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Assessment Of Parents’ Knowledge Of Effects Of House-Helps As Caregivers On Development Of Attachment In Children In Jamhuri/Woodley, Nairobi
(International Leadership University, 2015-08) Agnes Chesabiny Kengere
In contemporary society, it cannot be assumed that mothers will have to take care of the children because of their engagement into gainful employment and activities that alleviate livelihood in the home and all that are concerned with care-giving on their behalf. Due to this fact, care-giving responsibilities have been relegated to house-helps, grandmothers, kindergarten, teachers and many more to mention but a few. In the event children have developed an attachment with the care-givers regardless of who they are. In this Senior Research Project, the researcher is assessing the knowledge of parents on the effects of house-helps on the development of attachment on the children with a focal point being in Jamhuri and Woodley, Dagoretti South District, Nairobi City County of the Republic of Kenya. In Chapter one the researcher outlined the statement of problem as well as the objectives of the study. In chapter two, the researcher looked into theoretical and empirical literatures that are related to the study. In chapter three, the researcher gave a detailed outline on how she carried out the study using the questionnaire to gather the primary data. In Chapter four, the researcher did data analysis and interpretation of report gathered from the field ensuring that all the objectives of study are met as well as the research questions being answered. In Chapter five the researcher summarized all the chapters, making conclusions, recommendations that should help mothers/parents in understanding the caregivers who have committed their lives to take care of children in their absence and finally, suggesting areas where further studies may be carried out to compliment this work.
Evaluation Of Adlers Insight On Birth Order In The African Context: A Study Of Adult Women In Imara Daima, Embakasi Ward.
(International Leadership University, 2015-08) Truphena Wanjiku Wanjala
This research investigates the psychological theory on birth order by Alfred Adler and its effects on personality of women in the African context. The study focuses on adult women aged 25-40 years from Embakasi South Ward in Nairobi County, Kenya. The central purpose of this study was to collect data on firstborns, second borns, middle borns, last borns and only children so as to find out whether Adler’s argument on the various personalities on birth order applies in the African context. The findings were aimed at finding out whether this theory can be used in analyzing social behaviors and also assisting in counselling as well as assessing some personality differences in siblings which leads to better interaction with individuals in one’s environment. In addition, this would help find out also if there are other factors that affect personality apart from birth order. The study revealed that there was need to find out other factors that affect personality apart from birth order. More so, it revealed that there are certain personality traits that Adler states that apply to the different birth orders. However, this is not the only thing that seems to affect the personality of the young adult women in the African context.
An Assessment Of Compassion International Leadership Development Program, Kenya
(International Leadership University, 2015-08) Rose Judith Khangira Khaemba
This study was inquisitive about the new level of leadership development approaches for the 21st century. The model of holistic child development used in Compassion International seeks to raise Servant Leaders to transform the world and in this context Kenya. The LDP is reviewed and discussed in this study. The key practices of servant leadership as defined by Spears are outlined and modeled by global servant leaders from the entire globe. The LDP is based on the biblical principle of servant leadership as demonstrated by Jesus Christ. There are common biases and practices that do not support the elevation of Christians to leadership positions based on stereotyping opinions that Christians are too merciful and hence ineffective leaders. The world’s history and present context point to the need for Godly and committed individuals capable of becoming servant leaders and contributors to the enhancement of the good in society in all professional and ministerial fields. CI uses an intentional biblically based training curriculum that addresses servant leadership concepts, identifies and trains participants to contribute at all levels of society throughout their lifetime. Believers are selected because they have begun to demonstrate the character of a servant-leader but are in need of further training and empowering beyond what their particular environments can offer.
Conflict Transformation Against Negative Ethnicity: Women Leadership Involvement In Limuru-Kenya
(International Leadership University, 2013-06) Agunda Rosemary
This study seeks to investigate the cause and effects of negative ethnicity that is prevalent in various public institutions in Limuru constituency and other parts of this country. The study will focus on conflict transformation against negative ethnicity: Women leadership involvement in Limuru constituency. Chapter one of this study will present the problem statement, purpose statement, objectives, research questions, significance of the study, limitation and delimitation of the study, operational definitions, methodology, assumptions and chapter summary. Chapter two will focus on literature review and conceptual framework. Chapter three will focus on the methodology to be used in this study. Chapter four will provide the data/research findings and analysis. Finally chapter five will provide the summary, recommendations and conclusions from the research.
Effective conflict transformation in church leadership: Study of selected Pentecostal churches, Nairobi
(International Leadership University, 2015-08-15) Joel Ngui Mwangangi
From the corridors of power, to the media, to the political arena, to the AU and UN summits, to academic institutions, to places of worship and documented writings, it can be correctly argued that conflicts have become a subject we cannot wish away. Initia lly, it was a vocabulary found in the politics of the day. However, of late, it has become a common word in the church circles. As such, there has been a growing concern among the Christian community with regard to the escalating rate of leadership conflicts in the churches. The local media has repeatedly featured incidents of nasty conflicts in churches with some turning violent and others ending up in court. This has been quite disturbing given that according to Jesus, the church is supposed to be “the light of the world” (Matthew 5:14) and the role model for effective conflict transformation and peace-building. If the church doesn‟t lead by example, there may be no hope for the African continent which is currently plunged into a vicious cycle of armed conflicts. As such, the study sought to investigate the major factors that contribute to leadership conflicts in selected Pentecostal churches within Nairobi and explore effective approaches of transforming the leadership conflicts. The researcher explored in details the relevant scholarly sources in this area, established critical gaps and composed constructive criticism. Having identified the research problem and the significance of the study, the major causes of conflicts among Pentecostal church leaders were identified. The study also investigated the models of conflict approaches used by the said church leaders. The role of institutional structures in conflict transformation and peace-building was also investigated. The study further documented the conflict strategies used by the said churches that have proved to be successful and transformative. To integrate the study with biblical principles, an exegetical study was carried out on Galatians 2:6-9. The study focused on one area, Nairobi. It was mainly qualitative and employed both questionnaires and interviews. The data was analyzed using SPSS and the findings presented in frequency tables, percentages, pie-charts, graphs and descriptive statistics. This formed the basis of answering the four research questions. The study concluded from the findings that Pentecostal churches in Nairobi had weak and dysfunctional institutional structures that had loopholes for abuse of power and financial mismanagement. The absence of accountability structures also made it difficult for the bishops and pastors to be held accountable whenever they were implicated in either moral or doctrinal scandals. As such, the Pentecostal churches in Nairobi need to strengthen their institutional structures to seal off the loop holes. In addition, they need to embrace models of conflict approaches that transform the leadership conflicts. Putting the whole study together, the researcher shares the opinion that conflict transformation model, tied with the biblical principles and informed by the African cultural approach is perhaps the effective approach to transforming conflicts among the Pentecostal church leaders in Nairobi.