Project Topics and Materials - Page 149

To thrive in the dynamic business environment, business entities have to embrace change as it becomes due. Management of change ensures business survival and also plays a key role in keeping the competitive edge of organizations. In the backdrop of the numerous dynamic shifts characterizing the banking sector environment in Kenya, it is imperative... Continue Reading

Corporate entrepreneurship has been regarded an important element of successful organizations since it has its consequences in increasing productivity, improving best practices, creating new industries, enhancing international competitiveness. Corporate entrepreneurial orientation plays a critical role in influencing bank performance in... Continue Reading

Despite the existence of legal and institutional framework of internal auditing in Isiolo county government, there has been increasing trend of misappropriation of taxpayer money as pointed out in the Auditor General Audit reports. Although it is not documented to have a county with zero cases of misappropriation of public fund, the increasing... Continue Reading

The performance of public universities in Kenya has been on the spotlight for several years now. Public universities have been faced with challenges of insufficient resources yet the number of students enrolled increases every year. These institutions have thus been accused of offering low quality of education leading to increased rates of... Continue Reading

The trading with derivatives has developed over a long period of time though the greatest impact has been felt over the last three decades. Derivatives markets have changed overtime from trading with the simple contracts to very advanced and exotic instruments. Though Kenya has been lagging behind in the derivative markets development, a lot of... Continue Reading

While strategy is a practically central concern in contemporary management, its successful implementation remains an essential challenge for virtually any organization. In situations where the organization‟s environment is changing, the organization itself is faced with a need to change. The fact that local authorities in Kenya were in... Continue Reading

Microfinance institutions in Kenya continue to put in a lot of effort to take microfinance services closer to the people and to MSMEs who do not have opportunities to access formal financial systems. Despite all these efforts, MSMEs have stagnated in terms of growth. It is in this respect this research investigated the contribution of microfinance... Continue Reading

Understanding organizational performance in the construction industry has become more critical due to the stiff competition in the market. This has necessitated the need for learning, invention, innovation, flexibility and how to manage change and knowledge in the construction industry are also some of the critical issues that necessitate... Continue Reading

The public has for long time complained about the performance of customs and border control department due to its numerous complex procedures for clearance of goods imported to the country. This study examines the effectiveness of the computerized system on the performance of Customs and border control department of Kenya Revenue Authority. The... Continue Reading

The Airline industry in Kenya is faced by several challenges. The challenges being faced include diminishing market potential, high fuel prices, safety records, need for skilled human resources, internal liberalization, high taxes and the environment. While looking at the market capacity and potential perspective, intercontinental capacity to and... Continue Reading

Change management is a style of management that aiming to at encourage individuals and organizations to deal effectively with their work place changes. For change management to be successful and positively impact, organizational supervisors or managers should enroll employee participation and understand what motivates their team. Organizations... Continue Reading

Banking sector have had high competition in Kenya due to large number of commercial banks and rising increase of Micro Finance Institution as well as Saving and Credit Cooperative Societies. Customer loyalty is inevitable and each bank straggles to outdo each other in getting the greatest customer numbers leading to them investing in different... Continue Reading

Attitude means a feeling or an opinion about something or someone or a way of behaving that is caused by this feeling or opinion. Knowledge of entrepreneurship is likely to shape the attitude of the young people and  motivate them to start their own business or come up with new innovations in the future without just expecting to end up in the... Continue Reading

Small scale traders are fast growing sectors of the economy due to their simple nature of operations. The growth of this sector of the economy is due to the increase in unemployment rate as a result of increase in population. It is therefore important for the government to tap the revenue from this sector to contribute to the overall revenue of... Continue Reading

This study was to determine factors that influence leadership succession in family owned businesses in Kenya. The overall research problem that was addressed in this study was that despite family owned businesses forming a large part of the economies around the globe, such businesses fail during transitions from one generation to another. Although... Continue Reading

Commercial banks in Kenya have adopted alternative banking platforms that, because alternative banking has become synonymous with commercial banks in Kenya, reflect a change in the delivery of banking and financial services. Although banks have been able to exploit available technology to provide customers with alternative avenues for banking... Continue Reading

Abstract The study was conducted to establish and document the contribution of microfinance to the economic empowerment of women by taking the case of Lira Municipality. The study particularly sought to establish and recommend the kind of proactive gender policy in microfinance institutions that can enhance the economic empowerment of the women.... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This research was conducted to establish the impact of the operations of MFis on economic epowerment of women. The study involved getting some personal information like age and the nnmber of children supported by the clients to make it easy to understand their status and it was found out that most of them had small families but still... Continue Reading

The purpose of the study was to determine the relationship between SMEs and Poverty reduction  among small and medium size enterprises in Njeru Community, Buikwe district. The study  design comprised of a combination of both descriptive and cross sectional research designs and  both qualitative and quantitative data were employed. Stratified... Continue Reading

The study was carried out in Tanzania Electric Supply Company (TANESCO) along  Morogoro Road, Dar -es -Salaam, Tanzania. The study focused on career development  and organizational performance. The study was limited to career development which was  characterized by management styles, succession planning, and training and organizational ... Continue Reading

The Auto111ated teller 111achine (ATM) is one of the technological advances that brou g ht about  c hnnge in the way banks provided a serv i ce to th eir customers. The ATM was introduced with  th e view to automate t h e ope r at i ons of the banks a n d thus reduce the n eed fo r bank tellers and in  th e long run reduce costs . The v i ew of... Continue Reading

This report presents the fmdings of the study on 'Child Marriage and its impact on  Development' which was carried out in Paya Sub County, Tororo district, Eastern Uganda. The research developed a conceptual model to illustrate the causes-effect relationship of Child  Marriages. The study had four objectives; to verify whether child marriages... Continue Reading

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of credit management  on the sustainability of financial institutions in CERUDEB-Centenary Rural  Development Bank Ltd. The specific objectives of the study were to evaluate the relationship between  pre-credit disbursement process and financial institutions sustainability, to  establish... Continue Reading

The research was carried out on the impact of Financial Management on the performance of organiza~ions case study of Masaka District Administration Literature reviewed that Financial Managements promote sound financial discipline It was also observed that new accounting techniques by the local government are responsible for the increased... Continue Reading

This survey was conducted between the months of February and June 2010. It is set to examine the  extent of the application of Corporate Governance practices in the banking sector in Kenya. The  survey was founded on the premises that Corporate Governance is a vital ingredient in maintenance  of a dynamic balance between the need for order and... Continue Reading