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Biblical submission and authority in marriage with special interest in the New Testament: implications for the Iteso evangelical Christians of Uganda. Biblical
(2014-04-03) Ebulu, Peter Okaalet
Correct practice can only flow out of correct theory. It is upon this premise that I set out to investigate the meaning of submission and authority in marriage in the relevant New Testament texts. Chapter one is introductory. Chapter 2 includes an exegetical study of Genesis 1-3 and the social backgrounds of Peter and Paul - how women and marriage were perceived in the Roman, Greek, and Jewish settings. The views and teachings of Jesus concerning Women and marriage are also included in this chapter. In chapter 3, I have exegetically discussed what one would call the "primary marriage texts", namely, Ephesians 5:21-33; Colossians 3: 18-20; and I Peter 3: 1-7. Here, the Apostles Paul and Peter clearly spell out imperatives for husbands and wives in marriage. I have also included other related Pauline texts in this chapter, because they, too, have to with man/woman and/or husband and wife relationship. These are: 1 Corinthians] 1:2-16; 14:33b-35; 1 Timothy 2:8-] 5; and Galatians 3:28. To seek to apply theological principles to the African context is in keeping with the declared purpose of the Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology (N.E.G.S.T.) namely, "To develop an authentic African understanding and expression of the universal gospel of Jesus Christ, and an effective cross-cultural communication of the same." This is the content of chapter 4, where I discuss marital practices of the Teso, a Nilo-hamitic people of North-eastern Uganda. In a closing chapter, I discuss a restatement of the issue, a summary, and recommendations for further research. Please note that all biblical quotations are from the New King James Version (NKJV) of the Bible, 1988 edition, by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
Perceptions of impact of Christian religious education on the moral development of teenage boys at Lubinu Boys Secondary School
(2014-05-08) Magomere, Elka Musafu
This study aimed at finding out the perceptions of teenagers on the impact of C.R.E. on their moral development. It specifically focused on teenagers at Lubinu Boys' Secondary School in Western Province in Kenya. The study was quantitative and data were gathered from the school. A questionnaire was designed to collect data from the teenagers. It was administered personally. Respondents included teenagers from thirteen years to twenty and from form two to form four. The researcher wanted to know the opinions of the teenagers on the impact of C.R.E. on their moral development, and whether these opinions were related to factors such as their attitude towards C.R.E., content taught, teacher's lifestyle, methodology used or peer influence. The findings reveal that most teenagers perceived C.R.E. to have had a big impact on their moral development even though this was not related to their attitude towards it, or the demographics. However the perceptions were found to be related to the teaching style. The responses showed that greater focus should be put on how to make the lessons interesting and well understood. Moreover the respondents overwhelmingly felt that their teachers do not make efforts to know them. Based on the data gathered, recommendations were made to teacher training institutes, policy makers, and C.R.E. teachers on seeking ways to personify the Christian moral values and norms and for better articulation of the same.
THE INFLUENCE OF CHURCH LEADERSHIP IN THE MANAGEMENT OF CHANGE: CASE OF THE BAPTIST CHURCH IN CENTRAL AFRICA
(Africa international University, 2017-07-02) BAUDOUI, POLISI KIVAVA
Change is a great challenge for many institutions, both business oriented and faithbased. Unless proper strategies are used to introduce change, it might lead to frustrations and even conflicts. It is in that perspective that this study establishes the influence of church leadership in the management of change in a faith based institution, taking the Baptist Church in Central Africa as case study. Churches operate in a diverse and changing environment where they have to face changes from both inside and outside, some of which are adopted and others rejected. In the current world characterised by globalisation and change, churches have to open up to changes in their environment without changing the gospel they preach. Taking into account that management is part of the attributions of the church leader, this study is an attempt to establish how far management functions, namely planning, organising, staffing, directing and control influence to the management of change in the CBCA. The study used descriptive non-experimental research method. A questionnaire was distributed to church leaders and the data were analysed using SPSS 17. The inferential statistics was based on chi-square to establish the influence of church leadership on the management of change. The study found out that the involvement of leaders and the application of management functions play a key role in the adoption of changes. Also, some extraneous factors such as culture, spirituality and the quality of training of church leaders needed special consideration lest they might interfere in the adoption of changes. Considering some concerns raised by the respondents, the study recommended to the CBCA to improve especially on the controlling function, whose influence in the current situation could not be proved. The study further recommended some action to improve on major issues such as the quality of training of church leaders to prepare them for change related challenges in their ministry and also cultural attitudes towards women and other situations such as politics, economy and health issues. Further studies are still needed to address the other aspects of this theme which were not examined in this research.
THE EFFECTS OF INTEGRITY ON PASTORS’ PERFORMANCE WITHIN THE EVANGELICAL CHURCHES OF KENYA
(Africa international University, 2017-07-02) WILL, KOSKEY
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of integrity on pastors’ performance within the evangelical churches of Kenya. The case research is a case study of Africa Gospel church- Bomet Region in Bomet County. The research design used a descriptive survey in preliminary and exploratory studies in order to summarize, present and interpret information in order to arrive at a logical conclusion of the findings. The target population was 400 pastors in Bomet County and a sample of 40 of them of the total population was used. The preferred instrument for data collection was questionnaire (open and closed ended) for quantitative data. Data was analyzed and interpreted using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Descriptive statistics like means, percentages and standard deviations was used. Data was presented using figures and distribution tables. The study found that integrity affects pastors’ performance especially in their role in discipleship, preaching, teaching, evangelism, mission ministry and servant leadership. It was also found that pastors in the Africa Gospel Church perform well in preaching and that preaching forms the basis of pastors' integrity and effective performance in church. Teaching based on God's word was emphasized by the pastors and was one of their effective duties in the church. It was also found that pastors were entrusted with imparting the knowledge of God among the subjects and therefore, their subjects rely fully on the pastors’ teachings and preaching. Therefore, it was the responsibility of the pastor to gather his/her flock together to the saving knowledge of Christ and constantly ensure that their faith in Christ was always strong and the people could only trust his or her words if he/she upholds high level of integrity with performance in the church. The study therefore concluded that leadership and integrity among the pastors were also reflected in their behaviors and character and that effective preaching, evangelism and offering servant leadership that reflect the teachings of God was anchored on high integrity not only among the pastors but in the general church leadership. The study therefore recommends that evangelical churches should put management system in place that will address the issue of performance with integrity specifically in the areas of discipleship, preaching, teaching, evangelism, mission and servant leadership. This will enable the pastors to perform well on their jobs effectively. To strengthen the system of performance, evangelical churches need to provide participatory/ servant leadership environment where-by pastors and their leaders will set goals/target in terms of discipleship, preaching, teaching, evangelism, mission and servant leadership. This will enable pastors to work scientifically in order to have planned spiritual growth, transformation, Biblical knowledge, numerical growth, spreading the gospel cross-culturally and humility. To reinforce this, reward system should be part of management performance system whereby pastors who perform their jobs well with high level of integrity are given promotion, salary increment and acknowledgement. There is need to have a mentoring program for new pastors where they can share sermon thoughts, seek guidance and receive encouragement from seasoned pastors. New pastors in the field need mentors to guide them well so as to perform well in their duties with high level of integrity
A STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF MOTIVATION ON TEACHERS WORK PERFORMANCE (A CASE OF TALA GIRLS, MACHAKOS COUNTY)
(Africa international University, 2017-07-02) KAGWIRI, LUCYLINE
The study sought to investigate the effect of motivation on teachers work performance in Tala Girls Machakos County. For the purpose of this study Motivation was measured in terms of Direction, effort (intensity) and persistence. Four indicators of teachers work performance were identified as; work preparation, teaching, examining and participation in school activities. The study was guided the three main objectives, effects of motivation on the effort and persistence of teachers in preparations, teaching, examining and participation in school activities, factors that influence effort and persistence of teachers in preparation, teaching, examining and participation in school activities and suggestion of strategies of improving teachers effort and persistence in preparations, teaching, examining and participation in school activities. The literature review was reviewed against the backdrop of the key variables and Victor Vrooms Expectancy theory of motivation (1964) formed the basis of the study. The study however adopted the version of the expectancy theory of Motivation which was developed by Edward Lawler (1973), Lawler and Porter(1983) which provided the platform upon which the study was grounded. The study employed explorative research paradigm employing purposeful research design. The study targeted teachers employed by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) in Tala Girls Machakos County. 40 teachers from the five departments were selected using purposeful sampling techniques. Data was collected using questionnaire whose validity and reliability were asserted before being administered in the field for actual data collection. Data was analyzed and frequency and percentage were generated and presented in frequency distribution tables. The study revealed that motivation affected the direction, effort and persistence of teachers in work preparation, teaching, examining and participation in school activities. It was concluded that motivational factors such as responsibility, appraisals good performance, competence, credible examinations affected the teacher’s level of effort and persistence in preparations, teaching, examining, and participation in school activities.
EFFECT OF COMPOSITION OF MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES ON PERFORMANCE OF CHILDREN DEVELOPMENT CENTERS SUPPORTED BY COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL IN KENYA
(Africa international University, 2017-07-03) KIGUTA, MACHARIA, JOEL
Local churches drawn from different denominations can enter into a partnership with Compassion International for holistic development of children who come from economically poor households. The result of the partnership is an entity called Children Development Center (CDC). Each CDC has an oversight committee called Church Partner Committee (CPC). CDCs have been observed to have a wide range of program and operational results from excellent to poor. Why such a wide disparity in performance among CDCs that operate in similar context and have access to similar resources is not well understood. But one important variation is how CPCs are composed and operate. The study examined the effect of composition of management committees on performance of children development centers in Kenya. The study design is a descriptive survey using an exploratory approach. The study population was 340 centers. Using stratified random sampling, a sample size of 241 or 71% of 340 was selected for the study. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data. The overall response rate was 93% representing 67% of target population. Primary data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics and variables association analysis. The study found no statistically significant relationship between dependent variable performance and independent variables gender and level of education. However, managerial experience and proportion of outsiders in CPC (independence) had statistically significant effect on CDC performance. Additionally, data analysis by denominations found statistically significant variation in performance meaning a local church denomination affect CDC performance. The study recommends including in CPC selection criteria a requirement to have a higher proportion of members having managerial experience and eligible persons from outside the local church.
AN INVESTIGATION OF THE STRESSORS AND COPING MECHANISM OF SPONSORED YOUTH
(Africa international University, 2017-07-04) TANUI, JANE JEMELI
Poverty related stress is a reality and it affects all those who are underprivileged. Youth in campus are not exempt. The purpose of the study was to investigate the stressors amongst sponsored youth and the respective strategies that they engaged in order to cope well. The study was guided by the following research objectives: To identify the financial stressors and coping mechanisms among the sponsored youth in the university level of education; To find out the psychological stressors and the coping mechanisms among the sponsored youth in campus; To determine the physiological stressors and coping mechanisms common among the youth in university and to analyze the situational stressors and consequent coping mechanisms among the youth in university. It adopted descriptive research design targeting 298 students under the sponsorship of Compassion International Kenya distributed in 5 projects within Nairobi.30 respondents we sampled, stratified into the 5 projects and accessed through random sampling and administered with questionnaires. Reliability Cronbach alpha coefficient of 0.81 was obtained showing that the questionnaire was reliable. The data collected was summarized into frequency means and standard deviation and presented in form of tables. Pearson moment correlation was used to establish the relationship between various stressors and the various coping strategies. The study found that factors contributing to financial stress among the students were; Most of the youths did not have enough money to participate in most of the same activities as their peers do, Were spending more than they had by borrowing, Could not afford paying their bills in time and were not in a position to buy all their learning materials in time. For psychological stress, the study found that most sponsored students were always anxious, felt bored with the daily college routine, felt isolated from fundamental decisions in their lives, and did not have the right motivation to continue with their college life hence having psychological stress. On physiological stress, the study found that most of the youths sweated a lot when faced with problems in college, felt stomach pains when they were unable to complete their tasks in time. As situational stressors, most of the students felt stressed when they could not obtain their course requirement, failed in their coursework and stressed when they could not read due to power blackout. Generally, the sponsored students prefer the following coping mechanisms: planful problem-solving (R = 0.673) for financial stressors; seeking social support (R = 0.859) for psychological stressors; accepting responsibility (R = 0.811) for physiological stressors and accepting responsibility (R = 0.834) for situational stressors. The study recommends that students under sponsorship program should always seek the services and help of the guidance and counseling teachers to help them develop positive coping mechanisms to manage stress. Parents and guardians of these students should adequately provide financial support to these students as this will decrease financial stress among them. The sponsored youth should also be able to articulate their needs to the sponsors from an informed place so that the support will fully address their needs. Organizations that run scholarship programs should also improve their scholarship programs to adequately address the needs of the students, to make them more youth friendly by lessening the stressors and enable them benefit fully from the support they offer.
AN ASSESSMENT OF STRATEGIES USED ON RESOURCES MOBILIZATION, CASE OF THE UNIVERSITÉ CHRÉTIENNE BILINGUE DU CONGO (UCBC)/CHRISTIAN BILINGUAL UNIVERSITY OF CONGO
(Africa international University, 2017-07-04) NZIKAKO, JOEL ASIIMWE
This study focuses on an assessment of strategies used on resources mobilization, case of the Université Chrétienne Bilingue du Congo (UCBC)/Christian Bilingual University of Congo. The independent variables included external donor funding, local fundraising, community participation, management strategies, report procedures and marketing strategies; while the dependent variable was resource mobilization. The specific objectives of the study were to find out whether external donor funding affects resource mobilization at UCBC; to investigate whether community participation affects resource mobilization at UCBC; to identify if local fundraising affects resource mobilization at UCBC; to determine whether management practices affect resource mobilization at UCBC; to verify whether reporting procedures affect resource mobilization at UCBC; and to examine whether marketing strategies affect resource mobilization at UCBC. The study used quantitative method. The target population was comprise church pastors, business men and women, managers in public services, chief executive officers or managers in companies, UCBC teaching and administrative staff, UCBC 4th year students, and UCBC alumni totaling to 509 subjects. Stratified and purposive sampling were used to get sample size of 95 subjects. Data was collected using structured questionnaire with closedended questions with Likert scale research instrument. The data was analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis method. The results found out that management practices (p-value 0.0018), marketing strategies (p-value 0.0430), local fundraising (p-value 0.0849) and community participation (p-value 0.0019) were positive and significantly related to resource mobilization. The study recommends that UCBC considers the significant variables as they affect resource mobilization performance.
THE INFLUENCE OF CULTURE ON ACCEPTABILITY OF CROSS- CULTURAL MISSIONARIES
(Africa international University, 2017-07-07) MBURU, NJOROGE JOSEPH
There is a tremendous awakening in sending the missionaries to the unreached communities in Kenya by all churches. An effective strategy in overcoming the cultural influence on cross-cultural missions and reaching those communities with the Gospel is needed. Although there are many missionaries sent out by Full Gospel Church of Kenya, majority of these missionaries eighty percent are in their cultural groups while only twenty percent are cross-cultural. The need for more cross-cultural missionaries with an attitude of overcoming cross- cultural challenges is huge. This research focused on the influence of the culture on cross-cultural missionaries’ acceptability. The purpose of this study was to investigate the cultural influences on acceptability of the cross cultural missionary and come up with effective ways in overcoming these cultural challenges. The study was guided by four objectives; to establish the influence of the ethnocentrism on acceptability of cross-cultural missionaries, to investigate the influence of communication on acceptability of the cross-cultural missionaries, to establish the influence of gender roles on acceptability of cross-cultural missionaries and to investigate the influence of proselytism on acceptability of the cross-cultural missionaries in Full Gospel Churches of Kenya. The study sampled 23 missionaries from a target population of 50 missionaries sent by the church to five regions in Kenya that is North Eastern, Maasai Land, Upper Eastern, Coastal Area and Rift Valley. The study used descriptive research design. The research methodology used survey where questionnaires and interviews were used as research instruments. The pilot testing was done with three missionaries after whom the final questionnaire was prepared. Data was analyzed descriptively and results and findings presented in frequency tables and charts. The findings of the study established that ethnocentrism and communication are barriers of acceptability of cross-cultural missionary. The findings of the study indicate further misunderstanding the gender roles and imposing the culture of the missionary to the host community may result in rejection of the missionary. The study recommends that cross-cultural missionaries should be sent for mission’s exposures to understand the gender roles in the host community’s culture before they are deployed to their mission field. The church should also provide translators to assist in learning the gestures and the facial expressions of the host culture and finally the cross-cultural missionaries should contextualize their teachings according to the culture of the host communities.
FACTORS AFFECTING PASTORS’ LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVENESS IN MULTI CHURCH CONTEXT
(Africa international University, 2017-07-08) OCHUKA, GABRIEL ODHIAMBO
The pastors in the Multi-Church Context in A.I.C Kisumu County are faced with huge challenges. Pastors in this context in Kisumu County find themselves in leadership and management positions without leadership and management knowledge and skills. This has resulted in inadequate leadership and mismanagement in the A.I.C Kisumu county MCP context. Therefore, there is a serious leadership and management need in this context of work. The challenge of inadequate leadership and mismanagement in the A.I.C Multi church context in Kisumu county calls for an investigation on how to enhance leadership and management effectiveness of pastors in the MCP context in Kisumu County. The study focused on 40 sampled leaders out of 400 leaders in AIC Kisumu County. These included 25 pastors and 15 elders and deacons across the selected six regions. These six regions in AIC Kisumu County are Kisumu city, Kisumu, Central lake, Muhoroni, Nyakach and Western lake. The respondents were classified using a cluster sampling technique to ensure that leaders comes from six regions that are from different locations in Kisumu county to meet some diversity technicalities in terms of colleges attended, geographical factors and background factors of the pastors. The purpose of this study was to investigate how to enhance leadership and management effectiveness of pastors in the AIC Multi Church Context in Kisumu County. Arising from the study, the following were findings, conclusion and recommendations made: 1. Findings: i. Pastors are either not trained or under trained in management. ii. Pastors ascend to leadership positions based on tribal, sycophancy and nepotism qualifications rather than professional training, temperament, experience and performance. iii. Pastors are overworked without priorities in ministry. iv. Pastors have chronic financial difficulties leading to personal and church failure. v. Pastors lack leadership development strategy for youths and women resulting in gender and age limitation in the church leadership structure. Conclusion The purpose of the research was to find out how to enhance leadership and management effectiveness of pastors in A.I.C multi church context in Kisumu County. MCP context is undergoing effectiveness crisis in Kisumu County. Pastors have problems in their spiritual life, they are not trained or under trained in management, they lack integrity, are overworked, makes unilateral decision and do not know how to manage personal and church finances leading to personal and church failure. Pastors lack leadership development strategy for youths and women resulting to limits in terms of gender and age in leadership structure. The research finding reveals that leadership skills can be learned and developed through education, experience, mentoring and modeling. With enhanced management skills, pastors will be able to create genuine vision, empower others and maximize the use of organizational resources to achieve their goals. Pastors’ relationship quality will also improve significantly affecting human growth and development which is critical in determining the organizational effectiveness. The researcher, therefore, recommends that curricula of learning institutions be re-evaluated in the light of management need and management units be taught along with theological courses. Seminars and workshops will be conducted to help upgrade pastors’ management knowledge and skills. And Pastors to take personal initiative to enhance their management capability through experience, mentoring and models.
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(2018-07-30) MBUA, WANGARI ABIGAEL
FACTORS AFFECTING STUDENTS’ ENROLMENT IN CHRISTIAN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING
(Africa international University, 2019-06-09) ELEGWA, DINAH A.
Institutions of learning like any other business exist to provide products or services to a foreseeable future. The study focused on students as the customer whom the leader depend on for continuity. Lack or reduction of customers means reduction in income that may lead to closure of business. The researcher’s intention was to investigate factors affecting students’ enrolment in Christian institutions of higher learning: a case of Karen Christian College. Specific objectives of this study were to find out how marketing strategy affects students’ enrolment in Christian institutions of higher learning; to establish how resource allocation affects students’ enrolment in Christian institutions of higher learning, to assess how leadership skills affects students’ enrolment in Christian institutions of higher learning and to find out how organization’s culture affects students’ enrolment in Christian institutions of higher learning. The study was guided by Marketing mix theory, Scarcity theory, Skills theory and Social Culture System theory. The research adopted descriptive research design with a target population of 1114 students. Sampling was through stratified random sampling using coefficient of variation formulae, which gives a sample size of 137 students. The actual respondents were 120 out of the expected 137 respondents representing 87.6% of the total expected sample size. A pilot test was done to five people who were not part of the sample but of the same characteristics as the students at Karen Christian College to determine the reliability of the questionnaire. The collected data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), correlation analysis, coefficient of determination, analysis of variance, multiple regression, to determine the relationship of the variables. The study found that marketing strategy, resource allocation, leadership skills and organizational culture represent 72.9% of factors affecting students’ enrolment in Christian institutions of higher learning. In conclusion the study found all the four variables to be significant to Student enrolment in Christian institutions of higher learning. Marketing strategy and resource allocation are positively and statistically significant to students’ enrolment in institutions of higher learning. Leadership skills are positively significant but not statically significant to students’ enrolment in Christian institutions of higher learning. Lastly organizational culture is negatively significant but not statistically significant to students’ enrolment in institutions of higher learning. To sum up, there is need for further study that will explore the external factors and expand on the respondents’ base.
EFFECTS OF HUMAN RESOURCE POLICIES ON HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATION EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE
(Africa international University, 2019-07-03) HAILEKIROS, YESHIEMEBET
Human resources are the people, the forces that make an organization achieve its goal. The human resource of any given organization is a determinant of its success or failure. The success of an organization comes in with the performance of its workforce and with sustained financial status. Most Humanitarian organizations have the policy to guide them achieve their goal but there has been a challenge in terms of following through and implementing HR Policies. The study, sought to understand the effects of human resource policies on humanitarian organizations’ employee performance: a Case study of Hope Ethiopia, Addis Ababa was carried out. The study’s objectives were; to establish the effect of recruitment policy on employee performance, to determine the effect of training and development policy on employee performance, to understand the effect of anti-discrimination policy on employee performance. The scope of the study was the head-quarter of Hope Ethiopia, which is located in the capital city Addis Ababa. The study theories are as follows Human Capital Theory, goal setting theories, and Agency theory, the study adopted a discriptive research design using a target population of 50 employees. Data was collected by use of a questionnaire and analyzed by use of SPSS software. The correlation analysis was used to determine the relationship between the variables. ANOVA was also used to test the results. The recruitment policy was found to have no significant effect on employee performance, the training and development policy was also found to have no effect on employee performance. The antidiscrimination policy was also not contributing to employee performance the correlation matrix shows that anti-discrimination policy has -0.330 (weak negative relation). Reward policy was found to have a high positive significant on employee performance 0.768 at 0.01 significant level. The human resource policies, Recruitment, training and development, reward and anti-discrimination policy jointly accounted for 72% the other 28% can be explained by other factor. The researcher gave recommendation on how to improve the policy to achieve the optimum performance at Hope International organization in Ethiopia.
EFFECT OF REWARD MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE IN IMPACT SOURCING COMPANIES IN KENYA
(Africa international University, 2019-07-04) KABUKI, SUSAN WACHERA
The global platform today has become dynamic and challenging with ever increasing demands on the organizations, and thus organizations must embrace reward management strategies that enhance competitiveness, profitability and employee performance. Human capital can give an institution unrivalled competitive advantage in the face of stiff competition. The specific objectives were to find out the effect of financial rewards on employee’s performance, to find out whether developmental rewards affect employee performance, to establish the extent to which social rewards affect employee’s performance and to assess if intrinsic rewards affect employee’s performance. The scope of the study was Cloud Factory Kenya Limited. Descriptive research design was used for this study. The target population was 45 permanent staff. Primary data was collected using a self-administered google questionnaires. SPSS was utilized to process data. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson’s correlation, regression analysis and analysis of variance. Financial reward was found to have a strong positive relationship with employee performance at r=0.603 with a p=0.000 which was significant at 0.01 significance level. Developmental rewards also had a strong positive relationship with employee performance at Cloud Factory Kenya Limited at r=0.709 with a p=0.000 which was significant at 0.01 significance level. Social rewards also had a strong positive relationship with employee performance at Cloud Factory Kenya Limited at r=0.492 with a p=0.002 which was significant at 0.01 significance level. Intrinsic reward was found to have a strong positive relationship with employee performance at Cloud Factory Kenya Limited with r=0.511 with a p=0.001 which was significant at 0.01 significance level. The study recommended that there should a continuous improvement of financial rewards, developmental rewards, social and intrinsic rewards in order to maximize employee performance.
FACTORS AFFECTING EFFECTIVE STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION IN CHRISTIAN LEARNING INSTITUTION IN KENYA A CASE OF KAREN CHRISTIAN COLLEGE.
(Africa international University, 2019-07-04) PRINCE, EMEH NWABUEZE
The purpose of the study was to analyze the key factors affecting effective strategy implementation in Karen Christian College. The research was led by the following research questions: How does an organization resource affect effective strategy implementation at Karen Christian College? How does organizational structure affect effective strategy implementation at Karen Christian College? How does organizational culture affect effective strategy implementation at Karen Christian College, and how does strategy formulation affect effective strategy implementation at Karen Christian College. The study used a descriptive research design. The target population of the research was focused on the top management and employees of Karen Christian college with a population of 35-memberstaffs. The study was quantitative in nature as data was collected using questionnaires. The questionnaires were distributed by the researcher to the different respondents and collected after completion. Regarding data analysis, the demographic data was tabulated using frequency and percentages. For data description, Pearson’s correlation was used. The data was analyzed and presented through tables and charts according to the research questions using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS).The findings indicate that there is a positive and significant relationship between organizational resources and strategy implementation at KCC since the pvalue is 0.25.Further the results indicated that there is a positive but not significant relationship between organizational culture and strategy implementation at Karen Christian College since the p-value is 4.57. There is a positive but not significant relationship between organizational structure and strategy implementation at Karen Christian College, since the p-value is 2.37. Lastly, there is a positive and significant relationship between strategy development and effective strategy implementation at Karen Christian College, since the p-value is 0.000. Therefore, the study recommends that an effective strategy implementation calls for the need for Karen Christian College to enhance organization resources, organizational culture, organizational structure, and strategy development. The recommendation is that for Karen Christian College to achieve, develop and grow it needs fast track strategy implementation. The study has revealed that among the four variables affecting the strategy implementation, strategy development has depicted that it is the most significant and determinant to the successful implementation of the Karen Christian College strategies.
EFFECT OF PASTORAL WORK ON THE SELF-CONCEPT OF PASTORS’ ADOLESCENT CHILDREN
(Africa international University, 2019-07-06) PAMBA, DENIS SANYA; PAMBA, DENIS SANYA
The influence of spiritual leaders is greatly determined by how well they run their families, which eventually influences self-concept of their adolescent children. For this reason this study was designed to examine the effect of pastoral work on the selfconcept of pastors’ adolescent children in the New Testament Church of God. The study was guided by the main objective of exploring the effect of pastoral work on the self-concept of pastors’ adolescent children in the New Testament Church of God. Specific objectives of the study were, to determining the influence of pastors’ family functioning, pastors’ commitment to his work, pastors’ parenting style to the selfconcept of pastors` adolescent children and to find out the congregation’s perception towards pastors’ adolescent children and how this affects the pastors` adolescent children`s self-concept. To achieve these objectives, the study adopted a descriptive research design that is attributed to its broad application in planning, monitoring, and evaluating policies to gather data from 128 respondents of New Testament Church of God congregants. Questionnaires and interviews were the key study instruments that were used to collect primary data. The analysis of the quantitative data was limited to descriptive statistics using statistical package for social science (SPSS) version 23. The quantitative analysis data was presented in tables and charts while qualitative data was presented through narration. The findings revealed positive and significant correlations between family functioning, pastors’ work commitment, parenting styles and self-concept of pastors’ adolescent children. Regression analysis confirmed positive and significant effect at p ≤ 0.05 of parenting styles, family functioning, but not for work commitment on pastors’ children self-concept. The study recommends for further research from a larger population and sample size. There is also need for a similar study that should include different denominations and/or religions so as to do a comparison between them. This study contributed to better understanding of work and family balance by parenting pastors` and church elders for the general good of their families and church organization.
FACTORS AFFECTING GROWTH OF THE CHILDREN MINISTRY
(Africa international University, 2019-07-07) ATIELI, EVERLYNE ANDESIA
Children are the most basic and essential resource for the kingdom of God. Childhood is the most effective period for evangelism and spiritual development. Reaching out to children with the gospel and nurturing them in their spiritual growth is deeply related to Church growth in both quantity and quality. Therefore, if Churches focus on children ministry, Church growth will be realised too. In other words without the success of children ministry, the church’s future cannot be successful. New Life Covenant Church children ministry aims at realising the growth of the children ministry. The aim of this study was to find out factors affecting the growth of children ministry. The specific objectives of this study were to establish the effects of church leadership, children ministry workforce, resource allocation and organizational structure on the growth of children ministry. This was done to help in achieving children ministry growth in New life covenant church. The study did a census of 110 people, comprising of leaders, children workers and elders in New Life Covenant Church. The Primary data was collected from respondents via questionnaires which were administered to the randomly selected leaders, children ministry workers and elders of New Life Covenant Church who were the target population. The study used SPSS to carry out the statistical analysis to address the study objectives. All the statistical tests were conducted at confidence level of 99% therefore the significance level was at 0.01. The study findings showed that church leadership had a positive relationship with growth of children ministry and therefore, implying that it is a significant factor towards the growth of children ministry. Resource allocation also had positive relationship with growth of children ministry. The ministry personnel had a significant impact on the growth of children ministry and also the organizational structure contributed significantly towards the growth of children ministry at New Life Covenant Church. The study recommended a full implementation of the results at New Life Covenant Church in order to attain a positive growth of children ministry.
FACTORS AFFECTING YOUTH LEADERSHIP IN COUNTY GOVERNMENT IN KENYA
(Africa international University, 2019-07-09) SALAI, TRACY DIANA WAWUDA
This study was influenced by the fact that the number of young leaders in the country is considerably low in comparison to the country’s youth population which stands at roughly 80%. There is not much literature on why this is the case and this, therefore, necessitated the need to conduct the study in an attempt to find out the challenges the youth face in their quest for leadership, especially at the county level. The study was guided by the following research objectives: to find out whether competency affects youth leadership in the county government of Kwale; to examine whether empowerment affects youth leadership in the county government of Kwale; and to find out whether corruption affects youth leadership in the county government of Kwale. A descriptive research design was adopted by the study and the target population was that of the youth working in the county government and the preferred age bracket was between 24-35 years. Simple random sampling was used to select the 148 respondents for the study. The study was quantitative in nature and data was collected via questionnaires which included both open and close ended questions, and a Likert-scale. The data collected was analyzed and presented using both descriptive and inferential statistics with the help of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software. The findings indicated that competency, empowerment, and corruption affected youth leadership at the County Government of Kwale. Competency had a strong and significant relationship with youth leadership since the p=value was 0.000 which is less than 0.05. Empowerment had a positive but insignificant relationship with youth leadership since the p-value was 0.241 which is greater than 0.05. Corruption had a negative insignificant relationship since it’s p-value was 0.48 which is greater than 0.05. These findings indicated that the competency is the most appropriate tool for enhancing youth leadership at Kwale County Government. A few recommendations were drawn from the study. These included improving competency to ensure better youth leadership at the County Government of Kwale; effective implementation of youth empowerment at Kwale County so as to attain effective youth leadership; and implementing effective mechanisms to stop corruption in order to ensure effective youth leadership at Kwale County Government.
determinants of financial resource management system in the Africa gospel church
(Africa International University, 2020-11) Chumek Paul Kipkemoi
This study evaluated determinants of financial resource management system in the Africa Gospel Church, Siongiroi Region, in Bomet County. The author believed that the nature of management given to available organizational resources contributes to either success or failure in carrying out its mission. The general guiding objective for the study was to evaluate determinants of financial resource management system in the local church. Specific objectives were; to establish the influence of personnel proficiency skills, to examine the influence of budgeting and financial controls, to investigate the influence of the church leadership roles on financial resource management system, and to determine the status level of the local church on financial resource management system. The budgetary theory, financial control theory, and the agency theory provided theoretical base for the study. The study adopted descriptive survey design. The study targeted a population of one hundred and eighteen (118) people that comprised 54 District Leaders, 54 treasurers, 9 Area Directors and one Regional Director. Population sample size for the study was 36 respondents where simple random sampling method was applied to identify respondents. Purposive sampling was applicable for the Regional Director only. Data collection instruments were structured questionnaires. Field work authorization documents comprising of introduction letters, approval and permit were sought from all the relevant authorities (AIU, IERB, NACOSTI). Collected data were processed, analyzed and stored electronically. Descriptive and inferential statistics methods were used to analyze data and information generated was tabulated by use of frequencies, mean and percentages. The results were presented using both statistical and graphical techniques. The study findings revealed that the church had a wealth of experienced personnel in the ministry where majority of them were volunteers in ministry. The respondents exceeding 50% did not have the required technical skills necessary for financial resource management. The church carried out financial resource management activities like budgeting, goals setting and evaluation, documenting, auditing and reporting though not to recommended standard. The church’s status level of financial resource management system, on a percentage scale, stood at around 50%. The study recommended that church personnel be given in-service training on basic technical skills on management of financial resources in the church. The church to employ full-time service workforce. The church to utilize experts’ services for objectivity, building trust, quality results and to improve performance standards on financial activities like auditing. This study informs the church leadership on aspects of financial resource management. It provides information for further research work. If recommendations are adopted, they will facilitate financial resource management system function, sustainability of resources, preparations of strategic plans, preparation of financial policies and promote general growth of the local church.
FACTORS AFFECTING FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF DEPOSIT TAKING MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS IN NAIROBI COUNTY
(2020-11-15) MWANGI, PAUL M.
The purpose of this study was to examine the factors affecting Deposit Taking Microfinance Institutions’ financial performance in Nairobi County. Research was guided by the following research objectives: Does technological innovation affect microfinance institutions performance in Nairobi; Does accountability in leadership affect microfinance institutions performance in Nairobi; Does leadership structure affect microfinance institutions performance in Nairobi; Does capital structure affect microfinance institutions performance in Nairobi? The study adopted a quantitative research methodology and a descriptive design. The target population was 132 from which a sample of 132 was to be selected through a census method. A Likert scale type questionnaire was used to collect data from the subjects. This was distributed by the researcher to twelve DTMFIs within Nairobi County with an exclusion of one which requested not to be part of the study. A sample of 103 participants out of the 132 took part in the study. The findings revealed that technological innovation has significant (β=.192, while p = 0.018) relationship with financial performance of DTMFIs in Nairobi County. Further the findings revealed that leadership accountability has no significant (β= -.028, whereas p = .324) relationship with financial performance of DTMFIs in Nairobi County. In addition, the findings revealed that leadership styles has significant (β=.350, while p = 0.002) relationship with financial performance of DTMFIs in Nairobi County. Lastly the findings revealed that resource allocation has a significant (β=.344, while p = 0.002) relationship with financial performance of DTMFIs in Nairobi County