| dc.description.abstract | Today’s business environment is characterised by constant change. The accelerated pace of advances in technology, increase in competition, widespread and growing unemployment create serious adjustment problems as well as diminishing resource supplies have affected the way business is conducted. Employers in private schools need to adopt strategic human resource management practices because people possess innate abilities, behaviours and personal energy.
Employers therefore need to remember that workers especially knowledge workers like professional teachers may regard themselves as free agents who can choose how and where to invest their talents, time and energy (Armstrong 2002). The primary objective of the study was to investigate the extent of adoption of strategic human resource management practices in private secondary schools in Nairobi.
The population of interest in the study consisted of all private secondary schools in Nairobi that offer 8:4:4 curriculum. The director, principal or deputy principals were the target respondents. The information was collected using structured questionnaires. The drop and pick method was used to administer the questionnaires. A total of seventy four questionnaires were completed out of 100 questionnaires sent out to the respondents.
The findings suggest that strategic human resource practices are not practiced in private secondary schools in Nairobi. Strategic human resource practices are significantly related to performance. The study results provide support for the suggestion that investment in human resource management practices can subsequently help a school perform better.
Several recommendations are made which requires management attention to make the human resource management function increase its contribution to the school’s core function. | en |
