By Gilbert Akampa Kakurugu
Mbarara
Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital (MRRH) staff have today concluded a two-day training on Capital Management System (CMS) conducted by the Ministry of Public Service.
The training comes at a time when Government of Uganda through the Ministry of Public Service announced the automation of Human Resource Management functions and business processes in the Public Service.
This literary means that traditional functions of human resources such as recruitment, training, performance management, compensation among others will be conducted electronically.
Speaking at the training that climaxed today with the hospital management and senior staff members, Mr. Allan Muhereza the Commissioner of Human Resource Management Systems at the Ministry of Public Service noted that the system will bring efficiency and transparency in government institutions.
Mr. Muhereza adds that the system gives opportunity to the employee to track his or her performance, retirement progress among others.
“If your six months away from your retirement, the system computes your retirement benefits and tells you the amount of money you have without struggling”, he said.
CMS also helps the institution through human resource department to improve the productivity of employees through identifying staff and retooling them in areas that needs improvement.
Further, the system presents a catalog of tools required by human resource managers to point out gaps hindering performance of some staff.
Pius Emojong, the MRRH Principal Human Resource Officer pledges to support the staff to undergo further training on how to use the new system.
Mr Pius appeals to staff of MRRH to be positive about new developments at a time when the country is undergoing digital transformation.
However, Mr. Emojong noted that in the recent times, the hospital employees have not found a lot of hurdles to master new systems.
He attributed it to the support from USAID Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital Strengthening Activity which has built its capacity through periodic user training.
Halson Kagure, the Hospital Public Relations Officer says through the office of Principal Human Resource Officer, they would organize other trainings.
“The system has already been rolled out in about 60 Ministries, Local Governments, Departments among others. I believe employees there are already acquainted with the system. We have to admit that we are in the World of technological advancement and therefore we can’t remain static”, Halson Kagure.
According to Kagure, this is in line with the country’s 2040 vision which looks at exploring more opportunities in the Information Communication and Technology (ICT) sector to transform the country with one of the fastest growing population on African continent.
The concept of human capital dates way back in 1950s at a time when computing was changing the landscape of conducting business. This, after economic experts discovered the need to equip industrialists with specific skills required to contribute to the growth of the company or institution.
As the world was experiencing technology boom or rapid technological change characterized by internet in 1990s which has since eased the way of getting the best out of employees by the employers and managers.
