ABSTRACT This study aimed at analyzing the role of gender in adoption of Post Harvest Technologies (PHT) among maize smallholder farmers at Kilosa District in Tanzania. Specifically, this study aimed to determine the prevalence of PHT among maize smallholder farmers; to analyze the role of gender in the work / task division among maize smallholder farmers and to analyze the gendered decision-making process towards adoption of PHT among maize smallholder farmers. The collected data were prima...
ABSTRACT This study attempts to fill a knowledge gap by investigating corporate governance practices of Namibia Power Corporation (Pty) Limited (NamPower), Telecom Namibia Limited (Telecom), Air Namibia (Pty) Limited (Air Namibia), and Namibia Ports Authority Limited (Namport). It focuses on the role of the government as the sole shareholder, the supervisory role of the board, the executive role of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and how each influences corporate governance practices a...
ABSTRACT Studies which link job satisfaction and workers‟ performance often, provide an inconsistent findings. Due to that, researchers directed this as an area that required more attention. This study, was out to investigate on the impact of job satisfaction on workers‟ performance by taking a case of Tanzania electric Supply Company limited (TANESCO), Dodoma Municipality. The work, was carried out by using a case study methodology and employed multiple methods in data collection and ana...
ABSTRACT Because of high customer defections and switching between banks in Tanzania, the study focused on identifying the factors that influence customer retention in the banking sector in the country. Four specific objectives namely, to identify and study strategies used by NMB and CRDB to retain customers, to determine the effectiveness of the strategies used by NMB and CRDB to retain customers, to examine the challenges facing banks in retaining customers and to explore possible prospecti...
ABSTRACT The banking sector is one of the most powerful financial management agencies which have a major role in the economic growth of Tanzania. Due to its necessity on the national economy every bank has the need to maintain good organizational culture for the employees as to avoid bank stress. Depending on the type of culture that is created in an organization, it can have a positive or negative effect on employee performance and job stress. Therefore, this study has intended to analyze th...
ABSTRACT The broad objective of this study was to investigate the influence of incentive schemes and employee performance in educational institutions using the case of the University of Dodoma. Specifically, the study aimed at determining the influence of incentive on employees‟ performance at the University of Dodoma; compare the effects of financial and non-financial incentives in motivating employees at the University of Dodoma and to suggest measures to improve the performance of emplo...
ABSTRACT Social security schemes are basically promoted to play a vital role to its members in terms of creating economic output, encourage investment for both formal and informal sector employees, promotes productivity, sustain economic activities and wage security. This study focused on the factors that influence enrolment to the NSSF among the informal sector employees in Tanzania. Specifically, this study addressed the challenges faced by informal sector employees in the National Social...
ABSTRACT This study, was put in place in order to investigate on the effects of professional accounting development training on employees’ performance in Local Government Authorities by taking a case of Dodoma Municipality. The study indented to accomplish four research objectives, which were; to investigate how training of staff in accounting and auditing departments was conducted at Dodoma Municipality, to find out workers competence in terms of education and academic qualification, wit...
ABSTRACT This study focused on the International Sourcing for Public Organizations in Tanzania: A case of College of African Wildlife Management, Mweka. It specifically aimed at first, assessing the attitude of public procurement department officials in Tanzania when sourcing internationally, and secondly, examining the key factors that drive public organizations in Tanzania to source internationally. The third objective was to assess the challenges facing Tanzanians‟ public organizations ...
ABSTRACT Tanzanian smallholder farmers, lose up to 40% of their harvests due to poor handling and storage methods. Postharvest Losses (PHLs), are high for different crops, but are of particular concern for grains, especially cereal and pulses which form the base for food and income for the majority of households in the study area. The study objectives aimed at determining the adoption of different types of PHTs and PHPs used by farming households in Kongwa and Kondoa districts, by mapping ty...
Abstract The importance of SMEs in the economies of all countries is well documented in literature worldwide. SMEs play an important role in world economies, including that of Namibia. These roles include employment creation, contribution to gross domestic product (GDP) and the generation of income. The purpose of this paper was to analyse early-stage formal SME funding challenges in Windhoek, Namibia. This was informed by the high SME failure rate of 75% at the early stage. The research ob...
ABSTRACT The study sought to investigate the factors that hamper the growth of registered small and medium enterprises, specifically in Katutura Central Constituency, in order to develop an understanding of the dynamics of SMEs. The study was motivated by the fact that despite the establishment of the SME Incubation Centres in Katutura with the objective of assisting small businesses to grow into formal small and medium enterprises, most of them are still in incubation. The research study em...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study is threefold namely, to do an evaluation of the strategy implementation practices at the National Housing Enterprise (NHE) and to understand what are the current challenges and impeders that are hampering the implementation of the strategic plan as well as to make recommendations on how the implementation of the formulated and approved strategic plan can be improved in order to realise the goals and objectives as stipulated in the strategic plan. This study...
ABSTRACT This study examined the influence of transparency in preparation and presentation of financial statements in local government authorities. Particularly, the study wished to establish whether participation of the public in local government finance decisions enhanced transparency. Further, the study explored both the advantages of transparency and challenges facing finance departments of local government authorities in the course of preparing and presenting financial information. The ...
ABSTRACT Change has become important and unavoidable in today’s business environment. The dynamic business environment of today requires organisations to be continuously changing their systems and structures for survival and in order to remain competitive. However, many change initiatives face big challenges and have a low success rate. The study was conducted to evaluate the resistance to organisational change and its effect on employee productivity at Telecom Namibia. The purpose of the...