| dc.description.abstract | Organizations including schools as achieving good performance is very important to
them. This is a continuous and dynamic process and various organizations including
schools, are applying various strategies to achieve high performance and remain
competitive in the labour market. Adoption of human resource management best
practices is one of the strategies employed by organizations towards their achieving
success. The research objective was to determine the extent of adoption of best human
resource management practices among private secondary schools in Westlands District,
Nairobi County. The research design used was descriptive survey. The population
consisted of 32 private secondary schools and all were to be studied. Primary data was
collected using questionnaires where respondents were required to indicate their level of
agreement on each of the variables’ aspects. Descriptive statistics were used for analysis.
Frequency distribution presented the information in a more understandable way. The
findings showed that the schools in Westlands District, Nairobi County have adopted
human resource management best practices in relation to employment security,
recruitment and selection, teamwork, compensation, handling of grievances and sharing
of information with the staff. Training of staff has not been greatly adopted. The
respondents agreed to having staff with the right training for their jobs and conducting on
the job training but they have only adopted off the job training and giving of staff a
chance to develop their careers while still working to a small extent. In conclusion, the
study shows that there was no consensus on the responses received meaning that some
schools in Westlands District, Nairobi County have adopted human resource management
best practices while others have not. Recommendations from the study are that training of
staff be taken into account more by the private secondary schools in Westlands District,
Nairobi County and researchers exploring the way forward in staff getting off the job
training and a chance to develop their careers while they are still working. | en_US |
