ABSTRACT This study has aimed to examine contribution of financial institutions in reducing women poverty taking in Bahi district as a case study. Specifically, the study intended to examine the extent of women empowerment through SACCOS and VICOBA in households in Bahi district, to assess the impact of SACCOS and VICOBA on the member‟s socio – economic situation, to identify obstacles and challenges exist for women in gaining empowerment through micro-credit lending, and assess percepti...
ABSTRACT This study investigated on the effectiveness of OPRAS in the Public Service, specifically, the study intended to understand the perceptions of the users of OPRAS at PO-PSM to evaluate effectiveness of the performance review and appraisal system in use at PO-PSM and to find out, factors hindering the effectiveness of performance appraisal at PO-PSM. The study employed a case study design and collected data from ordinary employees and top management. Questionnaires for the ordinary em...
ABSTRACT Fund management is a critical function in organizations success. As a result, organization that manage their finances well have higher chances of success. Most NGOs in Tanzania are operating under poor financial performance and others fail even to submit annual activity reports and annual financial audited report at the end of each calendar year, to the donors, government and other stakeholders. This problem is attributed in failure to meet financial obligations during operation, poo...
ABSTRACT This research was put in place, in order to investigate on oil prices swing in Tanzania– the social and economic impact to the community. The study specifically, focused on investigating what causes of oil price swing, discover an impact of oil price swings strike on the fuel or oil users, travelers and businessmen or transport service providers, assess how price swings impacted the social (market) and economic activities to the community in general and document the status of oil p...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted in Nkuhungu and Kisasa areas in Dodoma Municipality. The general objective of the study was to assess customer satisfaction with the procedures used by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) in allocating surveyed building plots. Primary data were collected from respondents by means of questionnaires and interview. Secondary data were obtained through documentary review. A total of 70 respondents were involved. Data processing and analysis was done through S...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the role of promotional activities in the development of Tourism industry. The study has involved three objectives namely: to study the promotional activities undertaken by the various stakeholders in the development of tourism in Lake Manyara National Park (LMNP); to assess the impacts of promotional activities on tourism; and to examine the challenges relating to promotional activities. The study was conducted at Lake Manyara National Park within Manyara Region ...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted in Dodoma City Council to assess organization factors and performance of SME‟s taking Small and medium scale Sunflower industries as a case. The research objectives were to (i) determine the relationship between leadership style and performance of sunflower oil producing industries, (ii) determine the influence of organization structure on performance of sunflower oil producing industries and (ii) determine the relationship between human resource and perfor...
ABSTRACT There is contradicting views on the impact of credit on the growth of SMES. Some studies are for the intervention while others are quite against it. There are also studies which do not show any impact at all. This study was put in place to provide an empirical evidence of the impact of credit on growth of SMEs. The aim was to solidify findings for those who support the intervention. The study was set to meet three objectives, namely; identifying possible factors hindering the impleme...
ABSTRACT The study sought to establish the factors influencing tax compliance among Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Dar es Salaam. Tax is an important stream of revenue for government‟s development projects and therefore all efforts must be made by the governments to ensure that it accurately and efficiently collects revenues so as to facilitate its operations. Specifically, the study establishes the level of tax compliance among SMEs in Dar es Salaam. The researcher outlined a detai...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to assess the factors that hinder effective implementation of the Property and Business Formalization Programme (PBFP) in Kikwe ward in Meru District. The research employed a case study survey technique. The study adopted both qualitative and quantitative approaches, whereby 85 heads of household, 4 government officials and 4 village leaders were used as respondents in this study. Research data were collected using cross sectional approach whereby both quest...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted to assess factors affecting individual buying behavior. The study had three objectives to accomplish, namely; to assess the characteristics of individual buying behaviours in the study setting, to determine the main factors which influence individual buying behaviour, and to understand the main reasons behind customers’ buying behaviour with regards to place where they purchased their goods. The study was approached by using a case study design where two su...
ABSTRACT This study has aimed at investigating the factors affecting women entrepreneurs in establishing and growing their enterprises in Dodoma Municipality, Tanzania. Specifically, the study specifically intended to understand the push and pull factors which made women to go into business endeavours, to identify the key factors which hindered women entrepreneurs in establishing their enterprises, and to understand the limiting factors for the growth of women based established enterprises. T...
ABSTRACT The performance of young entrepreneurs in Tanzania is faced by an inadequate access to business support services (BSS). This study examined the influence of business incubators on the performance of young entrepreneurs in higher learning institutions in Tanzania. The study was conducted in Dar es Salaam and Morogoro regions where the two universities business incubation centers, (i.e. the University of Dar es Salaam and Sokoine University) were purposively selected. Incubatees were s...
ABSTRACT This research aimed at assessing customer satisfaction with banking services using Dodoma CRDB Bank branch as a case study. Specifically, the study examined the implementation of customer satisfaction measures, factors that determine satisfaction with services provided by banks and challenges facing the Dodoma CRDB Bank branch. The study used a cross sectional design in a case study that aimed to get in depth data and study the satisfaction once irrespectively. This study used random...
ABSTRACT This study focuses on the effectiveness of managing financial risks in social security institutions using a case of Local Authorities Pensions Fund (LAPF). The objectives of the study were to identify the financial risks available in LAPF operations, identify measures taken by LAPF to combat financial risks and examine the effectiveness of the existing measures being taken by LAPF in managing the financial risks. Structured interviews, questionnaires and observation were used to obta...