Human Resource Development Practices Adopted by L’oreal Kenya

Abstract

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.