The Vice Chancellor (2nd Right) with other officials at MoU signing. Credit: Makerere University
Students of Makerere University, Uganda, will be trained as prospective managers as the University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Human Resource Management Association of Uganda (HRMAU), pioneered by the College of Business and Management Sciences (CoBAMS).
According to Betty Kyakuwa, the Vice Chancellor, Professor Barnabas Nawangwe, while signing the MoU said the initiative would help the institution to produce competent human resource professionals.
Professor Nawangwe expressed, “The fourth strategic goal of Makerere is to make the university a professionally managed institution,” noting…”the first thing is Human Resource Management. An organisation will succeed to the extent that Human Resource is managed well. If we don’t manage it well, the production will be low.”
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He further expressed hope that HRMAU will be able train them as managers at Makerere saying, “The most delicate and important resource is on this hill and it must be managed well. But even then, they must train other human resource managers who are going to manage the Human Resource around the country.”
The HRMAU President, Mr Ronald Bbosa disclosed that, “We are entering into partnership with Makerere on issues to do with research, supporting students through internship, having innovative human resource solutions that will be able to uplift the profile not only of our practice as HR practitioners, but also to make students more marketable out there whenever we interact with them as prospective employees.
A lecturer of Human Resource Management, Dr. Sefera Bwadene Wanyama, observed the MoU will bring professionalism in academics, saying, “We are going to collaborate with the association to develop programmes that are industry related and relevant and also collaborate in areas of research on practical aspects that concern the industry and the profession of HR. We intend to bring practitioners from the industry of work through the association to complement our effort in delivering programmes that are practically oriented.
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