Skills Development Challenges and Their Mitigation in Informal Micro Enterprises in Tanzania

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dc.creatorMsuya, Mwanaidi Shafii
dc.date2019-03-16T13:11:31Z
dc.date2019-03-16T13:11:31Z
dc.date2019-01
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-20T08:35:06Z
dc.date.available2022-10-20T08:35:06Z
dc.descriptionPossession of relevant skills opens new opportunities for informal microbusiness to improve their productivity hence become competitive. However, the available means of skills development are not user friendly to micro enterprises. The objective of this research is to investigate strategies of skills development relevant to informal micro businesses in Tanzania. Based on desktop research the study identifies challenges of skills development to include; ignorance, perceived cost, lack of resources, employees poaching and lack of contextualized skills development programs. The study proposed a set of alternative approaches to skills development in informal micro business which include; e-learning, public funded or low-cost skills development schemes, usage of psychological contracts, contextualizing the skills development programs, and ubiquitous learning.
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dc.identifierMwanaidi Shafii Msuya (2019), Paper Title: Skills Development Challenges and their mitigation in Informal Micro Enterprises in Tanzania. Business Education Journal (BEJ),
dc.identifierhttp://dspace.cbe.ac.tz:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/141
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/79247
dc.languageen
dc.publisherCollege of Business Education
dc.relationVolume 2;Issue No: 2
dc.subjectSkills development, informal microbusinesses, micro enterprises, informal workers.
dc.subjectSkills development
dc.subjectinformal microbusinesses
dc.subjectmicro enterprises
dc.subjectinformal workers
dc.titleSkills Development Challenges and Their Mitigation in Informal Micro Enterprises in Tanzania
dc.typeArticle

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