prefix: doi.org/10.52283/1.ajbmr |
Volume :8 Issue :01 Year : 2024
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Effect of Resource Management on Completion of Kenya Police Housing Scheme Projects in Kenya
►Nathan Stephen Mwangangi
stepmwangangi@gmail.com (Corresponding Author)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1000-0704
►Angeline Mulwa
►Dorothy Ndunge Kyalo
►Thomas Ombati
Received: 6 December, 2023
Final Revision: 24 April, 2024
Accepted: 6 May, 2024
Published: 16 May 2024
doi.org/10.52283/NSWRCA.AJBMR.20240801A01
AbstractThe purpose of the study was to establish the effect of resource management on completion of Kenya police housing scheme projects in Kenya. The study used a mixed method design. The target population was the 47 police housing scheme projects in 8 regional blocks in Kenya. A sample of 319 was selected using stratified random sampling. This study also utilized the descriptive and inferential statistics. The study found a statistically significant correlation between facility resource management, human resource management, financial resource management, material resource management, information technology resource management and the completion of Kenya Police Housing Scheme projects. The research concluded that facility resource management had the greatest effect on the completion of Kenya police housing scheme projects, followed by information technology resource management, then financial resource management, then material resource management, while human resource management had the least effect on the completion of Kenya police housing scheme projects. The study recommends that Kenya Police housing Scheme projects managers in Kenya should employ human resource practices that will ensure qualified personnel who are well trained and highly motivated to achieve projects which are completed within scope, budget, time and achieve quality.Keywords: Project completion, resource management, housing scheme projects.
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Influence of Logistics Capabilities and Outsourcing on Organizational Performance
►Enoch Dotse Agbandzo
►Jewel Dela Novixoxo
►Constance Buah
►Joseph Kwasi Agbeka
►Eric Asamoah
►Mathew Quayson
►Maxwell Edem Azila-Gbettor
Received: 31 March, 2024
Final Revision: 14 June, 2024
Accepted: 10 July, 2024
Published: 31 July 2024
AbstractInadequate resources hamper efficient and effective logistics capabilities and outsourcing implementations that are critical to the competitiveness of organizations. This study addresses the inadequate resources that bedevil the cement industry of Ghana by assessing the logistics capability and outsourcing performance of Ghana’s Cement industry. The study adopted the survey design and analyzed the data collected using a Variance-based Partial Least Square (PLS-SEM) statistical analytical tool. The result revealed that the capital asset, human resources, and flow of information for logistic capabilities, as well as cross-docking and product marking for logistic outsourcing, significantly influence either financial or non-financial performance or both. Thus, logistics capability and outsourcing positively relate to organizational performance. This suggests that practitioners and managers should improve the flow of information and human resources activities in manufacturing organizations, which would significantly increase both the financial and non-financial performance of the organizations. The implication of sharing suitable information fosters transparency, leading to strengthening ties with suppliers, distributors, and customers for wealth creation.Keywords: Logistics capability, outsourcing, organizational performance, joint effect of variance-
Literature Review on Consumer Behavior with Various Aspects of Branding
►Punit Moris Ekka
►Abhishek Saran
Received: 14 June, 2022
Final Revision: 10 August, 2022
Accepted: 17 August, 2022
Published: 31 July 2024
AbstractThe consumer buying behavior have changed exceptionally and is in transformation during Covid times in this digital environment. Across the world, consumer behavior and branding have always been an ever-developing topic in marketing. The pandemic has brought changes in modern consumer’s needs and their attitude about different brands. It is essential for the marketers to understand more about the changing behavior of their existing, as well as their potential customers. In this direction, this research explores the dominant topics being published on consumer behavior and branding at the time of Covid pandemic. A collection of published articles through a major database - Scopus was done, then through the synthesis of those articles, the final articles were identified. A systematic review of nearly 150 research articles from 7 reputed marketing journals on consumer behavior and branding have been analyzed. The four dominant themes that emerged were attitude structure, consumer purchase and choice, going local, and purchase loyalty. The outcome of this present research would cast light on the emerging topics on consumer behavior and branding that would generate a better understanding on the subject for academicians and practitioners alike.Keywords: Branding, consumer behavior, Covid, marketing, consumer attitude-
The Impact of Entrepreneurial Orientation and Profit Growth Performance of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and the Influence of the Environment
►Olufemi Muibi Omisakin
Received:05 June, 2023
Final Revision: 03 May, 2024
Accepted: 15 May, 2024
e Published: 31 July 2024
AbstractThis study examines the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and profit growth performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and evaluates the moderating role of environmental factors on the EO profit growth performance relationship. The research investigated the effects of EO on the growth performance of SMEs using a multidimensional model of EO to test the hypotheses’ relationship between EO and SME profit growth performance from data collected from SME owners, managers, and management. Data was collected through a survey questionnaire administered via email and some social medial platforms. The data collected was analyzed using Partial Least Squares (PLS)- structural equation model (SEM) software. It was found EO positively influences SME profit growth performance and dynamic and munificence environments moderate the relationship between EO SME profit growth performance. It is suggested SME owners use these two environmental factors to facilitate improvement of the correlation between the EO SME profit growth performance.Keywords: Entrepreneurial orientation, entrepreneurship, SME performance, environmental factors.-
The Extended Technology Acceptance Model Using Structural Equation Model to Predict E-Procurement Adoption in the Ghanaian Healthcare Sector
►Patrick Boateng Sarpong
►Prosper Agbanu
►Michael Addai
Received: 19 May, 2023
Final Revision: 26 July, 2023
Accepted: 9 August, 2024
Published: 22 August, 2024
AbstractThis paper seeks to examine e-procurement adoption technology, particularly in the Ghanaian public health sector. The adoption of e-procurement is crucial for the health sector due to its significance in enhancing internal efficiency and has a substantial influence on sustainability. Earlier studies have concentrated on how senior procurement managers utilize advanced technologies to attain environmental sustainability in healthcare operations. The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) has been employed to elucidate the factors influencing the adoption decisions. The study utilized a questionnaire survey to assess respondents' understanding of questions posed by the researcher. The data from the questionnaires were investigated using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 21, the Amos 22, and the SmartPLS v3.2 software to determine the relationship between variables. The results of the study did not support the acceptance of two hypotheses, whilst the other hypotheses were found to support e-procurement adoption. From the findings of this study, recommendations from a management perspective are discussed to improve management awareness in adopting electronic procurement.Keywords: E-procurement, TAM, Adoption decision and Ghanaian Health Sector
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