Evaluating the Factors Affecting the Implementation of Human Resources Policies in International Non-Governmental Organizations: A Case Study of South Sudan

Abstract

This research was intended to critically evaluate factors affecting Human Resources (HR) policy implementation amongst INGOs operating in South Sudan. The research aimed to determine challenges that INGOs in South Sudan face in implementing HR policies, analyze effect of HR policy implementation on employee relations as well determine best practices for implementing HR policies in South Sudan. The study will not only enable INGOs know which specific locations within South Sudan INGOs face most challenges in HR policy implementation, but also make them aware of some of the existing best HR Policy practices. It will in addition, be beneficial to INGOS who might find it useful in re-examining their organizational policies particularly in South Sudan where labor laws have strong backing of the Government and help them improve working relationship with their employees with a view to enabling employees play major roles in actual HR policy implementation, hence creating a culture of trust within the workplace and reducing the number of employee relations cases that some INGOs might have faced in the past and continue to face.   This in effect, will result in increase in efficiency of the organizations to be able to effectively achieve their objectives and goals. The study should offer Government of South Sudan opportunity to ascertain the extent to which INGOs comply with the existing labor laws. The research will be significant to the other non INGO employers who might find it useful in re-examining their organizational policies particularly in countries where labor laws have strong backing by the Government and employer practices draw the attention of the Human Rights. It will also be useful to other researchers in that they may use it as a reference when researching on similar study, and would also improve on their study by including more relevant information that would be left out. This research has taken into consideration certain environmental factors and special challenges INGOs in south Sudan face. These environmental factors and challenges includes: societal tension, INGOs in South Sudan at times are unable to perform their basic duties and responsibilities due to excessive political interferences and tensions between communities and this may have negative effect on their HR policies and procedures (Arnaout, 1998). Like in many other developing countries NGOs in South Sudan are overloaded with their missions and are liable to their shareholders and how efficient they are, may be affected by the South Sudan government policies and matters of national security as majority of the INGOs operating in South Sudan are foreign.

Keywords: Human resource policies, International non-governmental organizations