Human resource development practices adopted by private secondary schools in Kisumu East District
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Date
2013Author
Mwendapole, Duncan K
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ThesisLanguage
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Human resource development is a continuous process as the environment under which
business organizations has to operate changes from time to time. Companies are paying
increasing attention to human resource development practices in order to harmonize their
corporate aims with the ambitions of their employees. The aim of this study was to establish
the human resource development practices adopted by private secondary schools in Kisumu
East District. The study adopted a descriptive census survey design. The data was analyzed
using descriptive statistics; mean and percentages. Semi-structured questionnaires were used
to collect primary data from the respondents who were the school principals, deputy principal
and teachers and secondary data was sourced from the institutions library. The study revealed
that employees are sponsored by their schools to undertake training and development
opportunities. From the study it was found out that private secondary schools in Kisumu East
District have adopted career development by prioritizing internal appointments and
promotions for the academic staff who have successfully completed further studies. It was
concluded that each private secondary school needs to invest in people management practices and
vary them from time to time to suit the changing customer requirements. It was recommended that
everyone in the organization should be encouraged and given the opportunity to learn - to develop
their skills and knowledge to the maximum of their capacity. Finally it was suggested that to
provide a better understanding of education in the private sector, a similar study be carried out
in the primary school sector and private tertiary institutions to come up with a holistic
generalization on human resource development practices in the private education sector.
Citation
Master of Business AdministrationPublisher
Unversity of Nairobi