Factors influencing promotion and or appointments of political appointees in Tanzania

The discourse of political promotion and or appointment in work places has been doubtful for many decades. Despite many literatures narrating on the various systems of promotion, yet the perception of workers on credentials used for promotion has not been reflecting what ought to be done in accordance to the management professionalism. The study entails to find out if competence based was among the credentials used for appointing or promoting workers in work places. It further seeks to find out if appointment of political appointees was perceived to be, competent based. Therefore, this paper provides findings on the perception of workers on factors perceived to be used for promoting or appointing political appointees in Tanzania. The study used a purposeful sampling of a focus group of workers pursuing MBA degree at the Tumaini University. The students are employees of different places in Tanzania ranging from public and private sectors. The respondents emanates from 19 regions of Tanzania. The total sample of students was 40. Interview and questionnaire were the leading data collection strategies. Excel was the tool used for data presentation. The findings reveal that most workers perceive that promotion and appointments is related to religion relationships, intimacy relationships, corruption and tribalism.