KarU Journals: Recent submissions
Now showing items 1-20 of 48
-
Integrating Human Resource Management with Organizational Strategies
(Global Journal of Management and Business Research: A Administration and Management, 2015)The purpose of this article was to outline the benefits of integrating human resource development with organization strategies. It was to outline the perceived gap and show how the two are linked and how this link can ... -
Diploma research process: evaluating the service quality
(The TQM Journal, 2013)Purpose – The purpose of this study was to explore how diploma students enrolled in a research project paper report their thoughts, feelings, satisfaction, and service quality of the research process. Design/methodol ... -
Assessing the readiness by SMEs and financial institutions in the establishment of an integrated ICT infrastructure for financial transactions in Kenya
(International Journal of Intelligent Information Systems, 2013-05-30)Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), mostly in the third world countries face many challenges in the management of finances; namely: the ability to determine daily net earnings after the daily ratios for recurrent monthly ... -
Investigation of Self-Perception of Players in Sports in Meru Technical Training Institute in Kenya.
(The International Institute for Science, Technology and Education (IISTE), 2013)Technical Institutions like all other institutions of Learning in Kenya take sport as an important component of their educational programmes. The Kenya Colleges Sports Association organizes annual sports competitions ... -
Factors Contributing To Students’ Poor Performance in Mathematics at Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education in Kenya: A Case of Baringo County, Kenya
(Centre for Promoting Ideas, USA, 2012-06)Performance in Mathematics by students has persistently been poor. This study sought to investigate the factors contributing to the poor performance and to establish the strategies that can be adopted to improve performance in ... -
Factors contributing to poor performance in Kenya certificate of primary education in public day primary schools in Mwimbi Division, Maara District, Kenya
(Centre for Promoting Ideas, USA, 2012-03)Performance of students is a product of socio-economic, psychological and environmental factors. Education plays a significant role in political, economic and social realms of development. Secondary school placement, ... -
Influence of Mathematical Language on Achievement in Mathematics by Secondary School Studens in Kenya
(Research India Publications, 2012)Language is a system of communication, which is either spoken or encoded in written or signed form; its fluency aids an individual in logical thinking. The unique linguistic structure of mathematics makes the learning ... -
Effects of Social Change on the Welfare of the Elderly in Chuka Division in Tharaka/Nithi County in Kenya
(Centre for Promoting Ideas, USA, 2013-05)Elderly persons are an integral part of the population in the society and the process of aging becomes a challenge to them, who, if not assisted to fit in old age, would sulk and suffer low esteem. The elderly can equally ... -
Using ICT to attract Kenyan youth into Agriculture: E-gardens
(IRACST - International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology & Security (IJCSITS), 2014-08)This report offers a detailed case study of an initiative that seeks to use Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to attract Kenyan youth to agriculture. Agriculture in Kenya has not been looked at as a ... -
Power play between the centre and the periphery: Problems and prospects of devolution under constitution of Kenya 2010
(International journal of Innovative research and and studies, 2013-09)The drafters of the constitution of Kenya 2010 cleverly introduced devolved governments (county governments) in order to decentralize power from the executive, then perceived as imperial. The devolved system of government ... -
Analysis of factors influencing investment decisions of SACCO funds in Kenya
(International Journal of Research in commerce and management, 2014-07)T Savings and Credit Cooperative Organizations' (Sacco's) are among the fastest growing micro finances in Kenya today. In the year 2012 members’ deposits of Sacco's in Kenya amounted to approximately Kshs. 378 billion ... -
Status of Human Waste Management in Informal Settlements within the Urban Areas in Developing Countries: Case Study in Eldoret Municipality, Kenya
(International Journal of Science and Research(IJSR), 2014-10)In developing countries, most people live in the informal areas where municipal services are rarely availed. How this affects human waste management is not clearly understood. Consequently, a study was undertaken to determine ... -
Concentration levels of potentially harmful elements from gold mining in Lake Victoria Region, Kenya: Environmental and health implications
(Elsevier, 2014)Second only to the agricultural industry, mining is often considered to be the largest source of pollution in most mineral-rich countries. Mine wastes and tailings commonly generate large concentrations of effluents ... -
Synergistic effects of fire and elephants on arboreal animals in an African savanna
(British Ecological Society, 2015)Summary 1. Disturbance is a crucial determinant of animal abundance, distribution and community structure in many ecosystems, but the ways in which multiple disturbance types interact remain poorly understood. The effects ... -
A comparative study on growth, composition and sensory quality between farmed and wild Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)
(Net Journals, 2015-06)This study was conducted at Moi University, Kenya, to investigate the effect of fish diets on growth, chemical composition and organoleptic quality of farmed Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), and compared with wild ... -
Conceptualizing the Curriculum Towards A Renaissance for Theory
(Centre for Promoting Ideas, USA, 2014-09)The field of curriculum is awash with theorizing on the concept of ‘curriculum’ and ‘curriculum theory’. A meta understanding by scholars provides a generalized view through which curricula is conceptualized. The effect ... -
Efficacy of cultural methods in the control of rhizoctonia solani strains causing tomato damping off in Kenya
(African Scholarly science Communications Trust, 2014-04)Rhizoctonia damping off of tomato caused by Rhizoctonia solani can be a serious problem in most intensive production environments. Recent increase in smallholder vegetable production of 0.5-3.0 ha in Kenya has resulted in ... -
Plasmodium berghei ANKA: Selection of pyronaridine resistance in mouse model
(Academin Journals, 2014-08)Pyronaridine is a partner drug in, Pyramax®, a combination of artesunate (ASN)-pyronaridine (PRD) which was recently prequalified by WHO drug as a potential alternative for treatment of malaria in African setting. ... -
The effects of human resource management function on the growth of micro enterprises, Kenya
(International Journal of Social Sceinces and Entrepreneurship, 2014)Globally, Micro and small enterprises (MSEs) have been accepted as the means through which accelerated economic growth and rapid industrialization have been achieved. In most developing countries like Kenya, MSEs are ... -
Monetary Conditions index for Kenya
(Macrothink Institute, 2013)The purpose of this paper is to construct and test the feasibility of a monetary conditions index (MCI) for Kenya using 2000 – 2011 time series quarterly data. Empirical results confirm the existence of cointegration ...
