Human Resource Development Practices Adopted by L’oreal Kenya
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Date
2018Author
Muturi, Wambui F C
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ThesisLanguage
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The research case study was on human Resource development practices adopted by
L’Oreal East Africa which is a key topic on staff progress. Objective of the study was to
establish the human resource development practices adopted by L’Oreal Kenya. The
theories anchored to the study include: Resource based theory, Human capital theory and
Value creation theory. The procedure used to carry out this research dealt with research
design, data collection and data analysis presentation and the study presented a content
analysis on the influence of human resource development practices adopted by L’Oreal
Kenya. The study recommended that the management of L’Oreal Kenya should ensure that
human resource development practices provides strategies for refining organizational
efficiency that focus on improving procedures that support the attainment of corporate
goals and a helpful culture. The study also recommended that the performance management
policy should be aligned to reward, this develops a performance philosophy that
encourages excellent results and ultimately, the delivery of increased shareholder value.
Another recommendation was that training and development should be given priority and
it should be designed to develop specific competences. The research revealed that L’Oreal
Kenya has a well-established performance management practice with a positively
motivated culture in which groups and individuals take charge of the uninterrupted
improvement of the organization. The study also revealed that the most widely used
training methods include within the company training and off work external training. The
research established that top management supports the policies and also that the company
aligns individual objectives to organizational objectives.
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university of nairobi
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