Assessing the Influence Information Management on Human Resource Decision-Making in Ruvuma Regional Secretariat, Tanzania

Abstract

This study focused on assessing the impact of information management on human resource decision-making in Ruvuma Regional Secretariat. An explanatory research design and a qualitative research approach were used in this study. The study population included heads of departments, managers and staffs in Ruvuma Regional Secretariat. The sample size was 58 who were selected using purposive and convenience sampling techniques. The interviews were used to collect data. Content analysis was used to analyse the qualitative data collected from participants to decode their meaning. The qualitative discoveries of this study obtained from individual interviews, discovered three (3) influences of information management on human resource decision-making namely; increased competitiveness of managers in the decision-making process, increased effectiveness of managers in the decision-making process and solving different problems that appear in the organisation. Henceforward, this research recommends that to enhance the effectiveness of human resources decision-making in organisations, there is a need to ensure that there is adequate data, an effective communication network, accessibility of data and data quality.