Human Resource Management Development Process (HRMP)in Agricultural Small and Medium Enterprises in Kermanshah Province

The objective of this research was to analysis process of human resource management development in agricultural small and medium enterprises. Statistical population of the study consisted of 560 managers of agricultural small and medium enterprises in Kermanshah Province out of which 96 managers randomly selected as sample using Cochran formula and proportionate stratified sampling technique. Data were collected by applying a questionnaire developed for the study and were analyzed using SPSS win and LISREL. Validity of the questionnaire was approved by a panel of experts. In order to measure the reliability of the questionnaire، Cronbach Alpha coefficient was calculated (α= 0. 91). Results of prioritizing human resource management development process showed that the two most important mechanisms were increase in salary of employees and recruitment of experienced employees based on necessary job competencies. To identify the components of HRMP، exploratory factor analysis was applies. Also، in order to investigate the model fitting indexes، confirmatory factor analysis and structural equations modeling was used. The results showed that HRMP are consisted of five factors including: infrastructure - support، management، information technology، motivation and education that explained about 67. 10 percent of variations of these strategies.