ABSTRACT This dissertation was an attempt to undertake the study on finding out the impact of remuneration on the performance of the Local Government staff in Tanzania, particularly Ludewa District Council found in Iringa Region as a case of study. It was conducted within a period of four months, starting from November 2012 to March 2013.The study sample size, under this context, was 40 respondents, including 8 Heads of Departments, 8 General Departments Staff Members, 8 Councilors,8 LGA‟s...
ABSTRACT The study, sought to examine the effects of the internal controls on employees’ performance of CRDB bank of Dodoma Municipality Tanzania. The study objectives were; to explore types of the internal controls in place at the case under study, to examine the efficiency and effectiveness of the existing controls, to examine the relationship between internal controls and employee performance at CRDB bank and to explore the challenges, facing CRDB bank in implementing the internal contr...
Culture is an important factor that influences acceptance of microfinance institutions lending models. Many scholars have applied Hofstede’s cultural model to understand how values affect people’s behaviors or decisions. However, researchers had overlooked applying Hofstede’s cultural model on microfinance institutions lending models. This study integrates Hofstede’s cultural model with borrowing decisions incurring joint vs. individual liability. To address these challenges, a study ...
ABSTRACT The main objective of this study was to assess motivational factors influencing performance of professional nurses in Tanzania taking as a case study of post registered nurses studying at St. John‟s university of Tanzania, Dodoma municipality. The study was conducted in Dodoma municipal Tanzania. A crosssectional research design was used where by data were collected from more than one case at a single point in time from nurses related on the motivation factors for performance. Que...
ABSTRACT The sunflower oilseed processing enterprises survey assessed the role of oilseeds processing technology transfer in enhancing local technology capabilities. The specific objectives aimed to identify existing level of technology capability among the local R&D organizations and the enterprises processing sunflower oilseeds in Dodoma urban and Kongwa districts, to identify the kind of technology transfer to the local R&D organizations and the enterprises processing sunflower oilseeds an...
ABSTRACT This study aimed at evaluating the retention strategies in retaining teachers of public secondary schools in Tanzania, focusing on Dodoma Municipality. The researcher used focus group discussion combined with questionnaire, interview and documentary review as the means of obtaining data. The sample size was 98 respondents and Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) was used to analyze the collected data. Furthermore, descriptive statistics summarized the information from the co...
ABTSRACT This study was conducted to examine farmers’ perception on adoption of rice postharvest handling techniques and practices in Bahi District. Simple random, multistage and snowball sampling techniques were used to select the farmers. A well, structured questionnaire was used to obtain information from the respondents using both descriptive and inferential statistical tools. Binary logistic regression analysis was used to analyze data. The findings shows that, the highest number of t...
ABSTRACT The present study attempts to test the mechanisms of Export - Led Growth in Tanzania Mainland by taking a time- series data from 1980 to 2012. It applies Ordinary Least squares (OLS) method to investigate the relationship between Gross National Product, Total Exports, Agro-product Exports, Manufactured Exports, Mineral Exports, Petroleum Products, Other Exports and Investments. The results of the study support the Export - Led growth Hypothesis (ELGH) in Tanzania Mainland.
ABSTRACT The key aim of this thesis was to analyse the relationship among exports, foreign direct investments, government spending and economic development in Tanzania. The specific objectives of the study aimed to examine the effect of exports on economic growth in Tanzania; to inspect the relationship among foreign direct investments on economic growth, and to test the relationship between government spending (Gross national expenditure) and economic growth. Additionally, the research quest...
ABSTRACT In this dissertation we present an assessment of knowledge management in higher learning institution a case of university of Dodoma (UDOM). Specific objectives of this study are to assess ways of managing knowledge, to assess to check if the technical specifications needed for technical specification are satisfactory and to assess the relationship between knowledge management and the efficiency of the organization. The study has three significances to the government, to researchers a...
ABSTRACT This study intended to examine the CSR provided by the Green Resources Limited, taking Kilombero and Mufindi as case studies. The specific objectives of this study were to examine the policy areas, effects of the CSR and drivers of CSR. The study employed a cross sectional design to collect data only once. The sample size of the study was 50 respondents who were randomly selected. The data were collected by interview method with the use of questionnaires and interview. Data analysis...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of this study was to examine effectiveness of Save Our Souls (SOS) Children‟s Village in promoting welfare of the children, a case study of Ungujai- Zanzibar. The specific objectives used to guide this study were namely; to find out the roles of the village in promoting welfare of the children, to identify challenges facing the village in promoting welfare of the children and suggest measures that will help alleviation of the challenges. In conducting this study, t...
ABSTRACT Mathematics is essential for daily life and plays a crucial role in school curricula; yet students‘ performance in it remains very low worldwide, Tanzania not being exceptional. This study intended to find out whether teacher characteristics, teaching methods, use of teaching resources and student attitudes towards mathematics affect students‗ performance in mathematics or not. The study was conducted in Morogoro region at Morogoro municipality, which has a total of sixty seven p...
ABSTRACT The central focus of this study is to understand the way the local communities involve in the management of mangrove forest. It considers Bwejuu village in Zanzibar as a case study. The study used questionnaires schedules and interviews guides as tool of collecting data from the respondents concerned. Purposive sampling and the simple random techniques were resorted to whereby samples of almost 80 respondents were used to represent the total population of the universe. The study reve...
ABSTRACT The study assessed the Microfinance Institutions in delinquency management specifically at Dodoma Municipality. It is guided by four specific objectives which were: to determine the management strategies aimed at reducing MFI loan delinquency, to investigate the root course of delinquency in MFI, to evaluate the challenges facing MFIs in delinquency management and to assess the determinant parameters for effective MFI delinquency management. A sample of 110 respondents was used and ...