Abstract:
This study sought to assess the effect of human resource planning on the performance of manufacturing industries in Rwanda. The specific objectives of the study were to; examine the effect of recruitment and selection on the performance of Sulfo Rwanda industries ltd and to determine the effect of outsourcing on the performance of Sulfo Rwanda industries ltd. The study adopted analytical cross-sectional and survey research design. The target population was 2,822 employees and a sample size of 341 was drawn from a total population of 2,822 employees to represent the whole population using Krejcie and Morgan Table 1970. The researcher selected the six Sulfo Rwanda industries ltd in western region purposively. The Sulfo Rwanda industries ltd represented clusters from which simple random sampling was used to sample nonacademic staff. Simple random sample was taken from the clusters in proportion to the cluster size in comparison to the population by use of proportional allocation. Data was collected by use of questionnaires. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics of frequencies, percentages, mean, standard deviation and inferential statistics of correlation and multiple regression analysis using SPSS version 25.0. The null hypothesis was tested at 5% significance level. Result of multiple regressions revealed that human resource planning practices jointly and independently influenced organizational performance in Sulfo Rwanda industries ltd in Western region. Jointly the two constructs namely outsourcing and recruitment and selection contributed 53.5% variation in performance of Sulfo Rwanda industries ltd (Adjusted R Square = 0.535). The β value for Outsourcing (.284) and recruitment and selection (.623) were all positive. All these together led to the rejection of the null hypothesis. The synergistic effect of the human resource planning practices under study cannot be gain said in achieving high performance of Sulfo Rwanda industries ltd. This implied that the management of Sulfo Rwanda industries ltd should pay high premiums in formulating and implementing human resource planning practices to galvanize performance of the Sulfo Rwanda industries ltd.
