Implementing administrative decentralization in Mbozi district council, Tanzania

Kikosa, Geofrey Simon

dc.creator	Kikosa, Geofrey Simon
dc.date	2019-08-18T10:51:17Z
dc.date	2019-08-18T10:51:17Z
dc.date	2015
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-20T12:07:26Z
dc.date.available	2022-10-20T12:07:26Z
dc.identifier	Kikosa, G. S. (2015). Implementing administrative decentralization in Mbozi district council, Tanzania. Dodoma: The University of Dodoma
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/784
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/784
dc.description	Dissertation (MA Public Administration)
dc.description	The study focused on examining the implementation of administrative decentralization in Mbozi District Council, Tanzania. The specific objectives of the study were to examine the components of Administrative decentralization in Tanzania, to examine how Mbozi District Council implement decentralization particularly Human resource management component, to examine the influence of administrative decentralization in the performance of the Council and to examine challenges for effective implementation of District Council‟s roles. The cross-sectional study used both secondary and primary data. The sample consisted of 75, 1 District Chair Person of the Council, 10 Councilors, 1 District Executive Director, 13 Heads of Departments and 50 supporting Staffs. Data collection methods used was survey and interviews. Tools used were questionnaire and interview guide. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS and the processed were presented in frequencies and percentages in Tables and figures mainly pie chart and bar graph for interpretation of the findings. The research finding indicates that the council has limited power in managing human resources especially in making recruitment, selection, promotion, transferring, developing and firing their personnel. It can be concluded that limited power and authority of the Council in making recruitment, selection, promotion, transfer, developing and firing their personnel affect negatively the implementation of administrative decentralization in Tanzania. Nevertheless, the study recommended that, the central government should give local government authorities more power and authority financially and politically as stipulated in the policy paper on local government reform of 1998.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	The University of Dodoma
dc.subject	Administration
dc.subject	Administrative decentralization
dc.subject	Decentralization
dc.subject	Tanzania
dc.subject	Local government
dc.subject	Human resource management
dc.subject	Mbozi District
dc.subject	Human Resources Management
dc.subject	Mbozi
dc.title	Implementing administrative decentralization in Mbozi district council, Tanzania
dc.type	Dissertation