Higher Education Convening Tanzania: Challenges in workload allocation models and human resource management in universities

One of the challenges facing the governance of universities across the world is how to appropriately manage the academic wing of human resources and attain excellence in the core result areas of the university missions. The role of the academics is varied with many competing demands in teaching, research and community service. Trying to meet increasing demands in these areas in universities has resulted in many academics working long hours and expressing dissatisfaction with their working life (Vardi, 2009).