The influence of human resource practices on project implementation; the case of ripples international projects, Meru county, Kenya.
Abstract
In a world increasingly characterized by globalization of product markets, the importance of
human capital as a resource that can potentially provide competitive advantage has become more
important. Because an organization’s people are integral to its success, researchers interested in
managing human capital have increasingly focused on Human Resource practices as the levers
through which firms might build the human capital that makes up resources and capabilities. This
project focused on the Human Resource practices and their influence on the Ripples International
projects implementation. Ripples International is an NGO started in 2002 and is focused on
saving lives and serving children, promoting the welfare of children and the oppressed and
empowering households to take responsibility of their future. The target population was all the 5
projects of Ripples International which are run by 70 employees who will be the respondents.
The specific objectives were evaluated and they included how recruitment and selection,
performance appraisal, teamwork, training and development and employee involvement
influenced project implementation. This research was a descriptive survey that was quantitative
in approach and the data was collected using questionnaires and interviews and was analyzed by
use of descriptive statistics and non parametric inferential statistics using SPSS (Statistical
Package for Social Sciences). The findings show that recruitment and selection, performance
appraisal and teamwork undertaken at Ripples International influenced project performance. The
study established that training and development carried out by the organization had no significant
influence on the project implementation activities as a large population pay for their own training
and they may not have traced the benefit to the organization. One recommendation of the study
is that more needs to be done on employee involvement as it was found that more employee
involvement was required to ensure ownership of the projects by the employees.
Citation
Department of Extramural Studies,Publisher
University of Nairobi
Description
Masters
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- Faculty of Education (FEd) [5964]