Effectiveness of national parks employment opportunities in improving local communities livelihoods: The case of Serengeti National Park
A dissertation submitted to Mzumbe University as partial /fulfillment of the requirements for the award degree of Master of Business Administration (MBA) of Mzumbe University
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| spelling | oai:41.59.85.69:123456789-15192024-10-22T06:38:25Z Effectiveness of national parks employment opportunities in improving local communities livelihoods: The case of Serengeti National Park Kehengu, Mtatiro Mangwe Tanzanian National Parks Wildlife Policy Rural livelihood and income Employment opportunities-National parks A dissertation submitted to Mzumbe University as partial /fulfillment of the requirements for the award degree of Master of Business Administration (MBA) of Mzumbe University This study was conducted to examine the effectiveness of employment opportunities in national parks in improving local communities livelihood; the case of Serengeti National Park in Mara region. This was pursued under the specific objectives that were to determine local people awareness of the nature of employment opportunities offered by Serengeti national park, to reassess the effectiveness of employment opportunities offered by Serengeti national park and to identify strategies that may cause improvement of livelihood. Both primary and secondary data were collected. Primary data were collected using checklist and structured questionnaires. Data collected were coded and analyzed with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) computer software. Data analysis entailed a number of descriptive statistics including frequencies, averages, cross tabulations and t-independent sample tests. Basing on results, this study concludes that the community has expectations of getting employment opportunities offered by SENAPA from different departments and sections like park rangers, drivers, operators, cleaners, revenue control, out rich works, Veterinary officers, Technicians, and accountants. Effectiveness of SENAPA in offering of employment of opportunities to the surrounding communities is of satisfactorily level and in addition that, SENAPA have increased its effectiveness by offering employment opportunities in permanent and contract basis than in temporally terms. Moreover, the study reveals that SENAPA have several strategies to improve the livelihood of the surrounding community, for example, provision of employment opportunities, financing programs like sports and games, provision of education to the surrounding community. The study recommended SENAPA to highlight several issues, special attention and strategies in order to improve local livelihood so as to become marketable and competitive in attracting the whole community Private 2024-10-21T10:27:36Z 2024-10-21T10:27:36Z 2015 Thesis APA https://scholar.mzumbe.ac.tz/handle/123456789/1519 en application/pdf Mzumbe University |
| spellingShingle | Tanzanian National Parks Wildlife Policy Rural livelihood and income Employment opportunities-National parks Kehengu, Mtatiro Mangwe Effectiveness of national parks employment opportunities in improving local communities livelihoods: The case of Serengeti National Park |
| title | Effectiveness of national parks employment opportunities in improving local communities livelihoods: The case of Serengeti National Park |
| title_full | Effectiveness of national parks employment opportunities in improving local communities livelihoods: The case of Serengeti National Park |
| title_fullStr | Effectiveness of national parks employment opportunities in improving local communities livelihoods: The case of Serengeti National Park |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effectiveness of national parks employment opportunities in improving local communities livelihoods: The case of Serengeti National Park |
| title_short | Effectiveness of national parks employment opportunities in improving local communities livelihoods: The case of Serengeti National Park |
| title_sort | effectiveness of national parks employment opportunities in improving local communities livelihoods the case of serengeti national park |
| topic | Tanzanian National Parks Wildlife Policy Rural livelihood and income Employment opportunities-National parks |
| url | https://scholar.mzumbe.ac.tz/handle/123456789/1519 |
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