Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the process of human resource planning and its influence to the performance of the health sector in Uganda, considering a case study of IHK. The study adopts a descriptive research design. Data was collected using self-administered questionnaires. The study finds that External Scanning and Determination of Goals are the most important components of human resource planning process that influence performance at IHK. The results nevertheless show that the other components of human resource planning process such as Internal Scanning, Performance Gap Analysis, Decide Human Resource Priorities, Environmental Scanning and as well as Measuring, Monitoring and Reporting the Progress are correspondingly important components of human resource planning process that influence performance at IHK. Therefore, the study recommends that ministry of health should work towards matching human resource planning process with organizational strategic goals, and to achieve this, the ministry should clearly define its vision and mission to the staff and partner organizations in a concise manner, which will help them focus and deliver good results and thus enhance performance of the entire health sector in Uganda. The study further suggests that Human Resource Planning Departments IHK should focus mostly on scanning the External Community and Determination of Goals components of Human Planning Resource Process and IHK should embrace the use of modern technology in the recruitment and selection of staff.
Highlights
Every organization requires diverse resources for its growth and development
The results show that the other components of human resource planning process such as Internal Scanning, Performance Gap Analysis, Decide Human Resource Priorities, Environmental Scanning and as well as Measuring, Monitoring and Reporting the Progress are correspondingly important components of human resource planning process that influence performance at International Hospital Kampala (IHK)
In consideration of the respondents who were in agreement with the various components of human resource planning processes, the study results show that external scanning (67%) and determination of goals (66%) are the most important human resource planning processes embraced at IHK
Summary
Every organization requires diverse resources for its growth and development. Among these resources are human resource, financial resources and technical resources (Keep, 1989). Governments in Africa seem to agree that human resource planning is among the critical issues which need serious attention, in their public service management and employee policy. This is because of low productivity, lack of proper human resource planning, erosion of work ethics, indiscipline, blatant violation of rules, regulations and procedures, weak control and corruption have been observed as a common feature in the service Inspectorate of Government noted.
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