Browsing by Issue Date
Now showing items 21-40 of 1369
-
Assessment of Factors Influencing Replenishment of Donor Funds to Community Projects in Kenya, Case: International Fund for Agricultural Development
(KeMU, 2009-01)Over the past 20 years, Kenya has benefited from about USD 122 million in Funding from IF AD, representing one of IFAD's largest country portfolios for rural poverty alleviation in Africa. The IF AD loan funds are channeled ... -
Analysis of Factors that Affect Employee Training in Local Authorities
(KeMU, 2009-02)ABSTRACT This research project aimed at analysis of factors that affect employee training in Local authorities. It was a case study that involved employees of all cadres in Meru Municipal Council. The research project ... -
Impact of Performance Contracting in Public Service Delivery
(KeMU, 2009-04)ABSTRACT Public sector reforms have become the norm in the present world. This has been necessitated the poor performance of the state enterprises that have become a burden both financially and administratively. Tax ... -
The Management Concerns Affecting Implementation of Performance Appraisal System in Government Departments in Kenya
(KeMU, 2009-04)ABSTRACT Its is a known fact that the Kenyan economy was growing at rate of less than 1 % before December 2002, due to declining efficiency, effectiveness and productivity in delivery of service by the public sector. ... -
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 ... -
The Constitution of Kenya, 2010
(The National Council for Law Reporting, 2010) -
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 ...