INFLUENCE OF BUSINESS PROCESS RE-ENGINEERING ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCEIN HOMA BAY COUNTY ASSEMBLY, KENYA.

The main purposes of BPR consists of seeking to design ways of organizing tasks, redesigning IT systems and organizing people so that the processes reinforce the organization to realize its goals. The study employed a descriptive survey and inferential research design. The target population for the study were 107 out of which a sample of 85 arrived at using Yamane?s formula was selected using stratified random sampling technique. Analysis of data was done using descriptive and regression analysis. The study established that innovative thinking, business process, radical change and organizational development all affected employee performance to great extents evidence by their weighted means of (4.2, 3.57, 3.65 and 3.86) respectively. The regression model indicated that there was correlation between the independent and dependent variables with an R of 0.809 at p >0.05. The results show that with a one unit change in innovative thinking performance levels will increase by approximately 0.627 at p> 0.009. Secondly with a one unit change in process function the performance levels will increase by approximately 0.432 at p<0.021. Thirdly with one unit change in radical change the performance levels will increase by 0.689 at p>0.006. Lastly with one unit increase in organizational development the performance will increase by 0.584 at p>0.028. In the academic field, future researchers can use the study as a reference point if one is researching on BPR and related topics. This study?s findings would be of use to trainers in human resource in that it would aid them in knowing the areas which should be given more attention when training managers on the importance of BPR in their respective organizations.