Masters Theses: Recent submissions
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Effect of Cooperative Societies’ services on Financial Empowerment of Female Fish Sellers at Kisumu Fresh Fish Market, Kisumu Town, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2015)Cooperative societies' services are important in women financial empowerment. Though there exists a well defined female fish sellers' owned cooperative society at Kisumu fresh fish market, a number of these women still ... -
Effect of Public-Private Partnership Procurement Strategy on Education Cost Management: A case of Primary Schools in Rachuonyo North Sub-County, Kenya.
(Maseno University, 2015)Universal primary education is one of the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It prompted the government of Kenya to introduce Free Primary Education (FPE) in the year 2003 in an attempt to achieve primary ... -
Association of Marketing Strategies with Performance of Radio Broadcasting Firms Based in Kisumu County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2015)Marketing strategies literature show cost leadership, differentiation and focus strategies as important drivers of performance and competitive advantage among firms. However, there is no literature about radio broadcasting ... -
Relationship Between Working Capital Management and Performance of Public Health Centres: A Case of Ugenya Sub - County
(Maseno University, 2015)Working capital management relates to daily organization's operations. From the literature review, there is relationship between working capital management and performance of organizations for profit. However, no known ... -
Institutional Factors Affecting Adoption of Flexible Working Arrangements Among Academic Staff of Maseno University, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2015)Recognition of the importance of the work life balance by many organizations is now pushing employers to develop flexible working arrangements in order to maintain a productive work force. Employees are confronting ... -
Effect of Voluntary Benefits on Retention of Non-Teaching Employees in Public Tertiary Institutions in Kisumu County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2014)Public Tertiary Institutions (PTIs) are the Technical and Vocational Training Colleges that provides skills training to over 70% of school leavers in any country. To play their roles effectively, PTIs need to attract and ... -
Simulation Model Approach on Effect of Manure on Greenhouse Gas Fluxes From Soil in Kaptumo, Kenya.
(Maseno University, 2014)Agriculture, especially livestock keeping contributes significantly to changes in atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs). Research quantifying exchange of GHGs between the biosphere and atmosphere are ... -
Effect of Outsourcing Strategy on Organizational Performance: A Study of Equator Bottlers, Kisumu.
(Maseno University, 2014)As a component to the growing division of labor worldwide, outsourcing has been a growing aspect of supply chain management and is receiving a lot of attention from companies globally. It usually involves contractual ... -
Effect of Forward Vertical Integration and Retail Strategy Implementation on Execution Excellence in Equator Bottlers Company Owned Kiosks, Kisumu, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2014)Advantages of forward vertical integration to businesses notwithstanding, its benefits in relation to execution excellence accruable to company owned retailing businesses were not recognized. Retail strategy implementation, ... -
Effect of Knowledge Management on Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Kisumu City, Kenya,
(Maseno University, 2015)Knowledge management is a relatively new discipline in management; it is practiced in businesses including Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Globally SMEs suffer a high failure rate of more than 50% in the first five ... -
Perceived Effect of Agency Banking Model on Performance of Commercial Banks: A Case of Equity Bank Limited, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2014)Agency banking is delivery of financial services outside convectional bank branches; through non-bank retail outlets, that rely on such technology as point of sale devices or mobile phones for real time transaction ... -
Factors Determining Adoption 0f Banking Financial Services Among the Fishing Communities in Mbita District, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2014)The fishing commuruties has been viewed as among the most risky groups to provide financial services to, yet the exact nature and extent of the prevailing challenges hindering the adoption of financial services or ... -
Effect of Electronic Procurement Processes on the Performance of Non-Governmental Organizations in Kisumu Central: A Case of Life for Children Welfare Organization
(Maseno University, 2014)Electronic procurement concept is a recent and integral focal point among the procurement practitioners. It enhances core procurement activities such as, e-ordering, e-buying, etendering, e-sourcing, and e-payment. Studies ... -
Relationship Between Microfinance Contribution and Small and Medium Scale Enterprises Growth in Ahero, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2015)Microfinance has endeavored to develop sustainable enterprises and its innovations have been replicated all over the world. In East Africa, MFls endeavored to uplift small businesses throughprovision of affordable capital. ... -
Stakeholders Perceptions on Influence of Remedial Tuition and Provision of Quality Education in Public Primary Schools in Kisumu City, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2016)Studies worldwide have revealed that remedial tuition is perceived by stakeholders to influence quality education in primary schools. Remedial tuition is teaching and learning processes organized outside normal class ... -
Comparative study of levels of academic aspiration and Psychosocial adjustment of adolescent students from single-mother and dual-parent families in Public secondary schools in gem district, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2014)At high school, adolescent's educational aspiration and psychosocial adjustment are ?f critical importance to their academic attainment. Parenting nature plays crucial role III the adolescents' academic aspiration and ... -
Syntheses and Application of Nitrogen - Donor Zinc(Ii) and Copper(Ii) Complexes as Catalysts In Ring Opening Polymerization of Lactides and Caprolactones
(Maseno University, 2018)Petrochemicalderived plastics have numerous advantages, however, there are several drawbacks arisingfromnon-renewable sources and their accumulation in the environment due to their nondegradablenature. This has led to the ... -
Factors Influencing Job Satisfaction among Secondary School Deputy Principals in Hamisi District, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2014)Deputy Principals playa pivotal role in management of schools. The prerequisite of good job performance by a deputy principal is job satisfaction. However, when they are not satisfied they are likely to decline the ... -
Une Evaluation Des Competences En Pyoduction Ecrite Des Apprenants Kenyans Du Fle Au Niveau Secondaire: Cas du District de Vihiga
(Maseno University, 2012)French as a foreign language has been taught in Kenya since the colonial period. When Kenya attained independence in 1963, the government decided to continue the teaching of French. It was integrated in the Secondary ... -
Effects of Rates and Split Applications of Nitrogen Fertilizer on Soil and Leaf Nutrients Levels, Quality and Harvesting Age of Ratoon Crop of Two Sugarcane Varieties in Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2015)Sugarcane is the third most important commodity crop in Kenya after tea and coffee. Though high yielding and early maturing varieties have been introduced in Kenya Sugar Industry to overcome low yields, the problem ...