The management of personnel record for transparency & accountability

The book gives an empirical assessment of how personnel records are managed at the Kisii University (KSU) to facilitate administration and protection of employee rights. The study employed the descriptive survey method and triangulation of both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection. Data were collected through interviews, observations and content analysis of the university reports. The major findings were that KSU does not retire employee records to a Records Centre; records of those who have since departed/retired are kept in boxes in a strong room, KSU is fast running short of filing space, and there is restriction of access to employee records. To improve on the management of employee records that continue to increase and are voluminous, KSU needs to establish a university records centre and retire records to an offsite records centre.