Dissertations (Masters)-HRM-SOPAM

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    Factors responsible for trade union membership in Mbeya city council, Tanzania
    (Mzumbe University, 2019) Merydon, Godian
    The study was intended to examine the factors for trade union membership in Mbeya city council, Tanzania. The thesis has six chapters, chapter I-Introduction, IILiterature review, III-Research methodology, Chapter IV-findings, chapter-V Discussion of findings, chapter-VI summary, conclusion, recommendations and policy implications. Lastly, a study ends up with Reference and Appendices. Either, main objective of the study was to examine the factors responsible for trade union membership in MCC with specific reference to TUGHE, CWT and TALGWU. Also a study was guided by three specific objectives which are to examine the operation of trade union membership in MCC, to examine the reasons for employees to join trade unions in MCC, to examine the contribution of each factor that influences employee to join trade union in MCC. A case study design was used by employing a sample of 75 respondents was adopted through purposive and simple randomly sampling. Regarding data collection methods a study used a research instruments which are interviews, questionnaire and documentary review, which applied to gather the required information as per the research questions. A study found that most of employees in MCC joined trade union for the sake of sense of security, minimizing discrimination, peer pressure, collective bargaining but fewer joined trade union just because of being bounded by the regulatory framework. A study concluded that the MCC should allow their employees to be free to make a choice on the labour union they prefer and be willing to join it, also Government should always accept the advice from the trade union in doing so the welfare of the employees will be improved and others will be influenced to join.
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    Challenges facing trade union on achieving workplace democracy: A case of A to Z textile mill, Tanzania
    (Mzumbe University, 2015) Pachi, Ramadhan
    The study focused on challenges faced by trade unions on attaining workplace democracy at A to Z Textile Mill, Tanzania. Five research questions used to accomplish the study objectives were: What roles does trade union play in workplace democracy at A to Z Textiles Mills? How is workplace democracy implemented at A to Z Textiles Mills? What are the attitudes of stakeholders towards workplace democracy at A to Z Textiles Mills? What are the challenges facing trade union in achieving workplace democracy at A to Z Textiles Mills?; and What are possible solutions for the challenges which face trade union at A to Z Textiles Mills? It emerged from the study that Trade Union had been playing a great role in achieving democracy at A to Z Textile Mill. For example, it used to hold weekly meeting between workers and managers; there was a representation in the workers council and employees had freedom to select their own representatives. It is recommended that TUICO should find more financial resources in order to sustain its growth as a statutory vehicle for the articulation and protection of the collective interests of workers. Also, TUICO should provide more Training to its members for enabling them to be aware of their employment rights and conduct meetings regularly so as to know different problems of its members concerning their employment. Moreover, TUICO should establish anti-corruption committee for combating corruption particularly during elections so as to avoid management to plant its people in TUICO leadership that would be an obstacle for employees to achieve their interests. Furthermore, the government should make amendment in Employment Labour Relation Act of 2004 in order to allow for unconditional employees’ unions and strikes. Further studies are called up to find out the best solutions to solve challenges faced by trade unions on attaining workplace democracy. There is also a need for broader studies to be conducted to include other organisations from other parts of Tanzania in order to draw a wider understanding about challenges faced by trade unions on attaining workplace democracy.
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    Contribution of trade unions on promoting employment security among fuel filling stations’ workers in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
    (Mzumbe Unversity, 2017) Nkaya, Lena Martin
    This study explored the contribution of trade unions in promoting employment security for workers in fuel filling stations in Dar es Salaam. It involved a structured questionnaire with 102 randomly selected respondents from 52 filling stations (31 from city center and 21 outside the city) and interviews with two officials from TAMICO as well as review of official documents including action plans. Questionnaire data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20 software plus manual examination of statistical outputs. Data from interviews and documentary sources were analyzed using thematic and content analysis methods. The findings revealed that, majority of the workers experienced employment security challenges in their workplaces. Majority of respondents felt that their security of employment was either very low or low. The key employment security challenges include fear of losing job, limited employers’ concern for employees’ livelihood, threats of being fired, lower wages, and absence (or unclear) contractual employment terms. Gender and the duration that the workers had worked for the filling station were the only demographic factors that were significantly associated with variation in perceptions of employment security. Overall, employees felt that TAMICO has very low contribution to the promotion of their employment security, mainly due to absence of TAMICO operations in most of the work places. The strategies that TAMICO used to promote employment security were pioneering, monitoring, educational, and networking where more preference was shifting to networking. Resources paucity, the nature of the target clientele, management capacity, and the dilemma of legitimacy were the main challenges to TAMICO. The study concludes by emphasizing the need to look at the problem of employment security as multiphase and thus requires a broad focus on employees, employment conditions, and trade union dimensions. Among others, the study recommends for capacity building for the workers and employers, implementation of workplace monitoring policy measures, and a collaborative partnership model in the promotion of employment security.