Browsing by Author "Mwombeki, Frank A."

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Attributes Influencing Effectiveness of Employees’ Innovation in Telecommunication Industry in Tanzania
(TIA, 2022-06) Kikuli, Miriam D.; Mwombeki, Frank A.
This study aimed at examining attributes influencing the effectiveness of employees’ innovation in telecommunication industry in Tanzania using Tigo as a reference. Specifically, the study focused on the assessment of the influence of personal competence, leadership styles, technology and financial resources on employees’ innovation in terms of the number of employees’ creative ideas and projects turned into innovation. The study employed a cross-sectional survey strategy to collect data from a sample of 78 employees and open ended questionnaires to collect additional information from 5 key informants who were senior members of Tigo, Tanzania. Descriptive statistics and Multiple Linear Regression were used to analyse data and test formulated hypotheses respectively. The findings show that leadership styles and technology strongly influence employees’ innovation in Telecommunication Companies. The study findings imply that it is very crucial for human resource directors to motivate staff to make them innovative. Also, ICT, research and development departments should be given more budgets and intensive trainings in order to build employees’ innovative capacity. Therefore, it is recommended that technology and leadership style should be seriously considered by company’s management when making strategies and plans for innovative growth in an organization particularly Telecommunication Industry.
Effect of Audit Opinions and Entity's Characteristics on Audit Committees' Effectiveness in Government Entities in Tanzania
(TIA, 2022-12-01) Mwombeki, Frank A.
This paper examines the influence of audit opinions and entity characteristics on audit committee effectiveness (ACE) in government entities. Using a large sample of government entities in Tanzania as a reference, the paper adopted the resource dependency theory to explain the theme. Data were collected from 230 government entities' financial statements and Controller and Auditor General (CAG) reports from 2014/15 to 2019/20. The ordinary least square (OLS) technique was utilised to obtain regression results. The results show that disclaimer opinion negatively affects Audit Committee (AC) effectiveness. Qualified Opinion and Adverse Opinion were found to be insignificant though they had a negative relationship the same as disclaimer opinion. Specifically, unqualified opinion is a significant positive aspect related to AC effectiveness. Furthermore, entity structure, size, and location significantly and positively influenced AC effectiveness. On the other hand, firm age had statistically insignificant effect. The study findings imply that an entity should have experienced/competent audit committee members in accountancy. Also, the audit committee must be well-composed and have sufficient resources to obtain a clean report. Therefore, the paper recommends inviting the national audit office to every audit committee meeting. The board and management should emphasise on the budget for the training AC members. Further, the President's Office - TAMISEMI and the ministry responsible for finance should insist on the establishment and activeness of AC in all government entities in Tanzania. As per the author's knowledge, this paper adds new empirical knowledge by utilising CAG reports to link the effectiveness of AC with audit opinions and entity characteristics in Tanzania.