Career development and organizational performance case study: Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited headquarter Dar es salaam, Tanzania
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2010-05
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Kampala International University, School of Business and Management
Abstract
The study was carried out in Tanzania Electric Supply Company (TANESCO) along
Morogoro Road, Dar -es -Salaam, Tanzania. The study focused on career development
and organizational performance. The study was limited to career development which was
characterized by management styles, succession planning, and training and organizational
performance which were characterized by improved Quality of work lives, attraction of
talent individuals, motivation and satisfaction basing on the period of January 2009 up to
date.
The study was guided by the following objectives: To examine the effects of
management style on organizational perf01mance at Tanzania Electric Supply Company,
to assess the effects of succession planning on the organizational performance at
Tanzania Electric Supply Company and to examine the effects of training on
organizational performance at Tanzania Electric Supply Company.
The study adopted a case study research design the main purpose was to communicate a
problem in more precious investigations and whereby both qualitative and quantitative
methods of data analysis were used. Tanzania Electric Supply Company has a population
of workforce of 4,896 persons. This consists of workforce from Tanzanian mainland and
island of Zanzibar where they are in different departments such as engineering, finance,
human resources, information technology and marketing.
The study findings signposted that majority of the respondents in TANESCO 9 (or 30%)
had worked for 06- 1 0 years and skilled. It revealed that employees had over stayed in the
organization due to some activities such as training and succession planning and the
research findings showed that the dominm1t management style was participative.
Aligning on discoveries the following recommendations were proposed by the researcher:
Career or job changes by employees in TANESCO should be based on the understanding
of organizations' job descriptions, understand job posting systems, and selection policies.
Coordinated, integrated efforts of the HR staffs, employees, managers and organizations
are the key to success in careerr development at T ANESCO.
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A Research Report Submitted to the School of Business and Management in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of the Bachelor's Degree of Human Resource Management of Kampala International University
Keywords
development, Career