Browsing Publications From Administrative Staff by Submit Date
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Information access by Urban Social Workers in Kenya: A Case of Nakuru City
(Scientific & Academic Publishing, 2015)The study was set to identify how Urban Social Workers in Kenya accessed information and how they used it. The objectives of the study were to determine accessibility to information by Urban Social Workers; find out the ... -
The Involvement of the Faculty in Book Selection: The Case of Egerton University Library, Kenya
(Scientific & Academic Publishing, 2014)The study set out to find why users were unhappy with the library collection as was revealed by user surveys carried out by the library. The objectives of the study were to: Evaluate the usefulness of the collection; ... -
Causes of crime in Kenyan universities
(2016-11)This study investigated the causes of crime in Kenyan public universities which had been reported to be an upward trend. Criminological theoretical models suggest factors such as neighbourhoods, parenting poverty and peer ... -
Role of Counseling in Employee Performance in Public Universities(A Case Study of Kenyatta University)
(2016-08)In order to achieve the set goals or perform the activities of any organization, employees have to be taken care of economically, politically and socially, to enable them perform to the standards required. One way of taking ... -
Effect of OutsourcingHuman Resources and Organizational Performance in Public Universities in Kenya
(International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2018-02)The paper outlines the relationship between outsourcing Human Resources and the performance of the organizational performance. It focuses on the public universities in Kenya.According to research done, Human ... -
DEVELOPING DIGITAL INFORMATION LITERACY AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
(SCECSAL, 2016)This is a study on developing digital information literacy at institutions of higher learning in sub-Saharan Africa and how digital information literacy may play a role in socio-economic development in sub-Saharan Africa. ... -
Knowledge Management education in the departments of Library/Information Science in South Africa
(Sabinet, 2007)This paper focuses on the role of the departments of Library and/or Information Science (U1S) in South African universities in the training of Knowledge Management (KM) competencies. A questionnaire was e-mailed to thirteen ... -
Ethical Issues and Indigenous Knowledge Production and Use in Sub-Saharan Africa in the 21st Century
(2014)This paper addresses the ethical issues which relate to the sharing, use, access, research and personal as well as social benefit of indigenous knowledge produced in sub-Saharan Africa. Close to two decades into the 21st ... -
Training needs of practising professional librarians in the Kenyan public university libraries: a critical analysis
(MCB University Press, 2000)Examines the training needs of practising professional librarians in the Kenyan public university libraries. There is a general, but false assumption, in this sector that professional librarians who have attained the minimum ... -
Impediments to promoting access to global knowledge in sub-Saharan Africa
(Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2004)Knowledge-based societies have come to be identified with the advanced economies. Knowledge is now looked on as a new source of competitive advantage. Those economies where knowledge is created and used in large quantities ... -
Managing a Library automation project: the Moi University experience
(MCB University Press, 1999)Examines the major problems associated with managing a library automation project in a developing country. The Moi University experience is representative of the type of problems that a library project manager in a developing ... -
Knowledge production and distribution by institutions of higher education in sub-Saharan Africa: Opportunities and challenges
(Unisa Press, 2011)This article focuses on available opportunities and challenges which institutions of higher education in sub-Saharan Africa face in producing and distributing knowledge. Institutions of higher education are also expected ... -
Knowledge Management in a Research Organisation: International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
(Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, 2006)Knowledge is fast becoming a source of competitive advantage that makes a difference between success and failure for both profit and non-profit organisations. The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is a non-profit ... -
The role of knowledge management in enhancing government service-delivery in Kenya
(Stellenbosch University, 2009)This article explores the role that knowledge management (KM) can play to support governance, performance effectiveness, and service delivery in government agencies in Kenya. It further addresses the challenges and problems ... -
The strategic importance of identifying knowledge-based and intangible assets for generating value, competitiveness and innovation in sub-Saharan Africa
(Sabinet, 2011)This article discusses the strategic importance of identifying intangible assets for creating value and enhancing competitiveness and innovation in science and technology in a knowledge economy with particular reference ... -
The Role of Library Schools in Shaping the Changing Patterns of Scholarly Communication
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Scholarly publishing in sub-Saharan Africa in the twenty-first century: challenges and opportunities.
(2007)A free flow of ideas and information is vital to the process of scientific inquiry, and in turn to the ability to address economic, environmental and social development issues both in the sub-Saharan Africa region and ... -
The Effect of the Role of Social Partners on the Performance of State Corporations in Kenya
(Management journal, 2013)The study sought to establish the effect of the role of social partners on the performance of state corporations in Kenya. Methodology: Data was obtained through a descriptive design involving 279 employees both unionized ... -
Effect of Information Technology Capability On Competitive Advantage of the Kenyan Banking Sector
(IPRJB, 2019)Purpose: The study sought to establish the effect of Information Technology Capability on competitive advantage of the banking sector in Kenya. Methodology: The study is anchored on the McKinsey 7S Framework Model and the ... -
Relationship Between Strategic Capabilities and Competitive Advantage in the Kenyan Banking Sector
(IPRJB, 2019)Purpose: The Commercial banks operating in Kenya are experiencing a faster pace of change characterized by customers’ sophistication, strict regulation and supervision, technology advancement, liberalization of banking ...
