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    Analysis of the Effect of Non-Monetary Incentives on the Performance of Staff in Mbale Regional Referral Hospital, Mbale District January, 2010.
    (2010) Namugaya, Annette Jane Mugabe
    The study was geared towards analyzing the effect of non-monetary incentives on the performance of staff in Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (MRRH). Performance is the outcome of effort and one’s performance is generally motivated by the desire to attain a goal. Non-monetary incentives are the non financial aspects that are not mandatory to be received from the institution but can motivate someone to perform either well or bad. But mainly, they are used to motivate positively. Non-monetary incentives are advantageous because they attract, motivate and retain employees towards performance. The study was based on four objectives which had research questions to be answered in order to analyze the effect of non-monetary incentives on the performance of staff in MRRH. The objectives of the study included, to establish the non-monetary incentives offered to staff in MRRH, to identify the staffs’ attitude to the incentives offered by management of MRRH, to assess the challenges associated with non-monetary incentives and to examine how non-monetary incentives affect staff performance in MRRH. The study focused on the period between 2005 and 2010 because this is the period during which there have been more complaints about staff performance in MRRH. The related literature was reviewed in accordance with the objectives of the study. The researcher adopted a case study research design because it was convenient for collecting large amount of in depth data especially dealing with a situation that exists in a specific organization like MRRH. A case study was piloted in Bududa hospital to ensure the reliability and validity of the instruments to be used after getting a sample size of respondents proportionate to the total population chosen which would be used for generalization .Summary of the findings revealed that despite the fact that management tries to administer non-monetary incentives to staffs of MRRH in order to improve performance a section of staff are not happy with the incentives. They opt for more and in reality one shoe can’t fit all. Recommendations were made devising ways of improving performance in MRRH basing on the objectives. The researcher then suggested areas for further research according to the findings and the related weaknesses and limitations encountered while collecting data.
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    An Analysis of the Effect of Staffing On Performance of Health Centre Ivs in Tororo District-Uganda.
    (2011) Nabusiita, Juliet Muloni
    The proposed study was about an analysis of staffing on performance of Health Centre IVs in Tororo District. The set objectives were: (i) To analyse the effect of staffing on productivity levels in Health centre IVs in Tororo District; (ii) To establish the affect of staffing on immunization in health centre IVs in Tororo District and (iii) To examine the effect of staffing on malaria treatment and prevention in health centre IVs Tororo District. An analytical research design was used by the researcher with both qualitative and quantitative methods of collecting data. It presented a picture or a phenomenon of the way it is, through participant observation and personal documents and because it covered a wide area and using different sections of people in order to acquire adequate data. The design endeavoured to put into account all the necessary steps involved in the study related to an analysis of the impact of staff turnover on health service delivery in Tororo District. It was found out that low staffing levels tend to affect productivity levels due to cases of wanting motivation and team work levels, deteriorating quality, heavy workload and low output. Still, skilled personnel are lost and medical policy implementation is compromised and thus generally undermining productivity levels and poor health worker/patient relationship. Pool staffing levels also leads to poor and irregular monitoring, inadequate medical attention, untimely treatment, and increased numbers of mother to child transmission, increased mortality rates and increased pregnancy complications. Low staffing levels tends to demoralize the few available medical staff, leads to information gap, and leads to poor management of malaria cases and undermines malaria preventive modalities. It is thus important to enhance more meaningful motivation to staff in all dimensions as a matter of enhancing staff attraction and retention of staff, more conducive working environment to minimize cases of staff turnover, promotion of good human relations through staff guidance and counseling on a regular basis, encouraging medical staff to adhere to the ethics of the medical professional regarding the performance of their duties, smooth supply of medical equipment, medicines and other related supplies and modalities that can enhance retention like supporting further training of health staff in Tororo district health centre IVs is crucial. This may enhance positive steps towards staffing levels and performance and thus realize desirable health service delivery to the service users.
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    An Analysis of the Effects of Contract Management on Employee Performance in the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs in Uganda December 2010.
    (2010) Nalweyiso, Aisha
    The study is about the effects of contract management on employee performance in the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs (MJCA) in Uganda. The main question of the study was based on the fact that though it is becoming increasingly common to hire individual professional members as contract employees in public service in Uganda, there is a growing dissatisfaction among contract employees that their employers are violating the contracts. Employees complain that they do not receive their salaries in time as they spend almost three months before they get their agreed monthly salaries (IGG Report, 2007). The study sought to specifically achieve the following objectives. These included; examining the aspects of contract management; to analyze the relationship between contract management and employee performance; and to examine the challenges the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs faces in implementing contract obligations. The study design was analytical as well as cross sectional design. The study was carried out through data collection and analysis using frequency tabulation. Data presentation was done using tables and percentages. The key findings were that contracts are poorly managed in that consequent parts of contract management are not aligned with good practice in contract management. They also show that contract employment did not fundamentally affect the core services of the ministry. Other findings show that frequency of work, punctuality and employee obedience were the major parameters used in measuring employee performance. The study concludes that payment of salaries is poorly handled and this weakness jeopardizes contractual relationships and leads to low productivity. It also concluded that the way contracts in MJCA are handled demoralizes and discourages good employee performance. The study recommends that payment of salaries should be handled properly so that contractual relationships may lead to increased productivity. Employees should be informed of the contract expectations so as to motivate them to perform optimally. It also recommends that contracts in MJCA should be handled with openness and mutual trust so as to induce good employee performance. It further recommends that tension resolution amongst contract employment should be systematic so that all parties are involved.
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    An analysis of the impact of the role of Uganda veterans’ assistance board in reintegrating updf veterans into civilian life in Kampala district December 2010
    (2010) Mweru, Byachi Samuel
    The Reduction In Force (RIF) program undertaken by the UVAB between 1992 and 1995 was supported by a consortium of donors with US$ 39,942,781 financial contribution while the Government of Uganda contributed US$ 4,878,391. A total of 36,358 veterans were discharged from NRA/ UPDF with over 100,000 dependants. The study set out to assess the performance of UVAB in the sustainable reintegration of veterans in civilian life in Kampala district. The general objective of the research was to assess the performance of UVAB in reintegrating veterans into civilian life in Kampala District. The study used 262 respondents and scientific means were utilized to get the sample size and a triangulation of qualitative and quantitative methods were employed. Key findings from the study indicate that UVAB made several interventions in reintegrating veterans countrywide in the first ten years but has inadequately responded to reintegration challenges affecting veterans in the capital. The financial capacity of the UVAB is too poor to address any serious reintegration measures and this has made UVAB be looked at by the veterans as an organization that is unmindful of the fate of veterans. The decentralization policy of local governments married with the decentralization of management of veterans activities at the district level by the UVAB Act have not measured up to the expectations of UVAB and have not benefited veterans. Veterans’ matters are still peripheral and are not significant enough to be on agenda and the veterans land grabbing spree in Kampala could in part be attributed to this apathy on part of decentralization where the veterans are trying to take care of themselves. Finally, the community has not played its expected role of supporting veterans’ reintegration of veterans in practice although the veterans are in part to blame for the slow pace in community relations. UVAB is not capable of responding to the veterans needs especially in economic reintegration. The veterans remain dissatisfied. This research recommends studies to be undertaken in the following areas: Factors affecting resource allocation to veterans’ reintegration; Factors affecting active veterans’ participation in the reintegration process into civilian life; The effects of redrafting the veterans back into the army on the reintegration process of ex combatants; The impact of the local government decentralization policy on veterans reintegration into civilian life; and factors affecting participation of veterans in community economic initiatives.