scholarly journals INFLUENCE OF BUDGETING AND DEBT MANAGEMENT LITERACY TRAINING ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF EQUITY BANK TRAINED WOMEN SELF HELP GROUPS IN MACHAKOS TOWN, KENYA

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Charity Mberia ◽  
Kevin Wachira
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Group Development ◽  
Management Training ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Debt Management ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Self Help Groups ◽  
Multiple Units

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to find out the influence of financial literacy on budgeting and debt management skills on financial performance of Equity bank trained women self-help groups in Machakos Town, Kenya. Methodology: The research methodology employed two theories namely; The Bruce Tuckman’s Theory of group development and Expectancy Theory. Empirical studies were outlined and existing literature critiqued hence the research gap. The target population was 33 women self-help groups that are registered and trained by Equity Bank. Census sampling design was used for accuracy of the subdivisions of the subdivision and purposive sampling technique was used to calculate sample size because it focuses on particular characteristics of a population. The study used structured questionnaire as its data collection instrument. Analyzed data was presented through graphs and charts. Results: Findings on budget training established a significant relationship between budget training and financial performance of women self-help groups in Machakos Town,  r=0.255, p=0.035<0.05 indicating that adding a unit on budget training will increase financial performance of women self-help groups in Machakos Town by 0.255 multiple units. Further findings on debt management skills training established a significant relationship between debt management training skills training and financial performance of women self-help groups in Machakos Town,  r=0.600, p=0.005<0.05 indicating that adding a unit on debt management training skills will increase financial performance of women self-help groups in Machakos Town by 0.600 multiple units.

scholarly journals The Data Management Skills Support Initiative: Synthesising Postgraduate Training in Research Data Management

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Molloy ◽  
Kellie Snow
Keyword(s):  
Data Management ◽  
Management Training ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Research Information ◽  
Research Data Management ◽  
Researcher Development ◽  
Development Framework ◽  
Wide Range

This paper will describe the efforts and findings of the JISC Data Management Skills Support Initiative (‘DaMSSI’). DaMSSI was co-funded by the JISC Managing Research Data programme and the Research Information Network (RIN), in partnership with the Digital Curation Centre, to review, synthesise and augment the training offerings of the JISC Research Data Management Training Materials (‘RDMTrain’) projects.DaMSSI tested the effectiveness of the Society of College, National and University Libraries’ Seven Pillars of Information Literacy model (SCONUL, 2011), and Vitae’s Researcher Development Framework (‘Vitae RDF’) for consistently describing research data management (‘RDM’) skills and skills development paths in UK HEI postgraduate courses.With the collaboration of the RDMTrain projects, we mapped individual course modules to these two models and identified basic generic data management skills alongside discipline-specific requirements. A synthesis of the training outputs of the projects was then carried out, which further investigated the generic versus discipline-specific considerations and other successful approaches to training that had been identified as a result of the projects’ work. In addition we produced a series of career profiles to help illustrate the fact that data management is an essential component – in obvious and not-so-obvious ways – of a wide range of professions.We found that both models had potential for consistently and coherently describing data management skills training and embedding this within broader institutional postgraduate curricula. However, we feel that additional discipline-specific references to data management skills could also be beneficial for effective use of these models. Our synthesis work identified that the majority of core skills were generic across disciplines at the postgraduate level, with the discipline-specific approach showing its value in engaging the audience and providing context for the generic principles.Findings were fed back to SCONUL and Vitae to help in the refinement of their respective models, and we are working with a number of other projects, such as the DCC and the EC-funded Digital Curator Vocational Education Europe (DigCurV2) initiative, to investigate ways to take forward the training profiling work we have begun.

scholarly journals Marketing Services to Promote Art & Handicraft Practices Adopted by the Self Help Groups of Shimla District, Himachal Pradesh.

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
pp. 1-4
Keyword(s):  
Skills Training ◽  
Himachal Pradesh ◽  
The Self ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Cluster Development ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Self Help Groups ◽  
Awareness Level ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Marketing services provided by government agencies to promote art and handicraft. The key objectives of the study were, to study various marketing services provided by government agencies to promote art and handicraft, the awareness level of self-help groups, perception of the self-help groups towards marketing schemes used by government agencies to promote art and handicraft. A structured questionnaire was prepared for the present study. It was found that skills training on handicraft and cluster development were the schemes useful for the promotion of art and handicraft

scholarly journals Actors and avatars: why learners prefer digital agents

2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (9) ◽  
pp. 738-768 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Donovan
Keyword(s):  
Management Training ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Instructional Videos ◽  
Learning Sequences ◽  
Learning Test ◽  
Learner Responses

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to compare learner experiences of recorded instructional videos (DVDs) with Machinima. Design/methodology/approach – In this exploratory study, sets of learning sequences in management skills training were delivered to 32 learners using both methods, and learner reactions were gathered using post-event interviews. Findings – Analysis of learner responses showed that participants prefer Machinima as a learning delivery mechanism. Participants also reported being better able to concentrate on the message of the Machinima learning sequences. Research limitations/implications – The sample was not representative, being a convenience sample derived by open invitation from cohorts of two master’s degree programmes conducted at the School of Business, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare. The age range of the participants was significantly skewed toward a younger age grouping. No learning test was given to assess the teaching efficacy of the methods. Implications for practice include using Machinima to model desirable behaviours to trainees. Future research should extend the research to other settings. Practical implications – Research should be considered into the potential for Machinima to be considered as a replacement for DVD in management training. Sufficient encouragement arises from this study to suggest that Machinima contains none of the distractions of DVD that are recorded in this study. In addition, many organisations seek to utilise training materials with diverse audiences. Originality/value – Originality of the study stems from the potential replacement of DVD with Machinima in learning.

Group Development in Self-Help Groups for College Students

1988 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 325-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann Fuehrer ◽  
Christopher Keys
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Group Development ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Self Help Groups

scholarly journals Constraints Faced and Suggestions Received by Self Help Group Members of Akola District, Maharashtra

2021 ◽  
pp. 155-158
Author(s):  
Bolleboina Shilpa ◽  
P. P. Bhople ◽  
Banda Sainath
Keyword(s):  
Skills Training ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
Credit Availability ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Timely Access ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Household Activities ◽  
Self Help Groups ◽  
Self Help Group

Self Help Groups (SHGs) emerged as a key programming strategy in India for most of the women development activities starting with the NABARD led pilot project in 1992 that aimed at promoting and financing 500 SHGs across the country; the SHG – Bank Linkage programme has come a long way. However, given the SHG approach's positive outcomes, there are many problems and constraints that conflict with the SHGs. The present study was carried out in Akola district of Maharashtra state of India during the year 2018-19 with a sample size of 120 to define the constraints faced and suggestions offered by the members of SHGs. The Major constraints faced were lack of credit availability at low rates of interest, its adequacy and timely access followed by difficulty in managing time to spare for SHG activities from everyday household activities and non Cooperation of family members. Among the suggestions offered majority of the members offered women beneficiaries should be provided with adequate financing and subsidies, more income generating skills training should be organized for the members.

Introduction to the Forum on Cluttering: Rays of Hope Shine Around the World

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 1566-1567
Author(s):  
Isabella Reichel
Keyword(s):  
Professional Preparation ◽  
Joint Effort ◽  
Feedback Training ◽  
Successful Communication ◽  
Self Help ◽  
The World ◽  
Common Thread ◽  
Evidence Based Treatments ◽  
Attention Performance ◽  
Self Help Groups

Purpose In the 10 years since the International Cluttering Association (ICA) was created, this organization has been growing in the scope of its initiatives, and in the variety of resources it makes available for people with cluttering (PWC). However, the awareness of this disorder and of the methods for its intervention remain limited in countries around the world. A celebration of the multinational and multicultural engagements of the ICA's Committee of the International Representatives is a common thread running through all the articles in this forum. The first article is a joint effort among international representatives from five continents and 15 countries, exploring various themes related to cluttering, such as awareness, research, professional preparation, intervention, and self-help groups. The second article, by Elizabeth Gosselin and David Ward, investigates attention performance in PWC. In the third article, Yvonne van Zaalen and Isabella Reichel explain how audiovisual feedback training can improve the monitoring skills of PWC, with both quantitative and qualitative benefits in cognitive, emotional, and social domains of communication. In the final article, Hilda Sønsterud examines whether the working alliance between the client and clinician may predict a successful cluttering therapy outcome. Conclusions Authors of this forum exchanged their expertise, creativity, and passion with the goal of solving the mystery of the disconcerting cluttering disorder with the hope that all PWC around the globe will have access to the most effective evidence-based treatments leading to blissful and successful communication.

Developing Approaches to Self-Help Groups

1983 ◽  
Vol 28 (8) ◽  
pp. 635-636
Author(s):  
Nathan Hurvitz
Keyword(s):  
Self Help ◽  
Self Help Groups

Self-Help Groups and the Professional

1981 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Riessman ◽  
Alan Gartner
Keyword(s):  
Self Help ◽  
Self Help Groups
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