KASNEB RECOMMENDED READING LIST FOR THE CERTIFIED PUBLIC SECRETARIES (CPS) EXAMINATION CPS PART I SECTION 1 PAPER NO. 1 ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR 1. Organisational behavior John W. Newstrom 2. Introduction to organizational behavior Helga Drummond 3. Behavior in organisations Jerald Greenberg Robert A. Baron 4. Organisational behavior Robbins and Judge 5. Elements of organization behavior Stephen N.M Nzuve 6. Organizational behavior Andrzej A. Huczynski David A. Buchanan Sixth PAPER NO. 2 INTRODUCTION TO LAW 1. The Law of Kenya Tudor Jackson 2. Business Law Marsh and Soulsby Eighth 3. Business Law John J. Ogola Focus Books 4. General Principles and Commercial Law of Kenya Ashiq Hussein 5. Business Law Keith Abbott, Norman Pendlebury and Kevin Wardman Eighth 1
PAPER NO.3 COMMUNICATION AND REPORT WRITING 1. Effective Business Communication Asha Koul 2. Communication Skills John W. Davis 3. Communication Skills Leena Sein Prentice Hall Second 4. Communication For Business: A Practical Shirley Taylor Pearson Fourth Approach 5. Communication Skills Dep Prasad 6. Business English N. A. Saleemi SECTION 2 PAPER NO. 4 ECONOMICS 1. Modern Economic Theory K.K. Dewett 2. Modern Economics Robert Mudida Focus Publications Ltd 3. Economics a Students Guide Cormack, Brwerster, Beardshaw and Ross Pearson education Fifth 4. Economics Lipsey and Chrystal Oxford University Press Tenth PAPER NO. 5 FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING 1. Business Accounting Volume I Frank Wood 2. A Textbook of Financial Accounting 3. Advanced Accounting: Theory and 4. Advanced Accountancy Volume I Daniel W. Kimuda David Wang ombe S.J. Jain and K.L. Narang 2 First
5. Basic Accounting N. D. Nzomo U.O.N Press 6. Accounting Theory and M.W.E. Glautier B. Underdown Seventh PAPER NO. 6 TAXATION THEORY AND PRACTICE 1. Principles, Concepts of Taxation in Kenya Samuel G. Kirika Connectour Third 2. Taxation in Kenya- Principles and Nicholas T. T. Simiyu Fifth 3 VAT Law and in Kenya Gupta S. K. 4. Income Tax Law and Osambo A.T. (Dr) Bluechip Copy Services 2009 CPS PART II SECTION 3 PAPER NO. 7 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS 1. Information Systems Laudon and Laudon Tenth 2. Information Systems T. Lucey Ninth 3. Information Systems Vladimir Zwass Wm C. Brown 4. Systems Analysis and Design Shelly, Cashman, Resenblatt Thomson Course Technology Fifth 5. Systems Pitman 3
PAPER NO.8 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT TITLE AUTHOR PUBLISHER EDITION 1. Financial : Theory and 2. Fundamentals of Financial 3. Fundamentals of Financial 4. Principles of Managerial Finance 5. Business Finance Theory and 6. A Text Book of Business Finance Eugene F. Brigham Michael C. Ehrhardt Brigham and Houston Tenth Van Horne Thomas Wileys Tenth M. Wachowicz Lawrence Gitman Pearson Tenth Eddie Mc Laney Prentice Hall Sixth Ashiq Hussein PAPER NO. 9 COMPANY SECRETARIAL PRACTICE E.A. Educational Second 1. Company Secretarial G.M. Thom M & E Handbooks Eighth 2. Company Secretarial 3. Company Secretarial manual Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA) Keith Walmsley S.J.S. Elly BPP Publishing ICSA Publishing 4. The Companies Act Cap.486 Government of Kenya Government Printer 5. The Certified Public Secretaries of Kenya Act Cap.534 Government of Kenya Government Printer SECTION 4 PAPER NO.10 ENTREPRENEURSHIP 1. Entrepreneurship Robert D. Hisrich Michael P. Peters Dean A. Shepherd 2. Essentials of Entrepreneurship and Small Business 3. Business Ethics: Concepts and Cases Thomas Zimmerer Norman M. Scarborough McGraw Hill Seventh Seventh Laura P. Hartman Pearson Sixth 4
4. Entrepreneurship Birley S. D. Muzyka 5. Entrepreneurship David A. Kirby PAPER NO. 11 COMPANY LAW TITLE AUTHOR PUBLISHER EDITION 1. Company Law John J. Ogolla Second 2. Company Law Derek French Stephen Mayson Twenty fifth Christopher Ryan 3. Topham and Ivamy s E.R Hardy Ivamy Butterworths Company Law 4. Company Law Brenda Hannigan Lexis Nexis Uk 5. A Text Book of Company Law in Kenya Ashiq Hussain PAPER NO. 12 MEETINGS LAW AND PROCEDURE E.A. Educational Sixth TITLE AUTHOR PUBLISHER EDITION 1. The law of Meetings - Their Conduct and Procedure Lawton Philip Eric Rigby M & E Handbooks Eighth 2. Meetings - Their Law and Sebag Shaw and Dennis Smith J. M & E Handbooks Fifth 3. Law of Meetings L. Hall McDonard & Evans Sixth CPS PART III SECTION 5 PAPER NO.13 PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF MANAGEMENT 1. : Concepts and s Tim Hannagan Fifth 5
2. Stephen P. Robbins Mary Coulter Prentice Hall Sixth 3. (Principles and s) 4. A global perspective 5. Introduction to Principles and Processes N. A. Saleemi and J. B. Bogonko Heinz Weihrich Harold Koontz David Schwatz Saleemi McGraw Hill H.B.J. Media Systems Third PAPER NO. 14 ADVANCED COMPANY SECRETARIAL PRACTICE 1. Company Secretarial G.M. Thom M & E Handbooks Eighth 2. 3. Company Secretarial Company Secretarial manual Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA) Keith Walmsley S.J.S. Elly BPP Publishing ICSA Publishing 4. The Companies Act Cap.486 Government of Kenya Government Printer 5. The Certified Public Secretaries of Kenya Act Cap.534 Government of Kenya Government Printer PAPER N0.15 PROJECT PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT 1. Project Richard Newton 2. Project Harvey Maylor 3. Project planning scheduling and control SECTION 6 James P Lewis PAPER NO.16 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT 6
1. Strategic 2. Strategic, Formulation, Implementation and Control 3. Essentials of strategic management Strategic Strategic management practices in Kenya application and cases Strategic Collin White John A. Pearce II Richard B. Robinson J. David Hunger Thomas L. Wheelen Philip Sadler John Yabs G.A. Cole PAPER NO.17 STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT 1. Strategic human resource management 2. Aligning human resources and business strategy Michael Armstrong Linda Holbeche Fourth PAPER NO. 18 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND ETHICS 1. Corporate governance 2. Corporate governance 3. Cases in corporate governance 4. Hand bookinternational corporate governance 5. Business ethics, policies and persons John L Colley, Jacqueline L. Doyle, George w Logan and Wallace stettinius Christine A Mallin Robert Wearing N. D. Goodpaster Second 7
Other Reading and reference material 1. Journals of 2. Revision Guides published by Strathmore University 3. The internet 4. Relevant s of the KASNEB Newsline 5. Other relevant textbooks 8