‘Firms not valuing employees’
Apr 18, 2004
More than 85% of organisations in Uganda have got poor human resource practices or have not realised that people are the most important asset in organisations.
By Emmy Olaki
More than 85% of organisations in Uganda have got poor human resource practices or have not realised that people are the most important asset in organisations.
A survey done by Ernst and Young, that culminated into the Employer of the Year Award indicates that most companies’ exaggerated information filled in the questionnaires, which were over ruled by personal visits to the organisations.
“In some companies, the information on the questionnaires was misleading, and our visits showed that the practices were not positive as indicated in the questionnaires,†Tracey Chittenden an Ernst and Young HR consultant said last week.
Chittenden said in conducting the surveys, some organisations were even uncomfortable about letting them take away documents and yet in many others, there seemed to be think senior employees were different from the junior employees.
Chittenden was presenting findings of the recent survey to companies which participated in the awards at a breakfast organised by Federation of Uganda employers (FUE) at the Sheraton in Kampala.
The breakfast was intended to give feedback to organisations on where they excelled and where more needs to be done.
She said many of the organisations were not people focussed.
More than 85% of organisations in Uganda have got poor human resource practices or have not realised that people are the most important asset in organisations.
A survey done by Ernst and Young, that culminated into the Employer of the Year Award indicates that most companies’ exaggerated information filled in the questionnaires, which were over ruled by personal visits to the organisations.
“In some companies, the information on the questionnaires was misleading, and our visits showed that the practices were not positive as indicated in the questionnaires,†Tracey Chittenden an Ernst and Young HR consultant said last week.
Chittenden said in conducting the surveys, some organisations were even uncomfortable about letting them take away documents and yet in many others, there seemed to be think senior employees were different from the junior employees.
Chittenden was presenting findings of the recent survey to companies which participated in the awards at a breakfast organised by Federation of Uganda employers (FUE) at the Sheraton in Kampala.
The breakfast was intended to give feedback to organisations on where they excelled and where more needs to be done.
She said many of the organisations were not people focussed.