Organizational culture is a system of shared beliefs and attitudes that develop within an organization and guides the behavior of its members. It consists of norms, values and rules of conduct in an as well as management styles, priorities, beliefs and interpersonal behaviors. All these have impact on organization's productivity. Organizational culture exists in all organizations and affects the morals and motivation of organizational members. This study intended to analyze the effects of organizational culture on employee productivity in the department of livestock in Nakuru County and it was guided by the following specific objectives:-to establish the effect of management style on employee's productivity in state department of livestock in Nakuru County, to assess the effect of motivation on employee productivity and to establish the effect of staff training on employee productivity. The study used descriptive research design. The target population was 124. The sample of the study was 62 respondents consisting of employees and management. Data was analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively by the help of SPSS program.

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Secondary schools incubate and hatch the youth from their teens and transform them into adults in pursuit of vocational and academic careers in the Kenyan economy. The success of a secondary school is determined by the performance of its students in Kenya certificate of secondary examination. Each secondary school should identify its competitive advantage that would help it to ensure high performance in Kenya Certificate of Secondary Examination (KCSE). This study aimed at examining school infrastructure and culture as competitive advantage that would enhance school's performance in KCSE. The study used descriptive survey design. The target population was 4112 encompassing major stakeholders in the provision of education. Sample of the study was 317. Stratified random sampling was applied to pick 84 principals, 118 school board members and 115 Parent and Teachers Association (PTA) members as respondents for the study. Questionnaires were used to collect data analyzed using SPSS computer processing package. The study found that well established school culture and infrastructure enhance school's performance in KCSE. ICT did not show any significant contribution to schools' KCSE performance in Bungoma

School strategic planning is the key to determine the school's success as it prepares to respond to ever changing academic landscape. This study intended to find out the roles of school stakeholders in the implementation of the school strategic plan in public secondary schools in Migwani sub-county. The specific objectives were:-To assess the extent to which strategic plans had been implemented in public secondary schools in Migwani sub-county, to find out the role of parents in implementation of the school strategic plan, to find out the role of government in implementation of school strategic plan and to find out the role of school management in implementation of school strategic plans in Migwani Sub-County. Descriptive survey study approach was used. Questionnaires and interview schedule were used for data collection. The population of the study comprised of 22 public secondary schools which had documented strategic plan in Migwani sub-county as per February 2017. Stratified and simple random sampling techniques were used to select 66 respondents out of 286. The respondents were parents (PTA) members, school principals and BOG members. Data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistical tools. The study found that the parents and government are the main financiers of all the school projects stated in the strategic plan. Government provides teachers and policies which are essential for implementation of strategic plan. BOG plan, budget and prioritize the items for implementation. An average of 34.59% of strategies had been implemented. There was no statistical difference in the role played by parents, government and school management (0.979).