Role of Leadership on Employees Performance: a Case Study of Isevya Secondary School and Mihayo Secondary School in Tabora Municipal.

Nyahinga, Lucas (2020) Role of Leadership on Employees Performance: a Case Study of Isevya Secondary School and Mihayo Secondary School in Tabora Municipal. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

The world of business is constantly faced with challenges by the external environment, demand for increased participation and competition and therefore employees are seen as intangible assets that contribute to the continued success of an organisation. This study thought-out at examining the Role of Leadership on Employees Performance: a Case Study of Isevya and Mihayo Secondary Schools in Tabora Municipal. The study was guided by three research objectives with research questions framed from specific objectives to guide the study. Three objectives were to identify strategies used by the management of Isevya and Mihayo secondary school to improve employees’ performance, to find out whether the strategies used by the leadership of Isevya and Mihayo secondary school improve employee performance and the last objective was to recommend strategies that would help the management to improve performance. Case study research design was applied in the study, simple random sampling was used when selecting the study samples from two areas selected. The study employed both qualitative and quantitative methods engaging 57 respondents across all departments of the schools under study. The Empirical information was collected through documentaries review, observation and questionnaires. Findings of the study signifies that management encouraging employee’s to participate in decision making and making regular appraisal to employees improves organisation performance. The study recommends that supervisors should evaluate their leadership strategies and approaches to its employee’s. Moreover, vertical and horizontal communication should be improved. Keywords: Role, Leadership, Employee & Employee Performance.

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