KENYA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT COURSE: PROJECT MANAGEMENT SUBJECT: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- NAME: JOSPHAT OMARI ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ADM NO: EMBU/00240 WORKBASED ASSIGNMENT DATE OF SUBMISSION 31/7/2010 DISCUSS HOW MICHAEL PORTERSCOMPETATIVE FORCES BEING IS APPLIED IN THE BANKING SECTOR Introduction:
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Question 1: Briefly explain role of the following Financial Institutions in the economic development of Kenya: a) Kenya Industrial Estates: Kenya Industrial Estates (KIE) Limited was established in 1967 as a subsidiary of Industrial and Commercial Development Corporation (ICDC) with a major role of promoting indigenous entrepreneurship by financing and developing small scale and micro enterprises. KIE Limited was established to facilitate development and incubation of micro‚ small and medium enterprises
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The possible reason why a baby in Kenya is delayed in cognitive development compared to a middle class child in America is because‚ Kenya culture is different for those who stay in America. Kenya is a small community where there is not a lot of people with money. Poverty is a major reason why they might have delay in development. They don’t have the right tools to help the child during that period such as‚ electronics‚ books‚ or toys. Another possible reason why this might have happened is because
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Colonialism impacted mainly on the physical‚ emotional‚ mental‚ and spiritual wellness of the natives. For all the crisis created between the colonizers and the colonized country‚ diseases and alcohol were introduced‚ creating an unhealthy addiction as well as overall health issue. Residential school systems impacts were regulated to increase their sense of feeling lesser. For many aboriginal children were physically and sexually abused in residential schools‚ there was not only an physical impact
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A SURVEY OF DIVIDEND PRACTICES IN KENYA: A CASE STUDY OF QUOTED FIRMS IN THE NAIROBI STOCK EXCHANGE JUNE 2009 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We are grateful to our supervisor‚ Mr. Luther Otieno for tirelessly guiding us throughout the writing of the project. Indeed‚ his encouragement and wise counsel greatly inspired us throughout the period we were writing this project. In addition‚ we thank all the lecturers at the University of Nairobi who taught us during our undergraduate studies. We are also grateful
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LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK IN KENYA ON THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES INTERNATIONAL LAWS Under The Constitution of Kenya‚ article 2(5) and (6)‚ treaties and rules of international law are part of Kenyan Law. This essentially means that even without domesticating some of the treaties their obligations apply directly to Kenya. The Convention on the Rights of the Child is the first treaty that protected children rights. It guiding principles have a direct impact to children with disabilities. These
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“Banning Dowry Payment in Kenya” “Dowry payment should not be banned in Kenya”. People opposed to dowry payments strongly believe that it is a way of extorting money from poor men. It also represents a woman to be viewed as property. Though‚ others for dowry argue that is just a way of paying back a vote of thanks to the woman’s family. Despite what others may believe‚ dowry is a must in order to embrace our African traditions‚ each tribe has it way‚ woman becomes part of the man’s property‚ it
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DO PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN KENYA NEED STRATEGY? "Strategy is the direction and scope of an organization over the long-term: which achieves advantage for the organization through its configuration of resources within a challenging environment‚ to meet the needs of markets and to fulfill stakeholder expectations". Strategy plays a great role in Public Universities in that‚ Public Universities have progressively realized that effective service delivery to customers (students) and competitive advantage
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Kristina Haag GKE Task 3 December 2‚2012 Part A I have chosen to discus Colonialism of North America. From the very beginning it was a race between Spain and England to see who would colonize North America. While the Spanish were first England was shown to be the ultimate victor in the race. I have chosen to focus on the colonization of the New World through England. Although there were other countries involved England was the most influential. Some of the reasons why England decided
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A MAXIST SNAPSHOT OF POST COLONIAL KENYA AS POSTURED IN NGUGI’S "DEVIL ON THE CROSS"S MARXISM Marxism is an economic and social system based upon the political and economic theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. While it would take veritably volumes to explain the full implications and ramifications of the Marxist social and economic ideology‚ Marxism is summed up in the Encarta Reference Library as “a theory in which class struggle is a central element in the analysis of social change in
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