scholarly journals STRATEGIC RESPONSES BY NGOs IN THE HEALTH SECTOR IN NAIROBI TO CHALLENGES IN THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
Titus M. Wambua ◽  
Dr. P Munyoki
Keyword(s):  
Bargaining Power ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Environmental Scanning ◽  
Strategic Responses ◽  
Environmental Challenges ◽  
To Come ◽  
Descriptive Survey

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to determine the environmental challenges facing health sector NGOs in Kenya and the strategic responses that health sector NGOs adopt to come with challenges posed by the external environment.Methodology: The research design was descriptive survey study in nature since it focused on all NGOs working in health sector in Nairobi. The target population was 1065 NGOs. A sample of 41 NGOs was selected using the recommended formula for calculating sample size given proportions as recommended by Israel. The respondents were the managing directors of the NGOs. Both qualitative and quantitative data was collected using a questionnaire that consisted of both open ended and close ended questions. The data was analyzed in terms of descriptive statistics like frequencies, means and percentages. The findings were presented in form of tables.Results: The study found that competitive rivarly, threats of new entrants , bargaining power of suppliers, bargaining power of clients, threat of substitutes, changes in law and advancement in information technology contribute to environmental challenges of the organization.Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: It is recommended that the NGOs train their employees on strategic management and the identification of the environmental factors that challenge NGOs. Specifically, the management of NGOs should be trained on PESTEL and SWOT analysis to facilitate proper environmental scanning.

scholarly journals The Evaluation of Teachers’ Job Performance Based on Total Quality Management (TQM)

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 58
Author(s):  
Nayereh Shahmohammadi
Keyword(s):  
Quality Management ◽  
Job Performance ◽  
Total Quality Management ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Design Management ◽  
Total Quality ◽  
Quality Management Model ◽  
Descriptive Survey

This study aimed to evaluate teachers’ job performance based on total quality management (TQM) model. This was a descriptive survey study. The target population consisted of all primary school teachers in Karaj (N=2917). Using Cochran formula and simple random sampling, 340 participants were selected as sample. A total quality management model-based researcher made questionnaire was used for collecting the data. Its validity was confirmed by experts. The pilot study was conducted on 30 participants; using Cronbach Alpha formula, its reliability was determined to be 0.813. The data were analyzed using SPSS software in two descriptive (median, mean, mode, standard deviation, skewness) and inferential (one-sample T test) levels. The findings showed that at α= 0.05 level, the teachers’ job performance was higher than mean. At α= 0.05 level, also, the teachers’ job performance in process design, management, process improvement, public participation, and focus on customer was higher than mean.

scholarly journals Strategic Planning Practices and Performance: The Story So Far in Parliamentary Service Commission in Kenya

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (27) ◽  
pp. 261
Author(s):  
Moses Mpisili Lemuna ◽  
Stephen Muathe
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Stakeholder Involvement ◽  
Strategic Plan ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Environmental Scanning ◽  
Score Card ◽  
Service Commission ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Descriptive Survey

The economic and political change in today’s organizations is the norm and the social and technological change is highly accelerating posing extremely complex task and uncertainty to those responsible for strategic planning. Therefore, in executing various decisions there is need for managers to achieve a total understanding of strategic planning prior to effectively implementing it. This study investigated the influence of strategic planning practices on the performance of Parliamentary Service Commission in Kenya. The study specifically examined influence of environmental scanning, objective setting, stakeholder involvement and communication on performance of Kenyan Parliamentary Service Commission. The study was anchored on resource-based view; dynamic capability; balance score card and institutional theories. Descriptive survey research design was used. The target population comprised of eight hundred and five respondents who are the permanent staff of the Parliamentary Service Commission. However, a sample size of eighty-one respondents was selected using simple random sampling. Data was obtained using questionnaires and analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics specifically multiple regressions and correlation. The study established that environmental scanning, objective setting, stakeholder involvement and communication had a positive and significant effect on the performance of Parliamentary Service Commission in Kenya. The study recommends that the Commission should identify the persons to be involved in the environmental scanning, create a competent team of employees and assign them relevant responsibilities. The Commission needs to set objectives that can be defined in a quantifiable and measurable terms within its strategic plan beside establishing responsibility for ensuring the task is undertaken and for writing it up for the report on stakeholder engagement. The Commission should link communication to the strategic plan, including the organization’s mission, vision and values, its strategic goals and objectives.

scholarly journals THE IMPACT OF COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT SCHEMES ON FINANCIAL INCLUSION IN KENYA

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-73
Author(s):  
Peninah Kimani ◽  
Dr. Sifunjo Kisaka
Keyword(s):  
Social Economic ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Financial Products ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Selection Of

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of collective investment schemes in financial inclusion in Kenya.Methodology: The research design was descriptive survey study in nature since it focused on all collective investment schemes in Kenya. The target population was collective investment schemes. A sample of 11 collective schemes was selected using random sampling. The second stage of sampling involved the selection of the respondents using a stratified sampling approach. The strata were the various respondents in the schemes. Both qualitative and quantitative data was collected using a questionnaire that consisted of both open ended and close ended questions. Data was analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and results presented in frequency tables to show how the responses for the various questions posed to the respondents. The data was then analysed in terms of descriptive statistics like frequencies, means and percentages.Results: The findings implied The study concludes that there was low access to financial products in the investment schemes. It is also possible to conclude that the there were several factors that affect financial inclusion in Kenya. These factors include age of the investor, gender, level of education and level of income.Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: The study recommended that measures such as target marketing the segments with low access to collective investments and increasing the market budget to investors on financial matters, may be adopted. Such measures would ensure gendered financial inclusion, and inclusion of social economic classes characterized by age, level of income, education and rural urban classes.

INFLUENCE OF STAFFING PRACTICE ON INNOVATION PERFORMANCE OF DTS IN KENYA

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Dr. Grace Wanjiru Njine ◽  
Dr. Joyce Nzulwa ◽  
Dr. Mary Kamaara ◽  
Dr. Kepha Ombui
Keyword(s):  
Survey Design ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Unique Contribution ◽  
Sampling Frame ◽  
To Come ◽  
Multistage Sampling ◽  
Descriptive Survey

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to examine the influence of staffing practice on Innovation Performance of DTS in Kenya.Methodology: This study adopted a descriptive survey design. The sampling frame of this study was derived from the database of the SASRA. Multistage sampling was used to select the sample of the study. The population of the study was the 181 DTS’s operating in Kenya while the target population was 18 DTS’s.  The respondents were individual management staff. A questionnaire was used to gather primary data. Secondary data was collected through review of published literature such as journals articles, published theses and textbooks. Information was sorted, coded and input into the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 21.0 for production of graphs, tables, descriptive statistics and inferential statistics.Results: The study found out that staffing practices and innovation performance was positively and significantly related (r=0.402, p=0.000).Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: The study recommended for DTSs to come up with the process of identifying relevant qualities that are required of existing and potential applicants that will enable an appropriate match to occur between person and job. This should include such practices as those organizational practices that relate to the attraction, selection, training, assessment, and rewarding of employees.

scholarly journals ROLE OF SCHOOL POLITICS IN MANAGEMENT OF UNRESTS IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulin Herman Soup ◽  
Reuben Kenei
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Conflict Theory ◽  
Stratified Random Sampling ◽  
School Politics ◽  
To Come ◽  
Descriptive Survey

<p>The unrests witnessed in 2018 reminded Kenyans of past bloody episodes, which, though rare, caused pain, loss and destruction. Several  parents are likely to still be struggling to come to terms with the loss and destruction of those events. Unfortunately, despite several studies that have tried to investigate and recommend solutions for these menaces, this is still freshly being experienced in the country. This scenario informed the study with the purpose of investigating the role of school politics in management of unrests in public secondary schools in  Kenya. The study was guided by conflict theory and theory of symbolic interactionism, and a descriptive survey design with a target population of the 57 public secondary schools in Taita Taveta County, Kenya. The sample consisted of 194 headteachers, heads of departments and Board of Management members. Stratified random sampling was used to select respondents. The study used a questionnaire and interviews to collect data. The study found that school politics including teachers’ incitement has a significant role in management of unrests in public secondary schools in Taita Taveta County.</p><p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0778/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

Assessment Practices of American Orchestra Directors

2019 ◽  
pp. 400-422
Author(s):  
Kirk Moss ◽  
Stephen Benham ◽  
Kristen Pellegrino
Keyword(s):  
Small Body ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Assessment Practices ◽  
Music Literacy ◽  
Cultural Elements ◽  
Learning Improvement ◽  
String Teachers ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
District Administration

After reviewing a small body of literature on the assessment practices of American orchestra directors, this chapter quickly shifts attention to conducting original research. It describes a descriptive survey study with American String Teachers Association (ASTA) members (N = 416) that found performance-based assessments were the most frequently used form of formal assessment to evaluate technique, musicianship skills, creative musicianship, and ensemble skills. Music literacy was nearly equally split between performance-based and written assessments, while evaluation of music and musical performances and historical and cultural elements tended toward written assessments and verbal feedback. Creative musicianship and historical/cultural elements were the top two nonassessed areas, but were still assessed by the vast majority of teachers. Interviews with five string teachers demonstrate that the research participants emphasized performing/playing assessments, focused on student learning/improvement, acknowledged the role of the school district/administration and benefited from its support, and recognized the value in aligning assessment to standards/curriculum.

scholarly journals A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE ON BREAST CANCER AND UTILIZATION OF MAMMOGRAM AMONG WOMEN IN SELECTED VILLAGES OF UDUPI DISTRICT, KARNATAKA

2014 ◽  
Vol 04 (04) ◽  
pp. 084-087
Author(s):  
Arkierupaia Shadap ◽  
Maria Pais ◽  
Anusuya Prabhu
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Screening Tests ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Cancer Awareness ◽  
Cancer Disease ◽  
Breast Cancer Awareness ◽  
Community People ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
Women In India

AbstractBreast cancer was considered to be one amongst the most commonly cancer disease in the world. Now it is considered to be the second cancer disease among women in India, with most of the affected population is in the urban areas. Breast cancer is seen mostly after the age of 40 years. According to the Cancer fact 2012, breast cancer is now seen to be among women aged from 35 years above. Materials and methods: The study was a descriptive survey study to assess the knowledge on breast cancer, awareness and utilization of mammogram among 320 married and unmarried women who were willing to participate in the study. After the consent, a questionnaire prepared by the investigator was given to them. Results: Majority 46.6% had low knowledge for breast cancer. There was an association between knowledge and age, marital status, education and source of information about breast cancer and it was found to be significant (p< Mammogram is underutilized among participants, from the total number of population i.e; n = 320, only 19.1% (61) were aware of mammogram. Out of 19.1% (61) who were aware of mammogram, did not utilise it. Conclusion: The study concluded that women have low knowledge on breast cancer and very less population was aware of mammogram which is one of the screening tests for breast cancer. Their low knowledge on breast cancer and unaware of the screening test is the main reason for not utilising mammogram even those who are aware of it. So, nurses as health care members play an important role in providing information and educating the community people.

scholarly journals POTENSI BUBUR ASE SEBAGAI DAYA TARIK WISATA KULINER JAKARTA

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-56
Author(s):  
Lila Muliani
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Soy Sauce ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
To Come ◽  
In The Beginning ◽  
Internal And External Factors ◽  
Year 2000

Food and tourism can not be separated. Travellers will always need food to fill his stomach. However, trend of culinary tourism which begun to be popular in the beginning of the year 2000 has come to the definition that food is not only something to satisfy someones’ hunger. Traditional food of one destination could become an attraction to motivate tourists to come.Jakarta as the capital city that never stop welcoming tourists – domestic and abroad - to come, has many potential culinary attractions. Unfortunately,until today, traditinal food of Betawi - Jakarta people – that is known by people are very limited in number. The delightfull of Betawi cuisine is not yet being tourist attractions.This study was conducted to analyze Bubur Ase, one of Betawi cuisine, to become a culinary attractions for tourist to come. This special dish is very unique since it is a mixture of porridge, beef stew in sweet soy sauce, and vegetable pickles. The taste is different from another porridge that is already famous. This qualitative research uses primary data from observations, FGD, and in depth interview with Betawi culinary experts. SWOT analysis is used to get a whole picture of internal and external factors that is affected Bubur Ase.The resulf of the study shows that Bubur Ase is potential to become an attractiom for culinaru tourism in Jakarta. The uniqueness and harmonization of taste, historical stories, cultural values and philosophies in a bowl of Bubur Ase are the strenghts that can be developed and promoted. Some weaknesses and threats could be overcome if this dish is already popular.

scholarly journals FACTORS INFLUENCING CREDIT ACCESS FOR FIRMS IN THE BIOGAS SUB SECTOR IN KENYA

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Bernard Mulandi ◽  
Dr. Sifunjo Kisaka
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Loan Portfolio ◽  
Credit Access ◽  
Access To Credit ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
The Government ◽  
Descriptive Survey

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the factors influencing credit access for firms in the biogas sub sector in Kenya.Methodology: The study adopted descriptive survey. The target population of the study was the firms in biogas sub sector in Kenya. A sample of 40 firms was selected from all the firms using the random sampling technique. Both qualitative and quantitative data was collected using a questionnaire that consisted of both open ended and close ended questions. Data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and results presented in frequency tables to show how the responses for the various questions posed to the respondents. The data was then analyzed in terms of descriptive statistics like frequencies, means and percentages.Results: The study findings revealed that firms in biogas sub sector had low access to credit from the banks. It was also possible to conclude that age of firm, capital invested, size of the business, financial records, risk preference and access to information influence the level of access to credit by renewable energy sector firms.Policy recommendation: It is recommended that micro financing institutions should regulate the products and services they offer to SMEs so as to have all clients enclosed in their loan portfolio. The study further recommends that banks should work hand in hand with the government to support upcoming businesses and offer financial support.

scholarly journals FACTORS INFLUENCING STRATEGIC RESPONSES TO EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT BY DEPOSIT TAKING SACCOS IN NAIROBI COUNTY: A STUDY OF UNAITAS SACCO

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Salat Khalif Abdow ◽  
Dr. Kennedy Ogollah
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
External Environment ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Strategic Responses ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
The One ◽  
And Control

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the factors influencing strategic responses to external environment by deposit taking SACCOS in Nairobi County: a study of Unaitas Sacco.Methodology: The research adopted case study research design. The target population of the study was 11 directors and 600 employees of Unaitas Sacco. The sample size consisted of 61 (10% of the target population) directors and employees of Unaitas Sacco. Stratified random sampling was used in the study to select the one director and the 60 employees of Unaitas Sacco. The study used primary data. The data collection instruments that were used in this study were the interview guide and questionnaire. The qualitative analysis was done using content analysis. Quantitative data analysis employed descriptive statistics and factor analysis.  Descriptive statistics included frequencies, percentages, means and standard deviation. Results were presented in form of tables and charts. Particular statistics in factor analysis was scale plot and commonalities.Results: The study found that reference to past strategy organization external dependence, consideration of level of risk and Organizational Culture greatly influences the choice of strategic response. In addition managerial competence, organizational structure and control processes, time available and availability of resources also greatly influence the choice of strategic responseUnique contribution to theory, practice and policy: The study recommends that Unaitas to invest more in the latest technology and start agency banking as a strategy of expanding its market share and product differentiation.

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