The Influence Of Human Resources Management Practices On Performance Of Employees At National Irrigation Board In Kenya

Abstract

Globally competitive enterprises and business organizations depend greatly on the uniqueness of the human resource management in order to achieve successfully their competitive advantages, therefore the human resources practices and their contribution on the employee performance has been greatly researched on by different scholars. The current study focused on the influence of human resource management practices on the performance of employees at the National Irrigation Board in Kenya. The Research will have a positive impact on the senior managers and board of directors of NIB. The Human resource department at NIB will benefit from the study and feedback and can guide on implementing strategies for change and enhance the growth of the institution. Human resource managers in other organizations would also be enlightened on various aspects of human resource management practices for the enhancement of their employee performance. The current study adopted the use of the descriptive research. This research design was used to enable the researcher establish how human resources management practices influence employees performance at National Irrigation Board. A response of 100 was adopted where a response rate of 81 respondents was realized. Questionnaire was used to collect data from the employees of NIB from the 8 selected stations. The study revealed that (22%) of the respondents were aged between 36-40 years, 20% were aged between 30 years and below, 19% were aged between 41-45years, 17% were aged between 31-35years, 16% were aged between 46-50 years while 6% of them were aged above 50 years. This implies that majority of the irrigation station employees in Kenya were aged between 36-40 years. The study revealed that applicants are fully informed about the qualifications required to perform the job before being hired, the study revealed that the National Irrigation Board employs candidates with good experience for the station who do their work effectively, that advertising for vacant posts are mostly done through newspapers, line managers and human resource managers participate in the selection process and that the selection system selects those having the desired knowledge, skills and attitude to perform. The study concluded that there are a number of variables on the human resource planning such as having the right people at the right time doing the right job, management focusing on the employee competencies, providing solutions necessary to satisfy the human resource needs, utilization of the changing needs which are related to the utilization of its employees, application of the systematic procedures for collecting, analysing and documenting information provided about a particular job are all necessary and important in enhancing employees performance. The study recommends a need for the top management of the National Irrigation Board to initiating human resource planning to allow for the improvement of effectiveness