A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of Degree of Master of Science in Human Resource Management (MSc HRM) of Mzumbe University
In the public service the government body known as Public Service Commission (PSC) is responsible for supervising recruitment and selection and make sure it is merit-based. This study evaluated the supervisory function of Public Service Commission in recruitment and selection of public servants in Tanzania.
The specific objectives of this study were as follows: first it was to find out at what extent guidelines issued by PSC on recruitment and selection are adhered to PSRS. The second objective was to examine the efficiency of PSC in monitoring and evaluation towards compliance. Thirdly, the objective was to determine factors hindering regulatory measures taken by PSC. The gap from literature reviews showed that the studies ever done on the functions of PSC were based on general service delivery and other on the appeal function and others from outside Tanzania. Hence, there is no study done before on the supervisory function of PSC in recruitment and selection.
This study was a descriptive survey design; whereby it involved two public service institutions which are PSC and PSRS. The study used purposive sampling. The sample size included all PSC officers in concerned departments and officers in PSRS. This made the sample size to be 37. In primary data the study used questionnaires and interview methods. In secondary data documentary review was used. The data analysis methods used in this study was SPSS so to come up with outcome which was interpretative. Research findings showed that PSRS adheres to a greater extent with recruitment and selection guidelines issued by PSC. The findings also showed that PSC’s M and E is less efficient towards compliance with recruitment guidelines. The research findings also showed that factors hindering PSC’s regulatory measures against violation of recruitment guidelines are as follows: inadequate resources, lack of disciplinary powers, structural limitation and lack of autonomy. In policy context, this implies that PSC has been given responsibilities without being given authority and adequate resources to execute those responsibilities.