The role Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) play in an economy cannot be over emphasized in both developed and developing countries and so their existence and survival is a concern not only to the governments but to scholars as well. In Kenya SMEs constitute a very important sector of economy employing majority of citizens. Majority of SMEs started die the same year due to risks, they face among other factors. This study identified capital market, customer relations, operational-economic, global view, and branding risks among others while main risk mitigation strategies were diversification, collaboration, insurance, and use of credits scorecards whereby 66% of SMEs used at least one of these strategies.

There are three generations active in the work force, that is Baby Boomers (born before 1950), Generation X (born between 1950s and 1980s), and Generation Y (born in the late 1980s to 2000). The purpose of this study was to determine factors influencing work attitudes amongst the Y generation. The specific objectives of the study were to identify variables that affect generation Y attitude towards work and decompose the identified variables into factors that can be subjected to further analysis. Data was collected using questionnaires from a sample of forty one part time students in the institution. It was analyzed using SPSS version 17. The study identified eleven factors that would help to express generation Y attitude towards work.

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