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Influence of Employee Training on Organization Learning in Private Chartered Universities in Kenya
Beth Wangari Njuguna,
Esther Waiganjo,
Willy Muturi
Issue:
Volume 6, Issue 2, June 2021
Pages:
58-64
Received:
5 February 2021
Accepted:
9 March 2021
Published:
26 April 2021
Abstract: Organizational learning (OL) is increasingly being adopted by many organizations in today's fast-paced, highly competitive world to explore ways to design organizations so that they fulfil their functions effectively, encourage people to reach their full potential, and, at the same time, give their organizations the edge it needs to survive thereby keep fulfilling their purpose. This paper sought to determine the influence of employee training on organizational learning. The study reviewed the theories of organizational learning focusing mainly on the human capital theory and Kanter’s theory as well the empirical literature relevant to the study. The study adopted a descriptive research design and both quantitative and qualitative approaches. This ensured complete description of the situation, making sure that there is minimum bias in the collection of data. The target population for the study was from 18 private charted Universities authorized to offer higher education in Kenya, through stratified sampling technique. The sample population comprised 180 respondents, comprising participants in the rank of managerial staff grade 13-15. The study obtained data by use of interview schedules and drop and pick questionnaire, and analysed to obtain descriptive and inferential statistics. The study obtained a response of 87%. The study findings points out that training is a key driver of organizational learning as it helps employees develop themselves with appropriate skills, knowledge and ability. Training presents a good opportunity to increase the knowledge base of the employees and is beneficial to the institution as it steers up organizational learning; thus, this is a worthwhile investment. The study revealed that in private universities in Kenya, employee training is a significant predictor of organizational learning. In view of the findings, the study recommends that that top management in private chartered institutions and other institutions of higher education be required to provide the right organizational environment that allows the development of individuals, groups and teams to learn.
Abstract: Organizational learning (OL) is increasingly being adopted by many organizations in today's fast-paced, highly competitive world to explore ways to design organizations so that they fulfil their functions effectively, encourage people to reach their full potential, and, at the same time, give their organizations the edge it needs to survive thereby...
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COVID-19 Brings Blessing for Digital-Banking in World-Economy Country-Wise: An Analysis Under Demand-Supply Model of Market Economics
Akim Mahbubur Rahman,
Saadi Islam
Issue:
Volume 6, Issue 2, June 2021
Pages:
65-72
Received:
11 April 2021
Accepted:
27 April 2021
Published:
8 May 2021
Abstract: Lifestyles of today’s civilizations are mostly dominated by technology usages no matter where they reside in the globe. As a result, human-services are mostly carried out in competitive manner where Banking-services are not different. It is carried-out with business mentality that has presented digital-banking, i.e. Bank-led and Mobile-led digitals in today’s human society. However, COVID-19 has interrupted the entire human-system. It puts strains on markets, governments, businesses and individuals. But COVID-19 has escalated usages of digital-banking, a product in bank-sector, country-wise such as Bangladesh. This study undertakes interpreting the episode COVID-19 vs. Digital-banking-usages under Demand - Supply Model in market economics. In digital-services-market of world-economy country-wise, customers are identified in two categories and their efficiency-costs or prices are measured and utilized for analysis purposes in this study. The findings show that digital-banking customers where adverse-user faces lower efficiency-price than equilibrium-price and the advantageous-user faces least expected cost. Thus the progression of usages digital-banking is an outcome of market-economics, not something else. Despites the fact that the study uses a basic Microeconomics tools such as Consumer Choice Theory in completion the analysis, it is one of a kind in literature based on the approaches utilized interpreting customers behaviors in terms of economics. Findings of this study can be instrumental to digital-banking service-providers in market economy as well as to readers, especially, to classroom-students who are enthusiastic learning how to use tools of economics in application.
Abstract: Lifestyles of today’s civilizations are mostly dominated by technology usages no matter where they reside in the globe. As a result, human-services are mostly carried out in competitive manner where Banking-services are not different. It is carried-out with business mentality that has presented digital-banking, i.e. Bank-led and Mobile-led digitals...
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International Trading Wars and Governance: The Effect of COVID-19
Issue:
Volume 6, Issue 2, June 2021
Pages:
73-81
Received:
8 April 2021
Accepted:
3 May 2021
Published:
21 May 2021
Abstract: Left from China in December 2019, the COVID-19 became a pandemic causing many casualties on all continents in addition to its devastating effects on the running of the world economy. The palpable impacts of the economic crisis that erupted in the early hours of 2020 have been exceptional since the Second World War. In this straight line, we can enumerate the fall in world production, the recession of the French economy following a slowdown over one semester, the rise in unemployment in the United States (14.7%) in May 2020, a number of countries affected by the crisis and the debt service moratorium called for by African countries. This situation has necessitated the release of huge sums of money by central bankers and governments to support economic sectors. This COVID risks complicating global governance, which is already undermined by the recurrence of trade wars between Nation-States. The objective of this paper was therefore to reflect on the consequences of this crisis on world trade in particular, the trade tensions, repressions and retaliation that the pandemic will provoke. The study reviewed the theories of economic protectionism, the arguments of geopolitics and the analysis of World Trade Organization data. This descriptive approach reveals the causes of trade wars and hightlights the protagonists and the resulting negative consequences on the volume of trade in terms of supply reduction and price increases due to protectionist trends. Overall, it appears in this work that the advent of the COVID accelerates the global decline in addition to its health victims all over the world. Basically, an improvement in global governance is recommended to mitigate the devasting effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Abstract: Left from China in December 2019, the COVID-19 became a pandemic causing many casualties on all continents in addition to its devastating effects on the running of the world economy. The palpable impacts of the economic crisis that erupted in the early hours of 2020 have been exceptional since the Second World War. In this straight line, we can enu...
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Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth in Nigeria: New Evidences
Johnson Akpan Atan,
Godwin Essang Esu
Issue:
Volume 6, Issue 2, June 2021
Pages:
82-96
Received:
20 April 2021
Accepted:
10 May 2021
Published:
21 May 2021
Abstract: The debate regarding the role of fiscal decentralization in promoting economic growth and by extension, improving the wellbeing of the people, has been at the front burner in macroeconomic policy discuss. Studies have attempted to establish the direct interaction for most countries and regions, but not many conclusions have converged, hence necessitating this study. This study, therefore, re-examined the effect of decentralization on economic growth in Nigeria. Using fiscal decentralization data, (which included expenditures for national, subnational and local government) and other control variables, sourced from mainly secondary sources (World Development Indicators [WDI] and Central Bank of Nigeria’s [CBN] Statistical Bulletin various years) and employing basic OLS technique and Error Correction Mechanism (ECM), the results showed, amongst other issues, that fiscal decentralisation may not directly impact on economic growth, but the effects can be transmitted through efficient economic management process, which may be a product of effectively-managed fiscal decentralization processes. The study, therefore, recommended, amongst other things, that efficient systems should be promoted in the decentralization process to enhance economic growth. Viable human capital/infrastructure base should be built to drive as well as enhance productive fiscal decentralization, through strategic policies finetuning, and finally, check inflation and corruption, amongst other ills, if growth must be actualized and sustained.
Abstract: The debate regarding the role of fiscal decentralization in promoting economic growth and by extension, improving the wellbeing of the people, has been at the front burner in macroeconomic policy discuss. Studies have attempted to establish the direct interaction for most countries and regions, but not many conclusions have converged, hence necessi...
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Integration of Knowledge Management with Adaptive Performance: An Exploration Role of Organizational Learning in Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL)
Venkata Naga Siva Kumar Challa,
Parimi Padmalatha,
Burra Vamsi Krishna
Issue:
Volume 6, Issue 2, June 2021
Pages:
97-103
Received:
22 April 2021
Accepted:
13 May 2021
Published:
21 May 2021
Abstract: The Business scenario today is changing rapidly the business is totally depending upon the customer needs. The days are gone where the customers used to buy the products which are manufactured as per the manufacturer choice. Now the market is totally depending upon the customer needs and with the rapid emerging of technology the business scenario is changing at the speed of a blink. Increasingly firms find themselves, either by design or circumstances, operating in business environment, fraught with unprecedented, unparalleled, unrelenting and largely unpredictable changes. As a result, knowledge management is rapidly being seen as a critical source of sustainable competitive advantage. Maintaining a competitive edge is a constant struggle for both businesses. In the changing environment to retain the competitive advantage, adaptive performance is the means to meet unexpected or changing demands of business scenario. The present study focuses on whether Knowledge Management promotes the adaptive performance and explores the mediating role of Organizational Learning.
Abstract: The Business scenario today is changing rapidly the business is totally depending upon the customer needs. The days are gone where the customers used to buy the products which are manufactured as per the manufacturer choice. Now the market is totally depending upon the customer needs and with the rapid emerging of technology the business scenario i...
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Exploratory Learning as a Driver of Performance: Integrating the Effects of Knowledge Stock and Resource Flexibility in the Context of Commercial Banks in Kenya
Issue:
Volume 6, Issue 2, June 2021
Pages:
104-114
Received:
12 April 2021
Accepted:
3 May 2021
Published:
4 June 2021
Abstract: Exploratory learning is critical in building organizational capability for performance that guarantees future viability and sustainability of the business. Research delving into the nexus between exploratory learning and performance is limited in the context of developing economies. The purpose of this paper was to examine the relationship between exploratory learning and performance and establish the conceptual nature of this relationship by determining the effect of knowledge stock and resource flexibility on this linkage and determine the effect of exploratory learning variables on performance dimensions in the context of commercial banks in Kenya. The study adopted descriptive research design in which a sample of 140 participants from commercial banks in Kenya was selected using stratified random sampling method. Data was collected using a questionnaire administered to management level staff. Multiple regression analysis and correlation analysis were used for hypotheses testing. The results established that knowledge stock which was indicated by tacit knowledge, routines and procedures, and competencies and skills has significant influence on exploratory learning. It provides the capabilities for searching for knowledge of new markets, new technology and new product development. Exploratory learning has a statistically significant positive correlation with performance and has high influence on process efficiency, product quality and customer satisfaction. Resource flexibility was found to have moderating effect on the relationship between exploratory learning and performance. It was found that organizations gain value through bundling and leveraging resource portfolios in the management of scarce resources to the extent that priority is given to high yielding opportunities, cost effective projects and efforts that respond to market, product and customer changes. The study suggests that to enhance firms’ performance, firms should enhance their knowledge capacity, invest in exploratory learning activities and leverage resources for search and operationalization of new markets, new product development and implementation of new technology.
Abstract: Exploratory learning is critical in building organizational capability for performance that guarantees future viability and sustainability of the business. Research delving into the nexus between exploratory learning and performance is limited in the context of developing economies. The purpose of this paper was to examine the relationship between ...
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Management Skills and Performance of State-Owned Enterprises in Cameroon
Issue:
Volume 6, Issue 2, June 2021
Pages:
115-124
Received:
19 May 2021
Accepted:
1 June 2021
Published:
9 June 2021
Abstract: Like in most Sub-Sahara Africa, State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) in Cameroon have a complex, overlapping and unclear management model that impacts its performance. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of managerial skills on the performance of SOEs in Cameroon. Survey research design was used to collect data from top and middle level managers. The sample was drawn form 10 of the 14 SOEs that are wholly or partially owned by the state. By using purposive sampling, likert scale data was collected using questionnaires. The explanatory variables were managerial skills (conceptual, technical, interpersonal, budgeting and planning, cost control and ability to secure capital) and the outcome variable was performance. Managers were asked to rate their abilities in possessing some skills. Their opinions were also asked about the performance of the enterprises they manage. By analyzing the data using Ordinal logistic regression it was found that conceptual, technical, interpersonal, budgeting and planning skills had significant and positive effect on performance while cost control and skills to secure capital had insignificant and positive effects on performance. To improve performance, the study recommended that the government should organize skill-based training seminars for the three management levels (supervisors, middle and top managers).
Abstract: Like in most Sub-Sahara Africa, State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) in Cameroon have a complex, overlapping and unclear management model that impacts its performance. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of managerial skills on the performance of SOEs in Cameroon. Survey research design was used to collect data from top and middle level m...
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