Browsing Publications From Administrative Staff by Issue Date
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
The Role of Library Schools in Shaping the Changing Patterns of Scholarly Communication
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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 ... -
Industrial Relations System as a Factor of Tripartite Consultation Influencing the Performance of State Corporations in Kenya
(International Journal of Advances in Management and Economics, 2013-06)The study sought to establish the effect of Industrial relations system in Kenya on the performance of state corporations. Methodology: Data was obtained through a descriptive design involving 279 employees both unionized and ... -
The Effect of the Role of Social Partners on the Performance of State Corporations in Kenya
(International Journal of Advances in Management and Economics, 2013-06)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 ... -
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; ... -
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 ... -
A Critical Analysis of Athol Fugard’s Social Vision in Four Selected Plays
(Journal of Educational and Social Research, 2014)Literature is a product of the writer’s artistic imagination. The writer accurately observes the happenings in his/her society, both contemporary, and historical and communicates to the reader s through use of vivid ... -
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 ... -
Effects of Cross Cultural factors on Knowledge management of Kenya Homegrown Multinationals Operating in East Africa
(The International Journal Of Business & Management, 2015)The economic integration of the five East Africa regional countries has created unprecedented opportunities and new challenges. Kenya homegrown multinational firms have taken advantage of these opportunities by expanding ... -
Intervening Effect of Tripartite Consultation On the Performance of State Corporations in Kenya
(International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management, 2015)The study sought to establish the intervening effect of tripartite consultation between the role of social partners, the tripartite consultation system, the economic change issues, the relationship between social partners ... -
THE EFFECT OF ECONOMIC CHANGE AS A FACTOR OF TRIPARTITE CONSULTATION ON THE PERFORMANCE OF STATE CORPORATIONS IN KENYA
(Asian Academic Research Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities, 2015-10)The study sought to establish the effect of economic changes such as globalization, privatization and inflation on the performance of state corporations in Kenya. The study was carried out in Nairobi County in Kenya. ...
