Department of Business Administration: Recent submissions
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Effect of Different Strategies on Procurement Efficiency in Public Secondary Schools: A Survey of Public Secondary Schools in Ndhiwa District, Kenya
(American Journal of Business, 2015-04-01)Public procurement system in Kenya has undergone significant developments. The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of different strategies adopted by public schools on their procurement processes. The research ... -
Effect of implementing quality management system on the performance of public universities in Kenya: A case of Maseno University, Kenya
(American Journal of Business, 2015-05-23)The degree on which a set of inherent characteristics of employees fulfill an organizations’ performance, is seen to be based on a number of management systems and styles adopted by the organization. One of such systems’ ... -
Relationship between Volume of Mortgage Lending and Financial Performance of Commercial Banks Quoted in Nairobi Securities Exchange
(International Journal of Business and Management Invention, 2017)Mortgage loans have become an important aspect of loan portfolio among commercial banks in Kenya. It is observed that commercial banks’ lending criteria are pro-cyclical. As a result, they are likely to underestimate the ... -
Analysis of Rice Supply Chain in Kenya
(International Journal of Managerial Studies and Research, 2017)In the last decade, supply chain management has played an important role in leading organizations today to; succeed in their business goals, gain competitive advantages, and improve business performance. As the result of ... -
Effect of Organization Culture on organization performance on Public Universities in Kenya
(European Scientific Journal, 2018)Organizational culture is the adhesive holding companies together in a country and is characterized by stability processes, collectivity and predictability, and is a source of recreation, of new opportunities as well as ... -
Relationship between Quality Management System Adoption and Organization Performance of Public Universities in Kenya
(Global Journal of Management and Business, 2018-07)Organizations’ implication of adopting Quality Management System (QMS) and the resistance it generates negatively affects the performance of Higher Education Institutions (HEI). In Kenya between the period 2014 and 2015, ... -
Open Source ERP Adoption-Use and Organisational Performance of Deposit-Taking Saccos in Kenya
(International Journal of Information Technology, 2019)The cost and benefits of an ERP system are arguably the reason why Deposit-Taking SACCOs are opting for adoption-use of open source ERP in an effort to achieve organisation performance. Technology adoption is only important ... -
The Extent and Significance of the Drivers of Adoption-Use of Open Source ERP by Deposit Taking Saccos in Kenya
(International Journal of Scientific Research and Engineering Development, 2019)Deposit taking credit and savings cooperatives in Kenya are increasingly utilizing open source enterprise resource planning to better manage resources and improve efficiency.The most successful adoption of technology ... -
MEDIATION EFFECT OF SYSTEM SUCCESS FEATURES ON OPEN SOURCE ERP ADOPTION-USE AND ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE
(Global Scientific Journals, 2019)Organisations are shifting their attention towards flexibility, savings and efficiency in order to win or to survive in the market. The emergence of open source ERP for financial institutions can be viewed as one of the ... -
Factors Influencing Adoption-Use of Open Source ERP by Deposit-Taking Saccos in Kenya
(International Journal of Managerial Studies and Research (IJMSR), 2019)The deposit taking saving and credit cooperative societies (Deposit-Taking SACCOs) are increasingly utilizing open source enterprise resource planning (open source ERP) to improve the efficiency with the least possible ... -
Investor Behaviour towards Initial Public Offers (IPOs) in Kenya: A Re-Modelling of the Harry Markowitz’s Risk-Return theory?
(International Association of African Researchers, 2019)The period 2000-2013 witnessed a tremendous rise in investor participation in IPOs in Kenya. During this period a number of IPOs resulted in over-subscription. Outstanding cases include; Kenya-Re (334%), Kengen (236%), ... -
Application of Management Policies in the Processing of Member Claims in the National Social Security Fund (NSSF): A Case of Nakuru Branch, Kenya
(AFRREV IJAH: An International Journal of Arts and Humanities, 2012)This paper reports a study that examined application of management policies in the processing of member claims in the National Social Security Fund (NSSF), Nakuru Branch. The specific studies objectives include to identify ... -
Construction and validation of consumer attitudes on biosecurity principles: A methodological perspective
(International Institute for Science, Technology & Education (IISTE), 2012)The purpose of this study is to examine how companies could prepare themselves to deal effectively with strategic issues affecting them with particular reference to the insurance industry in Kenya. This follows the turbulent ... -
Effective Management of Strategic Issues in the Insurance Industry, Kenya
(European Journal of Business and Management, 2015)The purpose of this study is to examine how companies could prepare themselves to deal effectively with strategic issues affecting them with particular reference to the insurance industry in Kenya. This follows the turbulent ... -
Sustainable procurement concept: Does it all add up?
(Journal of Development and Sustainability, 2018)Sustainable procurement sits under the umbrella of sustainability, which involves making decisions that maintain the right balance between the environment, society and economy to ensure long-term organizational success. ... -
Influence of Customer Experience Dimensions on Purchase behaviour in Kenyan Hotels
(2019-07-31)Customer experience has been found to be a competitive edge for many hospitality industries. The growth and survival of many hotel industries depend on its ability to manage and create memorable experience. Research ... -
Assessment of road contractors’ eprocurement adoption barriers in Kenya rural roads authority, Kenya
(International Journal of Development and Sustainability, Volume 7 Number 4 (2018): Pages 1286-1298, 2018-05)The study assessed road contractors’ e-procurement adoption barriers in KeRRA Busia guided by resource based and legitimacy theories on a descriptive design. A sample size of 323 out of 1667 contractors was drawn using ... -
The place of strategy analysis and choice Approaches in Strategic management research in Kenya
(2011)Globally, strategic management of organizations is important. This is driven by numerous and dynamic challenges organizations continue to experience in the environment in the form of increased competition, depletion ... -
Strategy control and organization social performance: A conceptual Review
(2016)It is argued that strategy control is responsible for favourable strategy implementation outcomes. This paper aims at examining literature on strategic control and organization social performance and expose literature ... -
Might SACCOs be tribally managed successfully
(2011)Savings and co-operative societies (SACCO) serve as an economic cushion for employees' social welfare, however members bear the brunt of huge losses caused by mismanagement despite the set out regulations and guidelines. ...
