MAKERERE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL

COURESEWORK ONE TAKE HOME FOR

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

BACHELOR OF PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

COURSE CODE:

YEAR OF STUDY: THREE

SEMESTER: ONE

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QUESTIONS:

Remuneration;
It is any type of compensation or payment that an individual or employee receives as payment
for their services or the work they have done that can be financial or non-financial payment. The
following are the remuneration issues highlighted in the case study which include;

 Grading or preparation of a new salary structure. As seen in page one paragraph one of
the case study, Muluri Mukasa the minister of public service told Sunday vision on
Friday that cabinet passed the pay policy principles of drawing salaries from consolidated
fund with the aim of rationalizing and ensuring equity pay for same jobs in a phased
manner as that they are committed to paying a living wage, where the money will cater
for a basket of basic things and will be comfortable for an average family of husband,
wife, and four children.
 Proposal pricing, ranking and position to the president. This can be evidenced in the case
study page 2 paragraph 2 as stated that the lowest paid civil servant in salary scale U8
(guards and cleaners) who currently get shs187660 a month to earn shs1100000 and the
highest shs26.5m in the next two or three years.
 Job pricing/pricing position. This is evidenced in the case study page 2 paragraph 2 as
stated that some employees such as judicial officers have already benefited from phased
salary increments such as the highest paid being the chief justice who has attained his pay
target of shs26.5m.
 Job evaluation and weighing .as seen in the case page 3, Arinaitwe Rwakajara the
workers MP said that there has been a process of reviewing salaries as they collect a lot
of money and with the fixing of leakages in the government, they will pay their civil
servants very well in a phased manner.
Cecilia Ogwal, the Dokolo woman MP also weighed by stating that if the lowest civil
servant will get shs1.1m, that means, it will be the amount she will be paying for her
domestic servants regardless of her monthly salary of 2.5m.
 Term data collection. As seen in the case study page 4, paragraph one stated in a research
titled “achieving a living wage for African flower workers” published in 2013, working
women worldwide suggested that the definition of a living wage should include the
ability to meet basic needs including shelter, nutrition and clothing, incidental
expenditure on health and education and to provide for a discretionary amount to enable
workers to save for unforeseen costs.
 Position analysis. This evaluates job skills level and basic characteristics of applicants for
a set match for employment opportunities. This sis seen in the case study, page 4,
paragraph 2.
 Organizational policies. It is one of the factors that will determine the pay structure of the
public servants as seen in page 4, paragraph 3 of the case study, stating that they have set
up a committee of cabinet to come up with a road map and some of the things the
committee will look include the law contracts of staff and the salary structures.
 Organizational /technological changes. It is one of the factors such as technical changes
of the merging ministries, commissions, authorities and agencies will help to increase
efficiency in government and save over shs900 billion as seen in the case study page4,
paragraph 3.
 Government regulations / legislations. It is one of the factors for determining the pay
structure of public servants as stated that the proportion of wage / revenue each currently
directly cover about 0.7% of the estimated 44million of Ugandans should not as a matter
of good management practices exceed certain threshold as seen in page 2, paragraph 2 of
the case study.
 Productivity. It is one of the factors that will determine the pay structure of public
servants as such, Rwakajura stated that commercial oil production is a key economic
game changer as Uganda is expected to begin pumping crude oil in 2023 and the Petro-
dollars it will earn will be used to revive the economy that has been hit hard by the
corona virus pandemic. Information minister Judith Nabakooba on February 23rd
announced government plans to merge its ministries, commissions, authorities and
agencies stating that it will see the government save over shs900million and the mergers
will increase efficiency in governance.

QN 2

The following are the other factors that the government of Uganda can base on when
determining the pay structure of public servants which include;
  Comparability. It is one of the factors that can determine the salary structure of public
servants which is seen in paragraph 2 of the case study. Victor Bua Leka compared
the wage bill of Uganda with other neighboring countries stating that Uganda’s wage
bill is currently below 255 of the locally generated revenue and more window for
enhancing the wage bill up to about 30%.
 Cost of living adjustment. As seen in page 3, paragraph 5 of the case study, former
independent presidential candidate RT. Gen. Henry Tumukunde stated that the
increase of salaries of civil servants in a phased manner in 2017, will help ensure that
the full-time workers will have enough money to live above the national poverty line.
 Bargaining strength of the government. It Is yet another factor to consider by
government in structuring salary payments of civil servants. As such, the ministry’s
permanent secretary Catharine Bitarakwate stated that since government agreed to
increase their salaries, civil servants should be at their best in delivering services to
Ugandans as seen in page 2, paragraph 3.
 Provision of social services and investment. It is one of the values that will accrue to
the government of Uganda which is through wage bill of up to 30%, which will
ensure that government fulfills its obligation of providing social services and
investment in priority sectors to steer the economy as seen in page 2, paragraph 2 of
the case study.
 Increase in income. The government encourages civil servants to have an extra side
income job alongside their professional work in order to increase their living wage
income as seen in page 1, paragraph 1.
 Economic game changer. Rwakajura stated that commercial oil production is a key
economic game changer and Uganda is expected to begin pumping crude oil in 2023
and the Petro- dollars it will earn will be used to revive the economy that has been hit
hard by the corona virus pandemic, as seen in paragraph 3 page 3.

In conclusion, through the government’s plans, to increase salaries of civil servants was a
heist decision. It will get to see the civil servants get a living wage to meet their basic
needs and live decently.

C)
 The following are values that will accrue to the government of Uganda when an
equitable remuneration system is put in place;

 Increased efficiency in government. Through government’s plan of demerging ministries,

commissions, authorities and agencies, it will see to sell over 900billions for the
government as seen in page 4, paragraph 2.
 Saving resources. Through removing duplication of resources, they have been spending
under different agencies, will be used to achieve the same goal as told by Bahat to
parliament and is evidenced on page 4, paragraph 2 of the case study.
 Unfavorable remuneration. As stated by LT Gen Henry Tumukunde, saying that the
universal declaration of human rights says that everyone who works has a right to just
and favorable remuneration that is ensuring for himself and his family an existence worth
of human dignity as seen in paragraph 5 on page 3.