Analysis of Optimum Solution to Enhance Utilization of ICT services at the Grassroots Community: The Case Study of Dodoma Municipal Council in Tanzania

ثبت نشده
چکیده

The study intended to analyze the optimum solution to enhance utilization of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) services to the grassroots community in Dodoma Municipal Council (DMC) in Tanzania. The specific objectives of this study were to: identify the availability and use of ICT infrastructures for service delivery at grassroots level; identify possible Local Government Authorities (LGAs) services/products offered through the use of ICT services; identify challenges that LGAs face in using ICT infrastructures for service delivery and recommend the best solution to enhance utilization of ICT services to the grassroots community for efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery to the grassroots community. The study findings points out that a variety of ICT tools and services have not been used in the Dodoma Municipal Council (DMC) for service delivery and communication to the grassroots community. The following are the factors that were identified why ICT has not been used for service delivery to the grassroots community: inadequacy of ICT infrastructures; lack of necessary skills; lack of awareness of ICT services; lack of an ICT policy; lack of proper planning for the embracing ICT technologies in DMC and lack of ICT education on how to use ICT equipments. Therefore, recommendations were made on the optimum solutions to enhance the utilization of ICT services to the grassroots community which includes: Installation of ICT infrastructures and ICT technologies to the DMC as well as to grassroots community.

برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید

ثبت نام

اگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید

منابع مشابه

Effective Utilization of Information Technology Services by Employees in Public Sector: A Study of Geita District Council Tanzania

This study intended to assess the utilization of information technology services by employees in public sector through taking Geita District Council, Tanzania as a case study. The study aimed at examining the utilization of IT services as a tool to generate efficiency of work in order to find out IT services utilized by employees in the organization; it also investigates the role of IT sectors ...

متن کامل

Tomato Value Chain Information System in Tanzania: Lessons from Kilolo District and Dodoma Municipality, Tanzania

The major challenge for the tomato farmers is getting a fair price at the market price given that there are many actors involved in the tomato value chain. Given this situation, this project's goal was to improve communication pathways in dissemination of agricultural market information in tomato value chains in Iringa and Dodoma Regions in Tanzania. The specific objectives were to: identify an...

متن کامل

Do Management and Leadership Practices in the Context of Decentralisation Influence Performance of Community Health Fund? Evidence From Iramba and Iringa Districts in Tanzania

Background In early 1990s, Tanzania like other African countries, adopted health sector reform (HSR). The most strongly held centralisation system that informed the nature of services provision including health was, thus, disintegrated giving rise to decentralisation system. It was within the realm of HSR process, user fees were introduced in the health sector. Along with user fees, various typ...

متن کامل

The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on the Human Development in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: An Empirical Study

The main goal of this study is to investigate the impact of information and communication technology (ICT) on human development in the six Gulf Cooperation Council countries (GCC), particularly, the effect of ICT development index on the three-key component of human development; income, health, and education. The study focused on the years 2005-2014. Based on the theoretical background explaine...

متن کامل

Diversity of bird's communities on dumpsite and sewage stabilization ponds of Moshi Municipal, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Urban development is rapidly expanding across the globe and is a major driver of environmental change. It is important to understand how bird species responds to urbanization. Therefore I conducted a qualitative study of birds associated with waste sites such as dumpsite and sewage stabilization ponds was carried out on Moshi municipal. The study assessed the diversity between dumpsite and sewa...

متن کامل

ذخیره در منابع من


  با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید

برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید

ثبت نام

اگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید

عنوان ژورنال:

دوره   شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014