Receiving tasks in UWL and in R/3 Workflow inbox

Hello,
We are setting up workflow based on WS50000031 (used in MSS PCR approvals) , it has a subworkflow WS500000033 - ApprovePCR with a task TS50000075 (PCRweb) to approve/reject the PCR adobe form.
Requirement - The approvers approve/reject based on the tasks that they receive in their UWL. They click on the task and the adobe form is launched with options to approve/reject/back to author. However, in the custom workflow, we are including more approvers and these approvers do not have MSS access (or not managers). In other words, they prefer all their work items in the R/3 inbox instead of the UWL. When tested,The work item can be seen in the workflow inbox, but cannot be executed.
How can we get this functionlaity where the approvals can be done through workflow (R/3) inbox, launching the form in a similar manner (the ones for UWL users)

Imthiaz and Mike,
Thanks for your replies.
Mike: Sorry for making it sound a bit confusing. What I meant by not having MSS access, is that the users are not managers, but still are approvers. Currently they work from their R/3 inbox to work on other work items (other than HR related). As they are "used to" R/3 inbox, they want to approve in R/3. The idea of giving them a portal role and setting up an UWL has been rejected.
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