School of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies
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2024-03-26T13:38:27ZExamining the balanced scorecard approach to measuring performance of Five Star Hotels in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Examining the balanced scorecard approach to measuring performance of Five Star Hotels in Nairobi, Kenya.
Gesage, M. B.; Kuira, J.
Traditional models for determining the performance and effectiveness of employees rely heavily on financial accounting indicators. This study sought to measure the performance of five star hotels in Nairobi County using the balanced scorecard approach. The findings of the study revealed that 36% of the respondents used a balanced scorecard as a method of measuring performance. The use of a balanced scorecard for measuring performance resulted in improved quality of guest profiles for 73% of the managers in five star hotels in Nairobi County whereas 67% of the managers experienced an increase in training hours per employee.
A balanced scorecard approach to measuring performance of five star hotels
2014-12-01T00:00:00ZEffect of fire on habitat functional diversity and herbivore diversity in Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya
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Effect of fire on habitat functional diversity and herbivore diversity in Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya
Kimuyu, Duncan, M.; Mureu, Lucy, K.; Awiti, Alex; Wahungu, Geoffrey
Background/Question/Methods
The African savanna biome supports a higher diversity of herbivore species than is found in any other biome or continent. In order to maintain the habitats necessary to support a large diversity of wildlife species, much emphasis has traditionally been placed on the role of fire as a management tool. We hypothesize that herbivore abundance, diversity, and habitat utilization patterns in Ol Pajeta Conservancy in Kenya are modulated through fire management and its effect on habitat functional diversity. Between 2005 and 2010, transect surveys were used to monitor patterns of wildlife abundance and species diversity across a functional diversity gradient; from pure grassland to pure bushland.
Results/Conclusions
Preliminary findings show that large herbivore (black rhino, elephant and giraffe) populations increase under bushland conditions. Conversely, small grazer abundance and diversity increased in open grassland but declined markedly in Euclea divinorun and Acacia drepanolobium dominated bushland. Intense fires shift vegetation from bushland to grassland state. Low fire frequency in turn allows resurgence of bushland and decline in both abundance and species diversity of small grazers. The effect of fire on the functional diversity of habitat within savanna ecosystems has a strong influence on herbivore diversity, distributed across body size classes and feeding guild (browsers/grazers). By explicitly characterizing the effects of habitat functional diversity on herbivore species abundance and diversity, our study underscores the need for promoting biodiversity as a goal of management and conservation of wildlife in the African savannas.
2012-08-01T00:00:00ZECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF FISH FARMING IN KENYA
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ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF FISH FARMING IN KENYA
Ngugi, Charles; Muchiri, Mucai
2004-01-01T00:00:00ZA community-oriented project for aquaculture in Kenya
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A community-oriented project for aquaculture in Kenya
Muchiri, Mucai; Ngugi, Charles; Hickley, Phil
2004-01-01T00:00:00Z