The Role of Human Resource Management Practices on the Performance of Employees in an Organization Case Study: Uganda Clays Limited - Kajjansi

Abstract

The study intended to examine the effect of human resource management practices on the performance of employees in an organization. This is because human resource management practices significantly affect the performance of employees in such a way that poor implementation of these practices may lead to a decrease in employee performance. The specific objectives of the study were; to find out how training and development by the human resource management affects the performance of employees in an organization, to examine employee benefits on the performance of employees in an organization and to find out the effect of performance appraisal on the performance of employees in an organization. The study used case study of Uganda Clays Limited- Kajjansi which was a method of narrowing down a very broad field of research into one easily searchable topic. A sample size of 54 out of total population of 63 employees was majorly selected in accordance with Krejice and Morgan table (1970) of determining the sample size for the study despite other sample sizes of 1 out of 7 from the category of employers by the use of purposive sampling method, 14 out of 15 from suppliers by use of Morgan’s table, 1 out of 21 shareholders by purposive sampling and 182 out of 382 from the category of customers by use of Morgan’s table. In addition, the study employed various methods to collect, analyze and interpret the findings and self-administered questionnaires were conducted to get the findings. The findings revealed that performance of employees is mostly affected by training and development due to the fact that it improves their skills. The research findings revealed that more male 23(57%) are employed than the females 17(43%) out of 40 employees. It also revealed that most employees are aged between 31-40 years with a percentage of 15(37.5%).The findings also revealed that performance appraisal is crucial towards the performance of employees in that people are able to set and achieve meaningful goals with 23(57.5%) employees who agreed, assess training and development needs where 25(63%) employees agreed and improving performance after appraisal with 21(52.5%) employees who agreed out of the 40 employees. In conclusion, the researcher found out that human resource management practices contribute a lot to the success of Uganda Clays Limited- Kajjansi and according to the research findings, it is concluded that training and development highly improves the skills of employees with 33(82.5%) employees agreeing. The researcher went on and recommended that, the management of Uganda Clays Limited should also consider putting up more measures that are motivating in order to retain its dedicated and experienced staff, as well as attracting new and highly skilled employees.

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