Browsing Masters Theses and Dissertations by Issue Date
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Evaluation of Response Strategies of the Ministry of Lands in Land Adjudication
(KeMU, 2009-04)In adjudication programmes in Kenya a total of 1,559,479 titles covering 8.01 million hectares have been realized, while under settlement programmes a total of 445 settlement schemes exists countrywide covering 1.02 million ... -
An Analysis of Staff Utilization
(KeMU, 2009-05)ABSTRACT Staffing is a critical function of management and the most crucial aspect of manpower planning. The staffing function consists of three related activities: recruitment, selection and outplacement. Staffing is ... -
Role of Micro-Finance In Economic Empowerment of Women. A Study of Micro-Finance Institutions in North Imenti District
(KeMU, 2009-05)The study intended to examine the role of microfinance in economic empowerment of women. The major aim of microfinance institutions is to provide financial services to the poor and marginalized members of the community ... -
Factors Influencing Change Management Practices in Coffee Cooperative Unions in Kenya
(KeMU, 2009-05)Change management is a common management approach in business organization, the concept has not been fully adopted and practiced in coffee farmer's cooperative unions particularly those whose membership is the primary ... -
Factors Influencing Members Withdrawal from the SACCO: A Case of Tharaka Nithi Teachers SACCO Society Ltd
(KeMU, 2009-07)While Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies (saccos) are an autonomous associations of persons untied voluntarily to meet their economic and social needs, their survival has been threatened by competition from mainstream ... -
Effect of Defoliation on the Grain Yield of Hybrid Maize in the Kenyan Midlands
(KeMU, 2010)Maize is an important agricultural commodity in the Kenyan midland grown by about 70% of farmers as food crop. Majority of these are small scale holders practicing mixed farming i.e. crop and livestock production as a major ... -
Investigation of Factors Affecting Implementation of Balanced Scorecard
(KeMU, 2010-04)ABSTRACT Balanced Scorecard has turned out to be the custom m the current world. This has been necessitated by poor performance of the enterprises both private and public and therefore becoming load both financially ... -
Factors Affecting Implementation of Performance Contract Initiative at Municipal Council of Maua
(KeMU, 2010-04)ABSTRACT Drastic and fundamental changes are increasingly occurring in the environment which organizations operate. An obvious manifestation of the responses towards this turbulent environment is the introduction of ... -
Financial Reporting Practices in Public Primary Schools in Kenya.
(KeMU, 2010-04)Financial reporting has been characterized recently as a function facing a crisis critical to its long-term survival as a professionalized activity. Numerous empirical studies have looked into both the needs of financial ... -
Factors Influencing Women Advancement to Managerial Positions in Kenya.A Case Study of Former Meru District Public Service Officers
(KeMU, 2010-04)This study focused on the factors that influence women advancement to managerial positions in Kenya. The objective of this research was to determine the factors that hinder the process of women advancement to top managerial ... -
Creation of Wealth and Employment Opportunities through Sustainable Utilization and Conservation of Wetlands
(KeMU, 2010-04)Generally wetlands have untapped potential which the society can tap to create wealth employment opportunities. Tapping these potentials requires collaboration of key players in wetland management who should work together ... -
The Efficiency of Botanicals and Inorganic Chemicals in Management of Pest and Diseases in Snow Peas (Pisum Sativum Var. Saccharatum) in Ngusishi Location , Buuri District ,Kenya.
(KeMU, 2010-04)Snow pea is a high value export crop grown in Ngusishi location and about 65% of farmers derive their income directly from the crop. The problems of Snow pea production are low yields, poor pods quality and chemical residue ... -
Pesticide Usage and Safety among Small Scale Farmers in Meru Central District, Kenya
(KeMU, 2010-04)Pesticides have been known to be toxic to man, other organisms and to the environment. Maintaining proper and acceptable handling practices can immensely reduce the adverse effects of such pesticides. This research study ... -
Performance of Women Enterprise Fund on Women Economic Empowerment; A Survey of North Imenti Constituency
(2010-05)ABSTRACT Women enterprise fund was meant to empower women economically by providing them with money to start some income generating activities or expand their already existing entrepreneur activities. A representative ... -
Analysis of Causes and Effects of Occupational Stress on Health Care Workers Performance.A Survey of Tigania East and West Sub-District and District Hospitals
(KeMU, 2010-05)This study attempted to assess the causes and effect of occupational stress on health care workers performance by taking a case study of Tigania East & Tigania West sub-district and district hospitals. The purpose of the ... -
The Role of Strategic Planning in the Growth of Small and Medium Enterprises: A Survey of Manufacturing Small and Medium Enterprises in Meru Municipality
(KeMU, 2010-05)Manufacturing Small and Medium enterprises have been identified as an integral Component of the Kenya's initiatives to be a globally competitive and prosperous nation by year 2030.To. Be globally competitive these enterprises ... -
Factors Affecting the Reporting of Human Capital in Financial Statements of Public Firms Listed at Nairobi Stock Exchange
(KeMU, 2010-06)The study sought to establish factors affecting the reporting of human capital in financial statements of firms listed at Nairobi Stock Exchange. Specifically, the study sought to establish how valuation of human capital, ... -
Comparison of Tithonia Green Manure (Tithonia Diversifolia) ,Poultry Manure and Inorganic Nitrogenous Fertilizers as a Source of Nitrogen in Growing of Kales (Brassicae Oleracea) in Nyeri Municipality (Nyeri District).
(KeMU, 2010-06)The research was conducted to compare the influence of tithonia diversifolia green manure, poultry manure, calcium ammonium nitrate ammonium sulphate nitrate and urea as a source of nitrogen in growing kales (Brassica ... -
The Influence of Fertilizer Rates and Plant Density on Grain Yield ,Yield Components and Head Blast of Finger Millet (Eleusine Coracana(L.) Gaertn ) in Kisii Highlands.
(KeMU, 2010-06)This study investigated the effect of plant population density and fertilizer levels (specifically N and P) on finger millet grain yield, grain yield components and head blast incidence and severity in Kisii highlands ... -
Supplemental Irrigation Effects on Growth and Yields of Watermelon (Citrullus Lanatus) in Semi-Arid Tharaka Eastern Kenya.
(KeMU, 2010-06)Agricultural water scarcity and frequent drought periods limit crop productivity and farm incomes in many arid and semi-arid regions. The goal of this study was to investigate if watermelon production could be enhanced in ...
