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Vulnerability of urban informal settlements to environmental hazards: a case study of Korogocho in Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
This study - an assessment of vulnerability of urban informal settlements to environmental hazards - was conducted in Korogocho as a response to the emerging world view that recognizes urban informal settlements as areas ...
Influence of drug and substance abuse on work performance in transport and hospitality industries in Meru Municipality, Eastern Province, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
Drug abuse is one of the major causes of workplace disruption in transport and hospitality industries. The use of legal and illegal drugs has spread at an unprecedented rate thus reaching every part of the globe. Though ...
Factors affecting performance appraisal of civil servants in the ministry of education: a case of upper Eastern Province
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
The purpose of the study was to investigate factors effecting performance appraisal of the civil servant in the ministry of education (A case study of upper Eastern Region). The specific objective of the study were; to ...
Factors affecting implementation of enterprises resource planning software in the telecommunication industry in Kenya: a case of Telkom Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
In order to respond to today's dynamic business nature many firms have implemented enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. ERP can be defined as a large - scale information system that integrates all business functions ...
Factors leading to adoption of mortgage financing by commercial banks in Kenya: a case study of Kenya Commercial Bank in Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
This study sought to investigate the factors leading to adoption of mortgage financing by commercial banks in Kenya. The objectives of the study included to investigate into factors that led to mortgage adoption in Kenya ...
The relationship between corporate governance practices and client base in investments banks and stockbrokerage firms in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
Corporate governance which involves a set of relationships between a firm's management, board, shareholders and other stakeholders has lately generated a lot of debate all over the world, especially following the various ...
Stakeholder involement in strategic change management process at the Kenya National Audit Office
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
Strategic change and its management form key in the long term survival of the KENAO. Given the turbulent environment in which organizations are operating today, they have no option but to identify and adopt the necessary ...
An evaluation of price to earnings and price to book values as predictors of stock returns of firms listed at the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE)
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
This research provides a test on the extent of predictive ability of price to earnings and price to book value ratios in the Nairobi stock market to determine future share returns. The use of PIE and PIB ratios as forecasting ...
The effects of rights issues on stock returns. An empirical investigation of companies listed at the Nairobi Stock Exchange
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
This paper examines the effects of rights issues on the stock returns of companies listed at the Nairobi stock exchange. In the NSE less than twenty firms have issued rights since its inception back in 1954, in the recent ...
Strategy implementation challenges faced by New Kenya Co-operative Cremaries (NKCC)
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
Strategy formulation and development is the development of long term plans for the effective management of opportunities and threats in light of the organization's strengths and weaknesses. Strategy formulation is a social ...