Effects of Human Resource Audit on Employee Performance in Secondary Schools in Kenya; A case of Non Teaching Staff in Secondary Schools in Nyamache Sub County.

Abstract

Human Resources Audit measures human resource outputs and effectiveness under the given circumstances and the degree of utilization of human resource skills. The purpose of the study was to assess the effect of Human resource Audit on employee performance in secondary schools in Nyamache Sub County. The specific objectives for the study included establishing the skills of non-teaching employees working in secondary schools in Nyamache Sub County, to find out whether Human resources comply with the managerial policies, procedures and legal provisions and to establish whether Human Resource competence affects performance. The study was carried in selected secondary schools in Nyamache Sub County. The study involved selected non-teaching Staff working in secondary schools to assess the effect of Human resource Audit on employee performance in secondary schools in Nyamache Sub County. The study used descriptive research design because it assessed the nature of prevailing conditions. The target population for the study was 500 employees working in secondary schools in Nyamache Sub County. The study sampled 150 respondents; simple random, stratified and purposive sampling technique was used to select a sample for this study. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics specifically frequencies, percentages; and likert scale analysis.  The data was presented using frequency tables and then findings were interpreted. .The study will be significant to policy makers, the Ministry of Education, school managers of secondary schools and other researchers. .The study observed that secondary schools in Nyamache Sub County embraced Human resource Audit since when respondents were asked if they have a Human resource Audit program in school a bigger percentage said they do. The study also established that employees were compliant with managerial policies, procedures and legal provision provided by the government. The study found out that employee competence affects the performance of employees.  The study recommended that there should be training programs in schools to ensure that all the employees in the organization are trained on new skills and competence increased in order to perform better.