The Effects of Human Resources Management Practices on Organizational Performance. A Case of Mikumi National Park in Morogoro Region.

This study entitled “The Effects of Human Resource Practice on Organizational Performance.A case study of Mikumi National Park,intended to assess effects of human resource practices such as recruitment, training and career development, compensation policy and performance appraisal on organizational performance in tourist industry.A descriptive research design was adopted as an appropriate study design.A sample of 56 employees was selected using purposive sampling and simple random sampling. An interview, self-administered questionnaire composed of closed and open-ended questions and documentary review instruments were used to collect data. Data were analyzed using two methods; descriptive statistics using excel. The findings indicated that the human resource practices such as recruitment, training and development, compensation policy, career development and employee’s performance appraisal have relationship with organizational performance. The performance of employees depends on how managers use best practice on employees’ management. It was concluded that selected human resource practices work well if there are effective policies to assist managers when motivating staff to raise their working morale. It was recommended that the public sector institutions Governing Boards, should be competent so that can supervise managements and sign performance contracts with managers and later appraise. Keywords: Human resource practices, recruitment, training and career development, performance appraisa