Despite using their best efforts, many growing businesses still grapple with the challenges of hiring the right way and creating rewarding human resources systems. It is common for business leaders to highlight the importance of talent and skills management but the reality is that if HR is not included in key decision making and implementation processes, then it will impede the desired results.
Data shows that SMEs employ overe 80 percent of the working population in Kenya and play a central role in the country’s economic and growth strategies. Making small and medium-sized enterprises more competitive can help the country achieve its development objectives by creating more jobs, strengthening sectors and developing business models that work.