Influence Of Best Human Resource Management Practices On Organizational Performance: A Case Of College Of Humanities And Social Sciences University Of Nairobi, Kenya

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate how best human resources management practices influenced performance of college of humanities and social sciences of the University of Nairobi, Kenya. The study was focused to find out if indeed the college practices best human resource management practices and how they influenced its performance. The study was guided by the following objectives; To assess the extent to which recruitment and selection as a component of best human resource management influences performance of college of humanities and social sciences, To assess how reward system as a best practice of human resource management practices influenced performance of college of humanities of social sciences, To establish how job design as a component of best human resource management practices influenced the performance of college of humanities and social sciences, To what extent do training and development as a best practice of human resource management influenced the performance of college of humanities and social sciences and, To determine an extent to which performance management influenced performance of college of humanities and social sciences. The study adopted a descriptive survey design since it is concerned with determining the frequency with which something occurs. The targeted population of the study comprised of 54 administrators of the college of humanities and social sciences. The study used the entire administrators of the college of Humanities and social sciences. Purposive sampling technique was employed. Data collection was carried out using structured questionnaires, interviews reviewed secondary data and descriptive survey. The data were presented in form of tables employing the use of frequency distribution and percentages and the data was analyzed using descriptive statistics. The findings of the study showed that, best human resource management practices, has a positive significant on organizational performance. The study recommended that further research to goods producing organizations to bridge the gap of this study which focused on service producing organization.