Abstract:
Effective succession management encompasses strategic human resource planning which can result in
significant mobility for high achievers for which the normal employment regulations will not apply. The public
service in Kenya especially at the County level are faced with succession and stagnation career management
challenges one of which is the ageing staff where a large number of employees are nearing retirement yet there is
no one to take over from them once they retire. The study specifically sought to establish the relationship between
strategic human resource planning and achievement of strategic goals. The study adopted a correlation research
design since the researcher was trying to ascertain the type of relationship between two or more variables from a
sampled population based on data which was collected using a self-administered structured survey questionnaire.
The target population was 3108 out of which 354 respondents were a sampled. The findings reveals that there exist
a significant correlation exists between achievement of strategic goal and strategic human resource planning (r
=0.321, p <0.05) The study concludes that county governments need to have human resource plan which puts into
consideration all key positions and one which is reviewed annually guided by strategic plan. The study
recommends that the county government develop and implement human resource planning policy and
competitively recruit competent staff by following the due process.
