Analysis of Outputs of a Planning Process: Sinza Strategic Urban Development Planning (SUDP) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

For several reasons current urban development in Dar es Salaam City has not adhered to requirements of both general and detailed planning schemes This in turn has encouraged local authorities and other stakeholders to produce planning outputs using a Strategic Urban Development Planning SUDP process The methodology involved appraising a ward environmental profile holding a stakeholders consultative workshop and analysing the issues identified Analysis has shown that under the current urban development diversities in terms of interests and priorities the befitting output of an urban planning process cannot be a mere future land use map It is inclined to be a package of well-thought outputs forming an acceptable future land use plan The ability to produce an acceptable future land use plan based on core tenets of SUDP is a strenghth of same This defeats earlier claims of SUPD weaknesses related to future land use and urban development contro

Drummunication: The Trado-Indigenous Art of Communicating with Talking Drums in Yorubaland

The talking drums of the Yoruba people of the South West of Nigeria are like many other types of drums found in other parts of the world in that they are melody producing enhancing musical instruments accompanying song and dance performances made of hollow round frame with tightly fixed plastic or skin membrane on the surface s beaten with the hand s stick s or other materials However the Yoruba talking drums of the South West people of Nigeria are unlike the many other types of drums found in other parts of the world in that they are not just mere melody producing enhancing musical instruments This is basically because they can be used to disseminate vital messages and to respond to disseminated information This paper introduces the term drummunication to explain the use of Yoruba talking drums to send and receive messages or information The paper attempts a taxonomy of the Yoruba drums to establish the real talking drums It explicates the functions of effective drummunication and barriers to effective drummunication Most importantly it suggests steps that can be taken to enhance the effectiveness of drummunicatio

Structural-Functional Classification cum Analysis of the Complete Sentences of Contemporary Nigerian Advertisement Messages

Many of the contemporary Nigerian advertisements copy messages are simply phrases and sentence fragments while many others are syntactically and semantically complete sentences The complete sentences of contemporary Nigerian advertisement messages are usually of different structural and functional classifications This paper therefore attempts a structural-functional classification cum analysis of one hundred and fifty 150 complete-sentence advertisement messages identified among some selected three-hundred 300 advertisement messages of products services ideas or organisations i e 50 of the total Seventy-six 76 of the complete-sentence advertisement messages i e 50 7 of the total are simple sentences of different functional classifications Forty four 44 of the complete-sentence advertisement messages i e 29 3 are compound sentences of different functional classifications The remaining thirty 30 complete-sentence advertisement messages i e 20 are complex sentences None of the one hundred and fifty 150 complete-sentence advertisement messages is a compound- complex sentenc

Charles W. Bolen Faculty Recital Series: Dr. Midori Samson, Bassoon; October, 23, 2023

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Talent Development for Integration Web 3.0/NFT/SDG into UNSDGs

Sustainable Development mindset with servant leadership has been mentioned in past studies for transformations. Under covid-19, there is a need for new way of committed organizations to provide professional services, for example, business related training services with United Nations sustainable development goals (UNSDGs) and ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance). Moreover, digital art related business services may be a future area for the education sector too. It is time to explore attitudes, skills and values needed for a professional business servant leader to re-design workflow with transformations and services with innovations for driving economic growth

FACTORS DETERMINING STOCK MARKET RETURNS: CASE OF NAIROBI STOCK EXCHANGE

AbstractPurpose: The study attempts to establish if the changing macroeconomic factors and the industry variables can predict the variation on the Nairobi Security Exchange stocks return Methodology: It adopted a regression model that related stock returns to various selected macro and micro economic factors and used data of 20 companies that constitute the NSE index. The study used monthly data spanning the year 2006 to 2010.Results: The regression results indicate that, four of the variables i.e. market return (NSEI), exchange rate for US/KSH, market to book value ratio have a positive and significant relationship with an individual company stock market returns. Risk Free rate (91 Treasury bill rate) also had a positive and significant relationship while industrial growth opportunity and inflation were found to be negative and significant. leverage on the other hand was found to be insignificant and therefore does not influence individual company stock market returns. Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: These findings will have significant effects on investors\u27 investment decisions making as well as the Government and the capital markets authority (CMA) in the formulation of polices and guidelines. Once factor betas are estimated, we can describe the expected change in security returns with respect to changes in a given factor and thus giving the investors, CMA and the Government a better understanding on the effect of a change in the fiscal and monetary policies in the stock market. This is crucial to the Government as it seeks to promote the capital market as a source of alternative funding for economic growth. Investors wishing to construct portfolios should also consider the trends of the inflation rates, exchange rates, market to book value ratio, industrial production and the stock market.  The rise of either of this micro and macroeconomic indicators may influence the returns positively or negatively and hence the investor may choose the best time to either buy or sell their securitie

ROLE OF THIRD-PARTY LOGISTICS SERVICES ON SUPPLY CHAIN PERFORMANCE IN DISTRIBUTION SECTOR IN KENYA: A CASE OF BOLLORE TRANSPORT & LOGISTICS KENYA LIMITED

Purpose: The main objective of the study was to determine the role of third-party logistics services on supply chain performance in distribution sector in Kenya. Methodology: The study adopted a descriptive research design. The target population of the study was all employees working within Bollore Transport & Logistics Kenya Limited Nairobi office. The study sampled 41 respondents out of 138 staff who work in the Logistics and transport department and 40 respondents participated in the final study. The researcher adopted the simple random sampling method because it gives every member of the population equal chances of being selected. A questionnaire was developed and pre-tested as the main tool for collecting primary data and was delivered to the respondents directly with the help of research assistants and picked later at the agreed date. The questionnaire contained both open and close ended questions. Data analysis was analysed by use of statistical package for social science version 24 (SPSS) analysis software and t-Trend analysis. The findings were presented using descriptive statistical tools like graphs, tables and other measures of central tendency while qualitative data was analyzed to establish patterns, trends and relationships from the information gathered. Results: The results of the study revealed that the four variables studied explain 83% of variance and that other factors not included in this research contribute 17% of variance in the dependent variable. The study also established that ICT integration leads in improving financial performance in supply chain performance within distribution sector in Kenya while organizational policy adds little value on financial performance of firms within supply chain. Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: The study recommends  that the Government should implement distribution legislation to remove the unwanted and unfair clearance procedures  that firms undergo delays 3PLs to achieve their targeted lead -times to customers. The Third Party Logistics Services (3PLs) providers need to build a culture of information sharing among its personnel, and with external clients hence reduce logistics obstacles of lack of knowledge within the supply chain sector

POSTGRADUATE LAW STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE USE OF ELECTRONIC INFORMATION RESOURCES IN TWO UNIVERSITIES IN NIGERIA

This study examined the influence of attitude towards use of e-resources and proficiency in information and communication technology skills on postgraduate law students‟ use of electronic information resources in two universities in Nigeria. The study adopted the survey research design. A questionnaire was used for data collection. The sample size for the study is 200 postgraduate law students. The data collected were critically analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The overall mean score of 2.42 which is below the criterion mean 3.5 revealed that the frequency of e-resources use by postgraduate law students was very low. Theself-reported level of proficiency in Information and Communication Technology skills was high (overall mean 2.89>criterion mean 2.5) and their attitude towards use of electronic information resources was positive (overall mean 2.70 >criterion mean 2.5). The study further showed that attitude towards e-resources use is not a significant predictor of e-resources use, but proficiency in information and communication technology skills has a significant relative effect on use of eresources. The study recommends that university libraries should provide access to e-resources via remote authentication system. This would enable postgraduate law students to access the library‟s e-resources 24/7 without any physical restriction. Links to electronic information resources should be provided through online public access catalogue and library dedicated website. The law librarian should partner with faculty of law members to create awareness of the benefits of electronic information resources use among postgraduate law students. The university libraries should also organize training for postgraduate law students to enable them acquire relevant information and communication technology skills required for information retrieval

FACTORS INFLUENCING PERFORMANCE OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN NAIROBI CITY COUNTY, KENYA.

Purpose: Despite immense allocation of the fund by the government in all its financial budget, the road construction projects sector face a challenge with poor management of funds, completion delays and poor delivery of services to the road user being mostly cited as the major drawback in the performance of the road sector. Performance of projects across the spectrum of all sectors of the economy requires skilled project managers in order for the projects to perform optimally.The objective of this research is to examine factors that influence performance of road construction projects in Nairobi, Kenya. Methodology: The study applied a descriptive research design, while the target population were 72 companies involved in road construction projects in Nairobi City county. Census technique was prefered since the target population was relatively small and accessible. Questionnaires were employed in data collection. Data analysis was done using SPSS Software and findings were presented using tables , both descriptive and inferential statistics were applied in the study. Results: It was found that project management competency has a positive and significant effect on performance of road construction projects since managers who are competent enhance effectiveness and efficiency of projects, they are in charge. Organizations involved in projects/programmes should leverage monitoring and evaluation tools as a basis of measuring progress of projects with a view to enhancing the efficiency, effectiveness, and sustainability. Moreover, findings of the study reveal that project monitoring and evaluation is an indispensable process that enables project managers to continuously collect data for the purpose of measuring the progress of projects. The study concludes that access to funding is a major challenge to project performance in terms of scope, quality, costs, and time. Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: The study recommends that organizations running projects should offer tailored and regular training to project managers with a view to augmenting and/or complementing their competence to manage projects/programs. Further research study should be conducted on different counties and different construction projects to investigate the factors that influence performance of projects