Tobacco Research

TOPIC:

AN INVESTIGATION INTO HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING IN THE TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO FIRE SERVICE: (TTFS)
CONCENTRATION ON THE CRITICAL FACTORS IN SUCCESSION PLANNING

SUBMITTED BY:
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
MA.IN MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME

M.70 CBS RESEARCH METHODS

31 JULY, 2007

Table of Contents

Page
Background 1
Literature Review 4
Role of Theory 6
Research Questions and Objectives 9
Methodology and Methods of Enquiry 9
Resources and Access required 15
Ethical Considerations 15
References 16

List of Figures 1 Organizational Chart 2 2 Research Design Diagram 14
Appendices
1 Establishment-Uniformed Personnel 19 2 Ranks to be involved data collection process 20 3 Cover Letter and Sample Questionnaire 21 4 Gantt Chart-Time Scale for Research Project 29 5 List of Acronyms 30

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COVENTRY UNIVERSITY M70 CBS RESEARCH PROPOSAL

TITLE

AN INVESTIGATION INTO HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING IN THE TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO FIRE SERVICE: CONCENTRATION ON THE CRITICAL FACTORS IN SUCCESSION PLANNING

BACKGROUND

The Trinidad & Tobago Fire Service (TTFS) is fifty-six years old, having been separated from the Police Force in 1951. The organizational chart of the TTFS has remained a pyramidical paramilitary structure. This chart governs the span of control, and the reporting relationships that link the people, tasks and functions at every level of the organization (Figure1). According to Act No. 10 of 1997, Section 3A of the Fire Service Act Chap: 35:50 as amended, the purposes of the Trinidad and Tobago Fire Service are: • To save and protect life or property from damage or destruction by fire or other hazards, whether fire related or not. • To provide and advise upon preventive measures against the

References: ROLE OF THEORY Peter and Hull (1969:27) assert that in hierarchical organizations every employee sooner or later rises to and remains at his level of incompetence