| dc.description.abstract | This study presents findings on the extent of application of human resource development
in knowledge management at Karatina University. The analysis was done using content
analysis. The data was obtained from Senior management of Karatina university.
The findings indicate that the University has applied the practice of human resource
development in knowledge management. The university practices the application of
human resource development in knowledge management in two categories academic
section and non academic, in the academic section the staff attend seminars and
conferences to enhance their teaching skills, senior lecturers are sponsored in terms
of monetary to buy the research equipments and to pay the research assistants. Also
in the academic section there is a requirement that members of publish papers and
circulate to departmental members where they belong, however the university has
not created the environment in terms of infrastructure so that the published work
can be shared by the university at large.In the non academic section the university
does training needs analysis for and the relevant training to the staff is done, there is
effective job rotation, employees are compensated per their academic qualifications,
there a requirement staff upgrade their skills after they are promoted to higher job
groups, staff appraisal is done and if one scores certain grade is awarded a
promotion or credential increment, however there no structured systems to resolve
disputes among employees. Also the research found that there is horizontal and
vertical channels at all levels in the university. The research also found that there
was no reward recognition system in place. The research also found that there is
rotation in seminar attendance for all categories of staff. | en |
