during transition from one health care worker or hospital to another. These medication discrepancies are either intentional or unintentional ... -
The Effect of Earnings and Dividends on Share Prices of Firms Listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Firms quoted on the NSE usually declare their dividends and shareholders on the firm’s share register as at a given cut-off date become eligible to receive a dividend once it is paid out. Once a dividend is declared, the ... -
Service Outsourcing And Supply Chain Performance Of Cement Manufacturing Firms In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016-10)Service outsourcing is a concept that has been widely adopted by many manufacturing firms in today‟s world. Globalization has been the main reason of outsourcing. Companies have therefore worked tirelessly in order to find ... -
A Metaphysical Approach to Environmental Sustainability- Alfred North Whitehead’s Process Philosophy
(University of Nairobi, 2016)This project looks at the various moral guiding principles and responses have been developed as an attempt to respond to existing environmental concerns. As a starting point it examines anthropocentrism, biocentrism and ... -
Effects of Organizational Culture on Employee Performance at Aon Limited, Nairobi, Kenya
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The Theme of Human Rights in Selected Post-independence Kenyan Literary Texts
(University of Nairobi, 2016)This study sets out to analyse the theme of human rights in post-independence Kenyan literature. It examines the form and content of five Kenyan novels: Meja Mwangi’s Kill Me Quick, Kinyanjui Kombani’s The Last Villains ... -
The Effect of Board Composition on Financial Performance of Commercial Banks in Kenya
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The Impact of Integrated Financial Management Information System (Ifmis) on Financial Probity in the Public Sector in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Financial management information systems (FMIS) is the computerization of public expenditure management processes including budget formulation, budget execution, and accounting with the help of a fully integrated system ...
