Human Resource Planning Strategy and Achievement of Strategic Goals: A Case of Kericho County Government kenya

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.