Introduction The research is about improving staff performance through motivation in mild may Uganda specifically in the directorate of resources. It includes background of the study in which the details of the study is analyzed in historical perspective, theoretical perspective, conceptual perspective and contextual perspective of the study. It will also include the statement of the problem, purpose of the study, objective of the study, hypotheses, scope of the study and significance of the study. 1.1 Background of the study 1.1.1 Historical Perspective Human resource is regarded to be the most important asset in any organization, the presence of other assets like machines cannot operate on their own hence they need to be operated by people. There is need for people to have peace of mind at their work place that can only be possible through motivating them. Drucker asserts that human resource is all economic resources, the one last efficiently used and that the greatest opportunity for improved economic performance lies in the improvement of the effectiveness of people in their work. Drucker continues to argue that management of employees and their work is one of the basic functions of management.