dr linda kimencu0315

Position: Lecturer
Title/ Qualifications: PhD. Leadership and Management ( West Virginia University, USA); MBA ( Marketing- University of Nairobi; BBA- Kenya Methodist University
Department: Business Administration
Contact Address: P.O. Box 2343, Meru, Kenya 
Email :Kimencu. Linda @ku.ac.ke; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Area of Specialization

Leadership, Management,  Change management, Marketing, and Research Methodology

Research Interests

Higher education administration, Higher education access,  Change Management, Entrepreneurial Education

Conferences

  • School of Business, Kenyatta University International Business Research and Industrial Conference ( IBRIC) ( 20th-21st, June 2019)
  • Wadhwani Foundation Entrepreneurship Network, Training for Trainers in Entrepreneurship Program, Kenyatta University (August 13th-23rd, 2018)
  • Wadhwani Foundation Entrepreneurship Network, Training for Trainers in Entrepreneurship Program, Kenyatta University (July 25th-27th, 2017)
  • ESDA (Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Development Africa); KU Next generation of researchers workshop (24th May, 2017)
  • Sustainable Urban Development Workshop, Kenyatta University (June 6th, 2017) Presented a Research Paper: Enhancing Sustainable Urban Development through Agri- Based Ventures among Urban Based households: A theoretical Model.
  • African Youth Entrepreneurship Forum, Nairobi Innovation Week (8th March, 2017); Catalysing the Next Generation for Africa’s Sustainable Industrialization; University of Nairobi
  • TICAD Youth Entrepreneurship Workshop (August 25th -27th, 2016); Catalysing the Next Generation for Africa’s Sustainable Industrialization; KCB Leadership Centre, TICAD VI, Nairobi Kenya; chosen among the 25 under 40 researchers in Africa
  • Association for the study of higher education, Indianapolis, United States, November, 2010; Higher Education Scholarship and Public Policy; presented a poster session; Leadership Orientations and Conflict Management Styles of Academic Deans in Masters Institutions.
  • 2011 Live Text Assessment and Collaboration Conference, Chicago, United States, 2011; attended as a Live text Assessment Coordinator at West Virginia University, USA
  • Publications

  • Kimencu, L.N., Muthimi, J., Kamau, S. & Kilika, J. ( 2019). Integrating Entrepreneurial Education through Online platforms in Kenyan Higher Education Institutions: A case of Kenyatta University. Presented a paper at the School of Business Kenyatta University International Business Research and Industrial Conference ( IBRIC) 

  • Gituma, I.M; Kimencu, L.N., & Muchemi, A., (2018). Marketing Outsourcing and Performance of Commercial Banks in Kenya. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences Vol 8. Issue 12. Page 1402-1421

  • Irungu, J & Kimencu, L.N ( 2016). Trends in Private Higher Education:The Case of Kenya. In Shar, M & Nair, C.S ( Ed.). A Global Perspective on Private Higher Education 1st Edition. Chandos Publishing
  • Waithaka, P., Bula, H., & Kimencu, L. ( 2016). Effects of Strategy Oriented Competitive Intelligence Practice on the Performance of Firms Listed in Nairobi Stock Exchange, Kenya. International Journal of Education and Research Vol. 4. No. 2.  
  • Waithaka, P., Bula, H., & Kimencu, L. ( 2016). Effects of Tactics Oriented Competitive Intelligence Practice on the Performance of Firms Listed in Nairobi Stock Exchange, Kenya. International Journal of Education and Research Vol. 4. No.2.  
  • Waithaka, P., Bula, H., & Kimencu, L. ( 2016). Effects of Technology Oriented Competitive Intelligence Practice on the Performance of Firms Listed in Nairobi Stock Exchange, Kenya. International Journal of Education and Research Vol. 4. No.2.  
  • Kimencu, L.N. ( 2014). Introduction to Research Methods. Distant Learning Module, Kenya Methodist University ISBN: 9788393311927.
  • Kimencu, L.N. (2012, April). Evaluating Blooms Taxonomy of Learning in Kenyan education Institutions. Paper presented at 1st KeMU Research Conference, Meru, Kenya.
  • Kimencu, L.N. (2011). Leadership Orientations and Conflict Management Styles of Academic Deans in Masters Institutions. Ann Arbor, MI.(ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 533131).
  • Kimencu, L.N. ( 2010, Nov). Leadership Orientations and Conflict Management Styles of Academic Deans in Masters Institutions. Poster Session Presented at the meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, In.

Affiliation to Professional Bodies

  • Marketing Association of Kenya