| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to investigate factors influencing BOM members‟
effectiveness in management of human resources in public secondary schools in
Mt. Elgon Sub-County, Bungoma County. The study sought to: determine the
extent to which BOM members‟ academic qualifications, professional experience,
training in management skills influence management of human resources. Also,
the study sought to determine how BOMs‟ role in recruitment of teachers and
positions held currently and previously affect Human Resources Management.
Besides, the study was to establish challenges encountered by BOMs‟ in
management of human resources. Issues that prompted this study were that most
BOM members are aware of workshops on school management but they felt that
there should be increased access to training of the BOM members through
decentralization of such training to schools instead of offering it at KEMI. This
research was anchored on the Herzberg's theory of employee motivation
(Michael, Syptak & Marsland, (1999) supported by equity theory of motivation.
The investigation was conducted using the descriptive survey design. Target
population consisted of the 24 public secondary schools and 312 BOMs in Mt.
Elgon Sub-County. Three (3) head teachers and 3 BOMs were used for piloting
study. The researcher used a sample size of 12 public secondary schools. For the
BOM members, the researcher calculated the sample size basing on Mugenda and
Mugenda (2003) who proposes a sample size of 20 percent of the total population.
For this study, therefore, sixty one (61) BOM members were appropriate. Both
descriptive and inferential statistics were used in the analysis. From the findings,
it was established that BOM members‟ positions held currently or previously
contribute greatly to competence and performance. Besides, head teachers‟ and
BOM members‟ age is crucial hence BOM should be appointed carefully to
ensure that they are experienced to operationalize management processes
effectively and efficiently. Also, BOM members have failed in their
responsibilities due to challenges like political interference, unqualified and
incompetent BOM members, and that some members have vested interest in
procurement of supplies. Basing on the challenges still, the study established that
a majority of BOMs had no degree or any public accredited profession. Therefore,
most of the BOM members endorsed the decisions of the principal hence making
the education level of the BOM not significant when handling human resources in
schools. The study suggested that there is need to carry out a study on factors
affecting Kenya Education Management Institute in training and development of
BOM members‟ administration and management skills. There is also need to
carry out a study on the influence of ICT on BOM members‟ effectiveness in
management of human resources. The study recommended that management of
educational institutions has to be effective and efficient by appointing BOM
carefully to ensure that they are experienced. Given the scope and limitations of
this study, the researcher recommends a replica of the study to be performed in
other public secondary schools in Kenya. | en_US |
