Author(s)

Bakaki Ivan^1,2, Dickson Turyareeba^3,4, Christopher Wagima^1,2, Richard Wemesa^2,5,6, Eldard Mukasa Ssebbaale^7,8, Kizito Moses^9,10

¹Faculty of Business and Management, International University of East Africa, Kampala, Uganda.
²King Ceasor University, Kampala, Uganda.
³Department of Economics, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
⁴Business School, King Ceasor University, Kampala, Uganda.
⁵Uganda Institute of Banking & Financial Services, Kampala, Uganda.
⁶Unicaf University, Lusaka Zambia and Lilongwe Malawi.
⁷Cavendish University, Kampala, Uganda.
⁸Department of Business, King Ceasor University, Kampala, Uganda.
⁹Department of ICT/Math, International University of East Africa, Kampala, Uganda.
¹⁰Victoria University, Kampala, Uganda.

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.

Human Resource Planning Process, Organizational Performance, Health Sector, Uganda

Ivan, B. , Turyareeba, D. , Wagima, C. , Wemesa, R. , Ssebbaale, E. and Moses, K. (2020) Human Resource Planning Process and Its Influence to the Performance of Health Sector in Uganda: A Case Study of International Hospital Kampala (IHK). Open Journal of Business and Management, 8, 2248-2261. doi: 10.4236/ojbm.2020.85137.