Assessing the Effect of Strategic Human Resource Planning on Organizational Performance: A Case of Bakhresa Grain Milling (Rwanda) Ltd (2020–2025)

Kaneza Agnes and Singh Satyendra Narayan
University of Kigali
https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1691-6857
Email: agie.kaneza@gmail.com

Abstract: The general objective of this research dissertation was to assess the effect of strategic human resource planning (SHRP) on organizational performance at Bakhresa Grain milling (Rwanda) Ltd. Despite numerous efforts made by BakhresaGrain milling (Rwanda) Ltd through strategic human resource planning for aligning specialized technical talent with automated production goals to ensure operational agility and a sustainable competitive advantage, the performance level of this company occasionally remains critical concern as well as inadequate. The employee’s recruiting had the greatest effect on performance of Bakhresa Grain milling (Rwanda) Ltd, followed by both employee’s forecasting and employee’s retaining and last point was employee’s training. At 5% level of significance and 95% level of confidence, employees’ training had 0.006 level of significance; employees’ forecasting also had a 0.000 level of significance, employee’s recruiting had 0.000 level of significance and finally employee’s retaining had 0.001 level of significance. Therefore, all the variables were significant (p<0.05). The study concluded that effective workforce forecasting serves as a proactive planning tool that aligns labor supply with the specific production cycles of the milling industry. The study recommended that Bakhresa Grain milling (Rwanda) should implement advanced predictive analytics software to better align staffing levels with seasonal grain supply and marketdemand fluctuations.