Risk Management and Performance of Human rights Intervention: A case study of Human Rights Focus in Gulu Municipality,

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between risk management and performance of human rights program in Uganda: a case study of Human Rights Focus (HURIFO) in Gulu Municipality. The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between risk management and performance of human right program. The study objectives was to find out the effects of human resource risk management on performance of human right program, to examine the effect of financial risk management on the performance of human right program and to investigate the extent to which administrative risk management affects performance of human right program. The findings revealed that the management of human resource risks had a weak positive effect on performance of human rights program and this means that performance changes in the same direction with the level of human resource risk management. This means that improvement in motivation, performance appraisal and human resource planning contribute to better performance of human rights program. The management of financial risks was also found to have a weak positive relationship on performance of human rights program. This means that performance of human rights program changes in the same direction with improvement in the level of accountability, planning and budgeting as well as the use of financial policy. The study also found that a positive relationship exist between the management of administrative risks and performance of human rights program and this means that improvement in the level of administrative risk management equally contribute to the improvement in performance of human right program. The study concludes that improvement in human, financial and administrative risk management contribute to improvement in performance of human rights program. The researcher recommends that managers need to use the best practices for the management of human, financial and administrative risks for improving performance of human rights program.