Masters Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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The Effect of Participative Management on Quality Service Delivery: A Survey of Meru County Star Hotels
(KeMU, 2013-06)It is a challenge for hotel management to motivate their employees to stay on the job and to offer the efficient, good service which customers expect. Participatory Management is seen as the quick cure for poor morale, ... -
Factors Influencing the Performance of Youth Owned Small and Micro Enterprises Finance Institutions: A Survey of Youth Entrepreneurs Financed Equity Bank in Imenti South District-Kenya
(KeMU, 2013-06)The main purpose of this study was to evaluate on factors influencing the performance of youth owned small and micro- enterprises financed by micro finance institutions in Imenti South District of Kenya It is in the light ... -
Analysis of the Effect of Capital Structure on Financial Performance. A Survey of All Firms Listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(KeMU, 2013-06)Every company requires funds to meet its financial obligations. In Kenya, the most common sources of funds that are available to companies are shareholders' equity and debt. An optimal combination of debt and equity increases ... -
Predicting Corporate Financial Distress in Kenya. A Survey of the Non-Financial Institutions Listed in Nairobi Security Exchange
(KeMU, 2013-06)The Altman Z-score is a linear combination of accounting ratios, weighted by coefficients, used to predict corporate financial distress. The economic consequence of corporate failure is enormous especially for the stakeholders ... -
Factors Influencing Implementing of Constituency Development Funded Projects in Meru County.
(KeMU, 2013-06)The constituency development fund (CDF) has been viewed as a key strategic driver of social economic development and regeneration within Kenya. It is a development initiative targeted at the constituencies by devolving ... -
Factors Influencing Loan Repayment in Micro-Finance Institutes: A Case of South Imenti District
(KeMU, 2013-06)Micro Finance is a way of supplying loans and small credits to finance small projects to help the poor have an income through forming their own small scale business to earn their income. In the business of lending, ... -
The Role of Agency Banking to the Performance of Commercial Banks: A Survey of Commercial Banks in Meru Municipality
(KeMU, 2013-06)About eighty percent of Kenyans have no access to banking services in Kenya. The main challenge facing the Kenyan banks has been reaching the rural population. Most of the people living in rural areas in Kenya have no ... -
The Impact of Training and Development on Employee Performance and Productivity: A Case Study of the Youth Enterprise Development Fund Board
(KeMU, 2013-05)The Youth Enterprise Development Fund Board (YEDFB) is a state corporation established by the Government of Kenya (GoK) with the core mandate of economically empowering Kenyan youth through enterprise development. The ... -
Drawbacks to Performance Appraisal Assessment and Evaluation in Public Sector: A Survey of Ministry of Agriculture, Meru County
(2015-05)today's world, with the changing environment, every individual and organization wants to improve as much as possible in employee performance in order to achieve organization growth and wealth. The study used Ministry of ... -
Factors Influencing the Implementation of Agency Banking Strategies: A Case Study of KCB Agents in Tharaka Nithi County
(KeMU, 2015-06)In Kenya, a high proportion of the population is excluded from access to financial sector with the situation being grave in rural areas. For majority of Kenya's population, especially those living in rural areas, access ... -
Factors Influencing Knowledge Management Practices in Financial Institutions.A Survey of Saccos in Meru County.
(KeMU, 2015-07)In the fast changing business environment, knowledge has become the mainstay of every organization in creating and sustaining competitive differentiation. This study sought • to investigate the factors influencing knowledge ... -
Analysis of Factors Influencing Employees: Work Engagement in Private Universities: A Survey of Kenya Methodist University Administrative and Academic Staff
(KeMU, 2015-06)ABSTRACT Employee engagement is the binding of an individual to his or her roles at work whereby employees express themselves cognitively, materially, and expressively while performing their work roles in work engagement. ... -
The Influence of Human Resource Planning on Employee Retention: A Survey of North Imenti Hospitals, Meru County
(KeMU, 2015-06)Employee retention is one major challenge facing many organizations today. Human Resource planning has become a concern because the ability to hold on to highly talented core employees can be crucial to future survival. ... -
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, ... -
Household Food Security and Coping Strategies among Pastoralist in Mandera County
(KeMU, 2016-06)This study focuses on causes of household food insecurity and coping strategies among households in Mandera County which has the highest percentage of food insecure households in Kenya. The study looks at the causes of ... -
Processing, Blending and Utilization of Cassava Flour in Kilifi District of Coast Province of Kenya
(KeMU, 2012-06)Cassava is ranked second after maize in importance as a food crop and second as root crop after Irish potatoes, in Kenya. The crop is grown throughout Kenya and utilization is mostly through roasting and boiling of fresh ... -
Factors Influencing the Performance of Coffee Cooperative Societies in Imenti South Sub County, Meru, Kenya
(KeMU, 2015-05)The performance of the coffee cooperatives which ensure the livelihood of more than 700,000 small holder coffee farmers is crucial in raising the socio-economic status of the smallholder coffee farmers. This research was ... -
Segmentation Practices of Furniture Manufacturing Businesses in Maua Municipality and its Environs
(KeMU, 2008-06)The aim of this study was to assess the segmentation practices of furniture manufacturing business. A survey of sixty two registered furniture manufacturers was carried out in Meru north district. The general objective of ... -
An Investigation of Branding Strategies Used by Tea Packers in Kenya.A Case Study of the Registered Tea Packers in the Industry.
(KeMU, 2008-06)There has been a global slump in prices of tea from 3.3 $ per kilo in the 1970's to the current average of 1.6$ per kilo. This represents a drop of 47% due to global over production, declining tea consumption and other tea ... -
Factors Influencing Consumer Preferences for Pirated Computer Softwares among Kenyan University Students.A Case of Selected Universities in Meru County
(KeMU, 2015-07)The massive increase of computer software piracy by consumers has raised a major concern. The aim of the study was to determine the factors influencing consumer's preference for pirated computer software's among Kenyan ...