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Participation is a process through which stakeholders’ input and share control over development initiatives, decisions and resources which affect them. The concept of public participation in the budgeting process has been extensively examined by scholars. Various scholars are all in agreement that participation of stakeholders in the budgeting... Continue Reading

E-health is emerging as one of the most important paradigms of healthcare management due to its significant potential to deliver cost-effective, quality health care, and spending on ehealth systems by governments and development partners. Consequently, the usage of ehealth systems is increasing worldwide. However, E-Health adoption remain low in... Continue Reading

Change is an inevitable part of any growing industry. The forces of change are brought about by the political, social, technological, economic and legal environment in which all organizations operate in.  The study therefore sought to investigate the effect of organizational culture on change management in county government of Nakuru Kenya. More... Continue Reading

The International Labour Organization estimates that, globally, about 2.2 million people die annually from occupational accidents and diseases another 270 million suffer from serious non-fatal injuries while 160 million fall ill for shorter or longer periods from work-related causes. The estimated costs of occupational accidents and occupational... Continue Reading

Most capital structure studies to date are based on data from developed countries’ firms and very few studies provide evidence from developing countries. Capital structure of Microfinance banks in Kenya has not been investigated; there is no clear understanding on how microfinance banks construct their capital structure and what internal... Continue Reading

Public private partnerships (PPP) are pursued to leverage knowledge, resources, and  capabilities to achieve public goals. Despite its strategic role in enhancing optimal  benefits of PPPs, synergy is a developing concept in most of the PPPs in developing  economies, Kenya included which largely remains untested coupled with lack of  models to... Continue Reading

Projects are undertaken with the end goal of getting completed someday. Project completion is a collective responsibility among the parties involved. The dilemma and struggle for project completion is a concern in the 21st century. The study intended to find out possible effect of scope changes on project completion among road construction... Continue Reading

There has been a renewed interest on the role of the boards in the performance of an organization due to various corporate scandals and failures. Corporate governance affects organizations‟ performance as organizations with better corporate governance guarantee increased shareholder wealth and limit the risk of the investment. The study analyzed... Continue Reading

Leadership has the ability to bring a vision into reality by making swift decisions and  inspiring others. Leadership is guiding people and the company in the right direction  through empowerment and inspiration, objectively enabling people to achieve  organizational goals, whereas management is a set of processes that help the company  to be... Continue Reading

The telecommunication sector plays a critical role in communication, contributing to the  Gross Domestic Product (GDP), creation of economic opportunities through mobile money  agents, facilitating economic activities, facilitating the provision of mobile money and  internet services. The firm performance of the telecommunication companies are... Continue Reading

The ambulance services industry in the country is very competitive, and most of the companies in the industry are facing service delivery challenges. This study analyzed the association between relationship marketing and sustainable competitive advantage in AMREF Flying Doctors, Nairobi. The specific objectives of the study included; determining... Continue Reading

Working capital management entails the relationship between a firm's current assets and its current liabilities and it plays an integral role in financial decision making. It involves the management of the most liquid resources of the firm which includes cash and cash equivalents, Inventories and trade and other receivables. Majority of firms do... Continue Reading

A Sacco society is defined as a user-owed, user-controlled business that distributes benefits based on patronage. Direct government regulation of Saccos came about through legislation enacted by the Kenyan parliament, the Sacco Act of 2008. The regulations were necessitated by the need to give proper structures and prudential standards to Saccos... Continue Reading

Water is an important natural resource, indispensable for life and also the backbone of growth  and prosperity for mankind. Kenya is a water scarce country with renewable fresh water per  capita at 647m 3  against the United Nations recommended minimum of 1,000m  3  . Despite the  efforts made by the Government of Kenya,... Continue Reading

Internal control plays an important role in preventing and detecting fraud and  protecting the organization's resources, both physical and intangible but fraud is still  reported. At the organizational level, internal control objectives relate to the reliability  of financial reporting, timely feedback on the achievement of operational or... Continue Reading

Since independence, Kenya’s banking sector has continued to grow particularly in regard  to inclusiveness, efficiency, and stability. However, in the recent past, the sector has  witnessed a number of challenges manifesting in some commercial banks posting losses  while others collapsing. Organizational alignment as an important factor can... Continue Reading

Since the 1990s, poverty reduction has taken priority at both national and international  development levels. Within this framework, various initiatives have been taken. Microfinance  has caught the attention of many Aid donors, Non-Governmental Organizations and  Governments as an effective tool for poverty reduction. The successful use of... Continue Reading

It is generally perceived that there is diversity in the workforce of any endeavor, be it business, government, or common society. This study therefore tries to discover the impact of workforce diversity on organizational performance in cross river state in Nigeria for the study. We utilized the Blau's1977 list of heterogeneity to gauge... Continue Reading

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of school culture on leading  strategic change in public secondary schools especially in Nakuru Sub-County. The  specific objectives were to examine the effect of goal orientation, find out the effect of  team orientation, assess the effect of customer orientation, and evaluate the effect... Continue Reading

There has been unprecedented competition in the financial sector particularly amongst  commercial banks. This trend has persuaded banks to be more innovative in order to  remain relevant in the sector. One of the key innovations is the introduction of agency  banking in the industry. Since the inception of the same in 2010, it has not been... Continue Reading

The research project sought to examine the effect of listing with Credit Reference Bureau  service on non-performing loans of deposit taking microfinance institutions in Kenya. The  specific objectives were to assess how loan recoveries as a result of listing with credit  reference bureau affects non-performing loans by deposit taking... Continue Reading

Collaboration is currently one of the key elements of institutional competitiveness. In the face of  continuous world economic changes, competition allows many institutions to improve and  accelerate their collaboration processes. Universities as traditional sources of knowledge might  be involved in such kind of collaboration. The increasing... Continue Reading

Many organizations are able to generate innovative strategic plans, but few are able to  successfully implement these plans. NCPB has a five year strategic plan that runs through  the year 2009 to 2013. East Africa Grain Council (2009), NCPB reforms are long overdue, the NCPB strategic plan is not available in the public domain and... Continue Reading

Quality in higher education has been important for decades. In Kenya, quality in universities  was embraced some years back by facilitating the vigorous vetting of programmes; matching  the programmes with the existing capacity and competent sourcing of human resources to  run the programmes. Part-time employment has thus become a common... Continue Reading

Audit reports by the office of the controller of budget for three consecutive years from 2013 – 2015 revealed gross financial mismanagement and a fall in revenue collection even after County Governments have put in place the Integrated Financial Management Systems (IFMIS) and e-pay systems in accordance with the requirements of the Public... Continue Reading