Local government authorities defines as a legal empowered local administrative authorities representing community at a grass root level for carrying necessary duties. However, in Tanzania, local government authorities work as agent of central government. In this case, performing duties and functions according to community interest. But more important is delivering services to the local communities. In Tanzania case, there is lower local government authorities operating at cluster involving sub- villages and villages or Mtaa (Street) while at higher level means district or urban/municipal/city level. All leaders are elected by people and leadership carried by councilors who are also elected according to established regulations.
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Civic Engagement and Strategic Leadership for Organizational Development: Community-Based Organizational Development in Tanzania, Africa
Robert W. Kisusu (Tarime Institute of Business Management, Tanzania) and Samson T. Tongori (Buhemba Community Development Training Insitute, Tanzania)
Copyright: © 2020
|Pages: 19
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2372-8.ch002
Abstract
Community-based organizations (CBOs) are non-profit organizations established voluntarily by members in order to deliver specified services effectively. However, CBO development in Tanzania reported performing unsatisfactorily. This chapter highlights causal key problems and controversial and established solutions that can improve CBO development. Among the problems are financial dependency, weak managerial skills, low ICT coverage, gender inequality, poverty, and poor infrastructure. But the controversial issues are ineffective consultation between key actors and gender dominated by males. To achieve CBO development, the chapter notes the use of civic engagement, especially sensitization, awareness creation while strategic leadership focus on voluntary, sacrificial and compromising leaderships. The chapter concludes that CBO development in Tanzania is best to apply components of civic engagement and strategic leadership while the recommendation is to combine and integrate both civic engagement and strategic leadership with their essential sub-components.