Information management is critical in influencing an organisation’s ability to sustain a long-term competitive advantage. This chapter, resulting from a research study, examines the impact of information management practices ...
Ndiku, Dr. Mbenge T.; Dr. Mwai, Naomi W.(2016-09-28)
Abstract: The strategic value of competitive information to a corporation has received increased attention in management, business practice and information literature. Top level managers make strategic decisions that place ...
Much of the research demonstrating the link between Human Resource Management Practices (HRMP) and firm performance has focused on the moderating roles of variables. The mediating role of employee outcomes in the
relationship ...
Malla, Janet Kajuju; Waudo, Prof. Judith; Kithinji, Dr. Ciriaka T.(2015-09-15)
Obesity is a diet-related condition and it refers to an abnormally high proportion of body fat. Various studies
carried out in the United States reveal that obesity stems right from childhood. Childhood obesity is the ...
Snacking is defined as any intake of food or energy-containing beverage outside of breakfast, lunch and dinner (Bellisle, 2007). Previous studies have shown that snacking among adolescents is most common in the afternoon ...
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“ICTs are important tools that provide the [Sub-Saharan Africa] woman access to lifelong learning and training, to productive assets, and to credit. Neglecting to give women access to these tools not only deprives ...
One potential Obstacle to Effective information system development involves the conflict between users and developers. It has been argued that information systems development personnel have different perceptions of what ...
In a heterogeneous world, concurrent distributed development has led to many types of multi-agent systems that offer diverse functionality in agents as different types of platforms are not in a position to interoperate. ...
The advancement of Information Communication Technology in recent years and the increase in the number of social networking technologies, has led to educators facing complex choices and challenges when it comes to exploiting ...
Ndede-Amandi, Atieno A.; Snead, Ken C.; Magal, Simha R.; Christensen, Linda F.(2015-07-29)
Abstract Information systems research often employs user satisfaction with, use of, and perceived organizational benefits of, newly-developed systems as measures of information system success. Further, this stream of ...
Complexing capacities of calcium and magnesium with natural organic matter (NOM)/selected organic chelating agents, in the presence and absence of other major and trace cations in water,were studied by anodic and cathodic ...
Dynamic leaching tests are important studies that provide more insights into time-dependent leaching mechanisms of any given solid waste. Hydrogeochemical modeling using PHREEQC was applied for column modeling of two ash ...
Ash heap modelling of South African fly ash from Tutuka was carried out and the duration of transportation projected for 20 years based on two disposal scenarios, namely; irrigation of ash with rainwater, and irrigation ...
A square duct with a 90-degree streamwise curvature is representative of complex flow domains. Such flow domains are encountered in the designs of fluids engineering systems, especially in the aerospace turbo-machinery ...
The role of competitive strategy in the relationship between employee outcomes and firm performance has not been established with the selected set of variables, yet theory has demonstrated that competitive strategy can ...
Most empirical research on the link between Human Resource Management Practices (HRMP) and employee
outcomes has concentrated on the private sector, yet understanding this relationship in publicly listed firms, in
the ...
Most research demonstrating the link between Human Resource Management Practices (HRMP) and firm performance has focused on the private sector, yet understanding this relationship in publicly listed firms, in the Developing ...
This paper is based on empirical research carried out on firms listed on the Nairobi Securities
Exchange in Kenya, focusing on the joint and individual effects of Human Resource
Management Practices (HRMP), organizational ...
Omwoma, Solomon; Owuor, Philip O; Ongeri, David MK; Umani, Moses; Lalah, Joseph O; Schramm, Karl-Werner(2014)
The total weight of commercial fish (metric tons) caught in the Winam Gulf area of Lake Victoria in Kenya declined from 3300 mt to 760 mt between 1995 and 2009. Associated with this decline, and ranked in descending order, ...