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A survey of risk management practices adopted by banking institutions in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
Financial risk in a banking organization has been described as possibility that the outcome of an action or event could bring up adverse impacts on the financial institution's capital or earnings. Since risk taking is an ...
Competitive strategies adopted by Postal Corporation of Kenya (PCK)
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
Firms have adapted to various competitive strategies depending on the business environment. Some may opt for cost leadership, some diversification, while others venture into markets. According. to Porter (1980), An ...
Responses of Fidelity shield insurance company to changing environmental conditions
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
This research was designed to investigate into the responses by Fidelity Shield Insurance Company Ltd. to the changes in the external environment. The study sought to achieve two objectives. The first objective was to ...
The relationship between credit risk management and profitability: a study of commercial banks in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
Banks operate in an environment of considerate risks and uncertainty. Credit risk has always been a vicinity of concern not only to bankers but to all in the business world because the risks of a trading partner not ...
Employee performance management practices among insurance companies in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
Performance management applies to organizations with recurrent activities that establish organizational goals, monitor progress towards the goals, and make adjustment to achieve those goals more effectively and efficiently. ...
Challenges facing National Social Security Fund Sacco Kenya in the implementation of strategy
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
Strategy implementation is one of the components of strategic management and refers to a set of decisions and actions that result in the formulation and implementation of long term plans designed to achieve organizational ...
Factors influencing investor confidence in automated trading system in the Nairobi Stock Exchange
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
This study aimed at establishing the factors that influence investor confidence in ATS at the NSE. Descriptive research study was used as the research design. The population consisted of MBA students as surrogate investors ...
A study of new employees' psychological contract at Kenya Bureau of Standards, head office, Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
The objective of this study was to establish the types of contracts formed by new employees at Kenya Bureau of Standards. To achieve this objective, data were collected through a survey from all new employees hired between ...
Employee perception of the outsourcing strategy at the Kenya Power and Lighting Company Ltd
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
Responses of micro finance institutions to regulation through microfinance act 2006
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
Microfinance institutions are increasingly facing changing environmental conditions arising from government regulation of the industry that demand new strategic and operational responses. The individual microfinance ...