Adoption of Best Human Resource Management Practices Among Private Secondary Schools in Kisumu County, Kenya
Abstract
Adoption of best practices in human resource management among private secondary
schools in Kisumu County, Kenya is a study that was conceived out of the realization that
many Kenyans especially those in Kisumu County are craving for high quality education
for their children. This issue of quality has seen parents in the County turn to private
secondary schools as their schools of choice largely due to the fact that inadequate
funding by the state has militated against quality in the public schools. Best practices in
human resource management are many and the correct combination that each
organization can use to optimize the use of their human resource is not clear Boxall and
Purcell, (2003). However in each functional area there are activities which if practiced at
their best will spur the performance of the organization. The objective of the study was to
establish the extent to which private secondary schools in Kisumu County have adopted
best human resource management practices. Cross sectional descriptive survey design
was used to conduct the study. Data collection and analysis was done by means of semi
structured questionnaire and descriptive statistics respectively. The findings revealed that
private secondary schools in Kisumu County have adopted different best practices in
human resource management at varying degrees and where the practices have not been
adopted; the study recommends that such practices be enhanced and strengthened to help
improve staff performance. The researcher also recommends that further studies be
carried out on influence of best practices in human resource management on academic
performance of private secondary schools in Kisumu County.
Citation
Master of Business AdministrationPublisher
University of Nairobi School of Business