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Volume 14 Issue 4

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Title : Project Management Information System and Performance of Early Childhood Development Education Construction Projects in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya

Authors : Jenner Akwale, Dr. Muchelule Yusuf

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Projects have become complex in the perspective of technology and the organization. With the limited resources available and conflicting goals thus, project managers have to make decisions that are fast to adopt to the changes in the field of project management. The use of PMIS as at tool for gathering, integrating and dissemination of information to support planning, management, and control of complexity in projects. The study aimed to assess Project Management Information System (PMIS) and performance of building projects in Uasin Gishu county. Specifically, the study will try to: Establish time management on the performance of building projects in Uasin Gishu County; Investigate the influence of scope management on the performance of building projects in Uasin Gishu County. The study was underpinned by the Technology acceptance model. The study targeted 257 Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) construction projects in Uasin Gishu county between 2013-2022. A sample of 157 projects was used for the study where a total of 157 study respondents that are involved in ECDE construction projects were administered with questionnaires. The study conducted both descriptive and inferential analysis on the data that was collected by a questionnaire. The findings were analyzed, discussed, and presented using diagrams and tables. The study found that PMIS significantly influenced ECDE construction projects performance in Uasin Gishu county. The study found time management and scope management to have insignificant influence on ECDE construction projects performance.  The study also found time management with the highest influence (12.9%), then scope management (-3.9%). Scope management was found to have a negative insignificant influence on ECDE construction projects performance. All the independent variables related to PMIS can only account for 13.4% variation in project performance. The study thus, recommends similar studies to be done in other counties and sectors to explain the variation in performance and also ascertain the results of this study.  The study recommends fully integration of PMIS to enable project managers improve performance of their projects.

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Title : Digital Literacy and Firm Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Nairobi County Kenya

Authors : Khwatenge Immaculate Elvira, Dr. Muchelule Yusuf

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During the Covid-19 pandemic, the actors in Small and Medium Enterprises had confirmed low turnover in sales. This impact gave the SMEs a wake-up call to change for their survival rapidly. The customer tendency is currently more digital with limited interactions and reduced activities as they were forced to adopt during the Covid-19 pandemic. The digitization process has provided both challenges and opportunities for Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to be well-connected to the digital ecosystem. The study's main objective was to examine the contributions of digital literacy on the firm performance of SMEs in Nairobi County. The study was limited to Nairobi Central Business District (CBD) and involved SMEs. The study was focused on Digital Culture and Technical Capacity as components of digital literacy. The study was anchored on the Diffusion of Innovation Theory. The target population was 21,000 SMEs licensed by Nairobi City County, where a sample of 100 SMEs was drawn. The study conducted the both descriptive and inferential analysis. The findings revealed that Digital Literacy significantly influences the Firm Performance of SMEs. Digital Culture and Technical Capacity strongly correlated with Firm performance of SMEs However, they only explained 31.2% of the variation in the Firm Performance of SMEs in Nairobi. The study found a weak significant correlation between Firm Performance Digital Culture and Technical Capacity. Technical capacity, however, had a negative correlation with Firm Performance. The study found a significant positive relationship between the Firm Performance of SMEs with Digital Culture. Technical Capacity had a significant negative relationship with the Firm Performance of SMEs. The study concluded that Digital Literacy significantly influences the Firm Performance of SMEs in Nairobi County. The study recommended embracing Digital Literacy to cultivate a digital culture in SMEs. The study further recommends similar study be done in other geographical areas.

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Title : Relationship between Stakeholder Management and Performance of Borehole Water Projects in Makueni County, Kenya

Authors : Gertrude Wavinya Kioko, Dr. Muchelule Yusuf

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Stakeholder management is the process through which companies identify, map, and prioritize their current stakeholders in order to listen to, cooperate with, or inform them. Stakeholder management is critical to the success of any project in any organization or business because it improves the core accountability mechanism. The county government should involve stakeholders in identifying and analyzing issues in order to improve decision-making processes. The study was focused on establishing the relationship between stakeholder management and the performance of borehole water projects in Makueni County. The objectives of the study included: establishing the influence of team management, stakeholder management planning, stakeholder monitoring, and stakeholder analysis and how they affect the performance of borehole water projects in Makueni County. The study was guided by goal-setting theory. The study targeted 135 water projects undertaken by the county government of Makueni. A census was used where 144 respondents comprising community leaders’ representatives from the 9 sub-counties of Makueni, and project team members. Both inferential and descriptive statistics were conducted. The study found that stakeholder management had a significant relationship with the performance of borehole water projects in Makueni County. Stakeholder management could only explain 44.8% variation in the performance of borehole water projects in Makueni County.  The established strong positive correlations between Team management with the performance of borehole water projects while Stakeholder Management Planning had a weak correlation with the performance of borehole water projects. The regression analysis established that Team Management had a positive significant influence (90.3%) and relationship with the performance of borehole projects. Stakeholder Management Planning had a positive insignificant influence (17%) and relationship with the performance of borehole projects. The study recommended consideration of stakeholder management in borehole water projects in Makueni County.

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Title : A Literature Review of Hazardous Road Transport Risks and Coupling Evaluation

Authors : Aiming Deng, Manli Deng

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In order to better control the risks of hazardous road transport, this paper attempts to review the risk factors and risk coupling models of hazardous road transport, so as to provide theoretical basis and reference for the subsequent comprehensive identification and summary of risk factors of dangerous goods transportation and the construction of a more appropriate risk coupling evaluation model. Through the summary, it is found that the risks of hazardous road transport are generally divided into four categories: people, things, management and environment, and the more risk factors involved in coupling, the greater the coupling risk value, and the more subjective factors participate. The risk coupling evaluation model can choose between the N-K model and the capacity coupling model according to the sample data.

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Title : Dangerous Goods Road Transport Management: A Comparative Study between China and the West

Authors : AiMin Deng, Xiao Qing Zhan

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Under the background of rapid development of chemical market, the volume of dangerous goods transportation in China has increased significantly. Therefore, the importance of dangerous goods transportation management has become prominent, playing a vital role in maintaining the safety and stability of China's transportation. In this paper, we take the European Union and the United States as examples, and comparatively analyze their management of dangerous goods transport with China’s in terms of enterprise and personnel management, transport process management and accident secure management, and then put forward policy suggestions on this basis.

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Title : A Review of Research on Optimization of Road Transportation Routes for Dangerous Goods

Authors : Aimin Deng, Jiajie Kuang

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Route optimization of dangerous goods transportation is an important and complex problem in the field of road transportation. This paper collects and summarizes the existing researches and sorts out the research status of the problem of route optimization of dangerous goods road transportation. In this paper, the research on the optimization of the road transportation route of dangerous goods is divided into three categories, namely, the research on the optimization of the road transportation route of dangerous goods, the research on the optimization method of the road transportation route of dangerous goods, and the case application of the optimization of the road transportation route of dangerous goods, and the progress and shortcomings of the existing research are discussed. Based on the analysis of the shortcomings of the existing research, the paper analyzes and summarizes the possible future development directions of the research on the optimization of the road transport route of dangerous goods.

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Title : Risk Management Practices and Performance of Renewable Energy Projects in Nairobi County

Authors : Idris Omuyula Kunya, Dr. Muchelule Yusuf

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For effective management process an inclusive evaluation of all the phases of project life cycle should be included. Thus, decisions that are made at each stage should be clear of the risks which may be encountered. Taking risks is an everyday and a common occurrence to the extent that we tend to ignore some. However, with projects there is no luxury of ignoring the risks since projects are unique in nature and a prone to the risk from the beginning to the end. In the renewable energy industry increase in economic activities and the rise in population has led to high energy in demand. The high energy costs are supplemented by the unreliable supply infrastructure. ‘The challenges that are faced in the renewable energy has affected its adoption in Africa and Kenya in particular. These challenges form part of the risks in the renewable energy sector, this study aimed to investigate the influence of Risk management practices on the performance renewable energy projects in Nairobi County. The study specifically targeted to examine the influence of risk management planning; determine to what extent Risk identification; on the performance of renewable energy projects in Nairobi County. The study was guided by the theories of: Prospect Theory and Stakeholders Theory. The study targeted renewable project in Nairobi County. That is 67 projects for Wind, Solar, and bio-energy in Nairobi and 15 registered renewable companies. A census was applied as the number of respondents 149 comprising of project managers and project representative. Questionnaire was the main tool for collecting primary data. A pilot study was conducted on a 10% of the sample. The study conducted both descriptive and inferential analysis. The study used regression model to establish the relationship between risk management practices and performance of renewable projects in Nairobi County. The study established that there was significant positive correlation between the risk management process and performance of renewable energy projects in Nairobi County. The study also found positive relationship between the independent variables (Risk management planning and risk identification). Risk management practices has a strong correlation with performance of renewable energy. Risk management process explained 79.6% of performance of energy projects in Nairobi County. The study also established that risk management planning significantly influence on performance of renewable energy projects. Risk identification also had a positive significant influence on performance of renewable projects. Risk identification had the highest influence at 67.7% followed by risk management planning at 55.5%. The study recommends enhancement of risk management practices to ensure improvement of performance of renewable energy projects. The study findings will be useful to the project practitioners, researchers and policy makers.

 

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