The contribution of human resource planning to organizational effectiveness; case study: TASO (U) Ltd

Abstract

Human Resource Planning is a contributing process through which management determines how an organization should move from current manpower position, productivity to desired strategic position. The study examined the contribution human resource planning to effective service delivery in TASO as organization. It considered human resource planning as an independent variable with (job analysis, motivation, recruitment and training and development) as intermediaries and organizational effectiveness as a dependent variable. Majority of organization are donor oriented. Little efforts have been made by management to improve on planning and other underling factors to carter for growing human resources needs that influence organization performance. However, if TASO does not treat above situation with concern it will continue losing competent resources and in the long run fail to achieve desired objectives and goals. Organsitions have to create a conducive working environmental which are certain and stable with developed human resource planning strategies focused on both short and long term as dictated largely by line management concerns. Currently ,TASO has averted from the above plans and facing challenges of environmental instability, less involvement, less satisfaction, turnover, leading poor organizational performance/effectiveness. The study involved reviewing literature from various writers; this facilities data collection as guided by following specific objectives. The methods included the following; descriptive, design with both quantitative and qualitative techniques to collecting data. The study collected information from two centres of Masaka and Mbarara with a total population of 65 respondents, a sample size of 30 and 35 respectively. Both quantitative data was collected using questionnaires and qualitative using structured interviews to key informants. Secondary data was obtained from progress reports and news letters and related literatures. Analyzed using spss 16.00 and qualitative information from structured interviews was subjected to content analysis. Simple frequencies were generated to complement the narrative data presentation and reporting. Descriptive findings using mean and standard deviations discovered a contributing relationship of human resource planning to organizational effectiveness. Further analysis of qualitative contents from key informants revealed that all human resource planning factors had a strong contributing relationship for TASO to achieve the desired objectives and goals. Conclusively, this meant TASO should effectively consider these factors as human resource functions to achieve sustainable organization effectiveness. Further research in this area should be to examine and improve peripheral strength; future research efforts should get hold of a representative sample from more organizations for future scientific comparison. Recommendation is that TASO should treat these factors with great concern to create a working environment of certainty, safety and satisfaction that will facilitate serving clients efficiently hence organization effectiveness.