ASSESSMENT OF STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING PRACTICE IN AWASH WINE SHARE COMPANY

Abstract

Successful Strategic Human Resource Planning stresses the importance of identifying and gathering strategic information for the planning course of an organization, and the need for involving key managers and employees in the process. Having this in mind, the study was conducted aiming to assess the strategic human resource planning practices of Awash Wine Share Company. Both qualitative and quantitative approaches were adopted. Census method of sampling technique was used as the number of target respondents were limited in number. The data were collected from both primary and secondary sources. The primary source of data was collected from 38 sample respondents by using self-administered questionnaire and from three HR managers through interview. Accordingly, the data gathered were analyzed using Microsoft Excel and SPSS. The finding of the study revealed that Awash Wine Share Company’s practice of communicating strategic HR plan is at early starting level. Thorough participation of stakeholders was not realized. In addition, the company’s weak use of SWOT analysis is observed. Finally, it was concluded that the corporate business strategy was found to be not properly aligned to the strategic human resource planning. Hence, the research paper recommended that the company’s formulation of SHRP should be participatory. More importantly, the SWOT analysis must surely be implemented ahead of time.