The Effects of Talent Management Practices on the Performance of the Executive Agencies in Tanzania: The Case of Tanzania Public Service College

Mtinda, Fadhili Shabani (2019) The Effects of Talent Management Practices on the Performance of the Executive Agencies in Tanzania: The Case of Tanzania Public Service College. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

The study aimed at assessing the effects of talent management practices on the performance of the Executive Agencies in Tanzania a case of Tanzania Public Service College. The institution has faced the challenge of low productivity in relation to the number of employees it has and the study sought to find the role of employees’ talent on the performance of the organization and hence to come up with proper strategies for managing employees talents. The main objective of the study was to assess the effects of talent management practices on the performance of the organization. A qualitative research design was used in the form of a case study as the study focused specifically at Tanzania Public Service College. The research population was 208 employees, a sample of 95 employees was selected using a purposive sampling procedures. Data was collected using questionnaire method and analyzed using SPSS and Excel. The findings show that poor talents management strategies such as poor succession plan policy, inadequate training and development programs, improper career development planning had significant effects to the organization performance. The budget, negative perceptions on succession plan, poor identification of potential employee were the key challenges revealed by the research in ensuring proper talent management. The study recommends that Tanzania Public Service College has to prepare budgets for employees training and development programmes, design and implement good succession plan policy, support employees career development, raised awareness to all employees about the benefits of proper succession plan as a way to reduce negative perception of it. Employees must be motivated, engaged, developed and retained for enhancing organizational productivity.

Item Type: Thesis (Masters)
Subjects: 600 Technology > 658 Gerneral management
Divisions: Faculty of Business Management > Department of Leadership and Governance
Depositing User: Mr. Administrator OUT
Date Deposited: 24 Nov 2020 09:27
Last Modified: 24 Nov 2020 09:27
URI: http://repository.out.ac.tz/id/eprint/2525

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