Effect of Human Resource Planning on Organizational Effectiveness: The Case of Dire Dawa Administration Construction and Housing Development Bureau

The purpose of the study was to examine the implementation of Human resource planning (HRP) in Diredewa construction and Housing Development Bureau and its effect on organizational effectiveness (OE).The researcher used both descriptive and explanatory research designs. An explanatory research method was applied to determine how and why HRP influences the effectiveness of the organization. Descriptive method to identify frequencies and to understand what is happening in the organization regarding Human resource planning and organizational effectiveness. The researcher used both primary and secondary data. Out of 193 target population a sample size of 130 was taken using the Guilford and Flruchter (1973) formula and responses of 121employees were analyzed. Descriptive and inferential analysis was deployed and the correlation coefficient was used to investigate the relationship between all variables of the study while regression analysis was used to see the effect of each independent variable on the dependent variable. The descriptive result shows all elements of HRP have moderate levels practiced in the organization. The correlation result shows that HRP and OE are positively related to each other. But only three elements of HRP have very strong positive relation with OE, and the other three elements have a strong positive relationship. The last one, which is the regression analysis values, shows that each coefficient of the six elements positively contributed to organizational effectiveness. The study recommends that the organization should improve the implementation and practice based on the overall findings for possible action which help further improvement based on the researcher's view of these six elements of Human resource planning