Anthony M. Wanjohi: Owing to the negative effects of stress on performance, organizations strive to come up with a number of intervention measures to help their employees to cope. Schools are encouraged to offer healthy working environment, work towards reducing teachers’ workload, establishing programs to help teachers to cope, and to stabilize the curriculum and…
Author: KENPRO
Kenya Projects Organization is a membership organization founded and registered in Kenya in the year 2009. The main objective of the organization is to build individual and institutional capacities through project planning and management, research, publishing and IT.
Occupational Stress Factors among Teachers
Anthony M. Wanjohi: Stress is the manner in which one’s body responds to cares, perplexities and complexities of life. Teaching profession has its demands which exert pressure on teachers. This article examines the main factors contributing to stress among teachers based on empirical evidence. Kitenga (2009) conducted a study on the factors contributing to…
Women Entrepreneurs’ Level of Managerial and Technical Skills
Anthony M. Wanjohi: Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) especially those run by women entrepreneurs continue to face a number of challenges. Key among them are social-cultural barriers, lack of adequate education and skills, managerial limitation, access to credit and insecurity. This article briefly examines the managerial and technical skills issues facing women entrepreneurs. A…
Measures to Address the Challenges Facing Women SMEs
Anthony M. Wanjohi: One major question we should pose is: what measures should be adopted to resolve issues facing women enterprises? The following are key measures that can help in addressing the challenges: measures skewed towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), establishment of the gender commission in the Ministry of Gender, Sports, Culture and…
Measures to Address Legal and Regulatory Environment Issues Facing SMEs
Anthony M. Wanjohi: Unfriendly legal and regulatory environment factor in business operation has been cited as one of the major impediment to the growth of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Kenya (Wanjohi, 2009). As such, there is need for government to put in place sound measures to address the issue of stringent regulations related…
Legal and Regulatory Environment Issues affecting Businesses in Kenya
By Anthony M. Wanjohi: Kenya is one of the developing countries that has been labeled as having poor legal and regulatory environment that has been hindering not only the growth of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) but also macro enterprises. A study on the challenges facing Small and Medium Enterprises in Nairobi revealed that…
Sources of Business Funds for SMEs
By Anthony M. Wanjohi: There are various sources of funds for Small and Medium Enterpries (SMEs) in developed and developing countries. This article briefly explores the sources based on developing world perspective. In a study that was conducted on Small and Medium Enterprises in Nairobi Central Business District, the main sources of funds for…