A Dissertation Submitted to the School of Public Administration and Management (SOPAM) in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Award of the Degree of Master of Science in Human Resource Management (Msc. HRM) of Mzumbe University, Tanzania
Effective delegation is one of the most fundamental skill-sets that makes or breaks a manager and his or her career. Few people understand delegation and, in practice, it is the easiest of all the skills to get wrong. Since delegation is a two-sided pattern of authority, it needs adjustments and sacrifices from both delegator and the delegatee to accomplish organization's goals. For decades, effective delegation practice, which is crucial dimension for effective managerial practice, has been largely neglected. The main problem is the factors influencing the process and practice of effective delegation is not well understood by both delegatees and delegators in public organization, but the problem persists in Kibaha Education Centre which made the organization performing poorly. The purpose of this sturdy was to assess the factors influencing effective delegation in public organization a case study of Kibaha Education Centre (KEC).to embark on case sturdy 30th June 2014, a 100 respondents were involved Head of Departments, line managers, junior staff included (58%) males‟ respondents and (42%) females. Through purposive sampling technique used questionnaires, interviews and documentary by reflecting the views of informants both primary and secondary data were collected and analyzed by SPSS version 11.5.On examining the practices of delegation, majority (99%) of respondents could describe the delegation process within the organization. Only( 1% )of the respondent was not aware of what delegation practise was.On finding out challenges influencing effective delegation. It was discovered that (51%) of respondents said that Psychological as one of the factors, (47%) communications, (41%) talked about skills of the subordinate and fear of both subordinate and boss as obstacles in delegation. Also, findings revealed that Mechanisms for effective delegation process to be used in KEC and any other public organization, a total of (75%) espondents suggesting that clear communication channels must be kept in place when delegating duties to subordinates. (65%)respondents talked about Recognition and Appreciation
to a person who gets the delegated task done. total of (80%) respondents also agigated for clearly defining the task to be delegated by so doing,the practice of delegation in performing duties will get enhanced.in conlusion Managers must