A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the
award of Degree of Master of Business Administration-Corporate Management
of Mzumbe University
Corporate governance is a concept that involves practices that entail the organization
of management and control of companies. It reflects the interaction among those
persons and groups, which provide resources to the company and contribute to its
performance such as shareholders, employees, creditors, long-term suppliers and
subcontractors. Corporate governance has received much attention in the accounting
literature, with studies focusing on the impact of corporate governance and the
financial performance of the firm. None of these studies have focused on the
relationship between corporate governance and financial performance of the deposit
taking Savings and Credit Cooperatives in Tanzania.
This study aims to explore the relationship between corporate governance and the
financial performance of the deposit taking Savings and Credit Cooperatives in
Tanzania. The main objective of this study will be to investigate the relationship
between corporate governance and the financial performance of the deposit taking
Savings and Credit Cooperatives in Tanzania. This research problem will be studied
through the use of a descriptive research design. The population of interest of this
study will be the SACCOS that are operating in Tanga Region.
The study will target the 1000 respondents from the SACCOs within the Region and
more particularly on the top, middle and lower level management staff. A sample of
10% will be selected from the 1000 target respondents. This will generate a sample
of 100 respondents which the study will seek information from. Data collection will
involve a self-administered questionnaire Observation and interview. The researcher
will drop the questionnaires physically at the respondents‟ place of work. The
researcher will select a pilot group of 5 individuals from the target sample of the staff
working in deposit taking SACCOs to test the reliability of the research instrument.
Data collected will be purely text and it will be analyzed qualitatively. Tables will be
used to summarize responses for further analysis and facilitate comparison.