MEET the Patron: Beatrice Dimba

Mrs. Dimba is an administrative woman/academic. Her authority as a 3rd level teacher is based on 26 years of experience as an administrator and academic. Her competence and capabilities are well spoken for in her career. In her 3rd level teaching career in Academia (2002-present), she has distinguished herself as a lecturer of HR management, with particular emphasis on the ‘strategic’ aspects of HR and its influence on the very core of business, namely performance. She has also distinguished herself as a student mentor, and academic researcher. Her administrative work with the Central Bank in Kenya and her later work with the EU in Kenya have given her a very mature mind, which allows her to bring mature reflection to all aspects of HR management and to her present research interests.
Mrs Dimba can draw on her general reading to support her capability and competency resources. She is well read, and has an informed world view of HR management, and international business management. Her competency and capabilities have distilled for her a special interest is human resource management and in particular the relationship between strategic HR management and firm performances, especially in the foreign multinational companies; but also in the indigenous Kenyan firm. Her capability to participate and contribute to the HR management stems from a sharp intellect demonstrated by her recent publications in the area of firm performance and HR management. Her competence has been amply demonstrated by progressing from a basic BSc qualification in Business Administration (cum laude) from the US African University, to an MBA degree and to graduate in 2010 with a PhD in HR Management. Her dissertation title is:
The influence of employee cultural orientations on the relationship between strategic human resource management practices and performance of the large foreign multinational manufacturing organizations in Kenya.
Her capabilities and competences have supported her publishing profusely in the area of her special research interests, which include:
1- The effect of strategic human resource management practices on performance of manufacturing companies (small, micro and medium) in Kenya
2- The effect of role of employee cultural orientations on strategic human resource management practices and performance of multinational manufacturing companies in Kenya
3- The development of small and medium size enterprises in the Kenyan Informal Sector Business through training and business counseling.
Mrs. Dimba is a member of the Institute of Human Resource Management (IHRM), a member of the International Academy of African Business and Development (IAABD) and member of African Association of Business Schools (AABS). Below are some of her present publications which reflect her research interests outlined above.