PROJECT HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND PERFORMANCE OF PUBLIC HEALTH PROJECTS IN NAIROBI CITY COUNTY, KENYA
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Project human resource management includes elements like hiring and vetting, training and development, performance evaluation, and pay structure. All other preparation will quickly be rendered useless in the absence of good people who have the necessary skills, motivation, and knowledge. The general objective of this study was to find out the relationship between project human resource management practices and performance of public health projects in Nairobi County, Kenya. The specific objectives were to examine effect of project team development, and project team management project on performance of public health projects in Nairobi County, Kenya. The study adopted a descriptive research design. The study targeted 42 public health projects in Nairobi City County. The unit of observation was the 327 project professionals. Taro Yamane's 1967 formula was used to sample 180 project staff. The researcher used questionnaire as the data collection tool. A pilot test comprised of 18participants representing 10% of the sample size. This study employed construct and content validity. The study used Cronbach’s alpha to measure reliability. The descriptive analysis included the frequency, percentage, and means. The inferential statistics included correlation and regression. Findings show that; project team development has a strong positive significant correlation with performance of public health projects in Nairobi City County, Kenya (r=0.707, p=0.000), and project team management has a strong positive significant correlation with performance of public health projects in Nairobi City County, Kenya (r=0.787, p=0.000). The study recommendations are; There should be a reward and recognition system, this will motivate the project team to work hard to achieve a milestone. There should be frequent monitoring of the project team and the project leaders should as well come up with suitable conflict resolution styles.
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