Juhudi Kilimo: Designing Microfinance Staff Incentive Plans (A)

by Kristiana Raube


In January 2013, Nat Robinson, the 32-year old CEO of Juhudi Kilimo, is faced with the challenge of how to best introduce and implement an incentive plan among the microfinancing institution's (MFI) 78 employees. Established in 2004, Juhudi Kilimo provides microloans to Kenya's rural population and had approximately 10,000 customers at year-end 2012. With a new round of capital, Juhudi Kilimo's present goal is to scale-up and increase its customer base by ten-fold -- to 100,000 -- by the end of 2015. Robinson now wonders how he can best design an incentive plan -- particularly for its 36 loan officers -- that will allow the MFI to reach this goal most efficiently and effectively. Please note: this case also has a supplementary case available. The (B) supplement can be found using product number B5790.

Learning Objectives


1. Demonstrate how the concept of microfinancing works, particularly on the role of the loan officers, the use of collateral, and the group-management of loans. 2. Illustrate how incentive plans can align and drive employee behavior to meet an organization's goals. 3. Show how incentive plans should be structured, rolled-out and tested.

Details

Pub Date: Feb 18, 2014

Discipline: Human Resource Management

Subjects: Organizational behavior, Finance, Developing countries, Work force management, Corporate governance, Employees, Corporate social responsibility, Hiring & employment, Job satisfaction

Product #: B5789-PDF-ENG

Industry: Finance & insurance

Geography: Kenya

Length: 19 page(s)


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