Download or read book Managing Organisations in Africa written by Peter Blunt and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-05-02 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing Organisations in Africa de Gruyter Studies in Organization.
Download or read book Managing Organisations in Africa written by Peter Blunt and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents case studies of African organizations reflecting the themes of strategy, structure, change and conflicts, and managing people. Includes exercises aimed at helping to practise skills and experience the processes surrounding central features of management.
Download or read book Sustainable Management Development in Africa written by Hamid Kazeroony and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-14 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainable Management Development in Africa examines how African management and business scholarship can serve African and multinational management and organizations operating in Africa. In a broader sense, this book, within an African context, explores how human capital and intellectual capabilities can be organized at the higher education level; describes the cultural, social, and political influencers impacting management and organization; helps conceptualize African management theories to address organizational effectiveness; addresses the current management and organizational practices in Africa in identifying challenges; and provides guidance for more effective management and organizational operation. Aimed at researchers, academics, and advanced students alike, this book lays the groundwork for the application of uniquely African theoretical and practical perspectives for sustainable management and organizational operation, as explained from a contemporary African point of view. In addition and most important, this book contains a uniquely African content that allows for developing new theories and examining new ways of doing business, thus reaffirming the rise of African scholarship in the fields of management, organization, and business.
Download or read book Management and Change in Africa written by Terence Jackson and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A website accompanies this book (www.africamanagement.org)".
Download or read book Managing Organizational Behavior in the African Context written by David B. Zoogah and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-12-12 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing Organizational Behavior in an African Context discusses management and organization science theories as they apply within the social, cultural and economic contexts in which organizations operate in Africa. The first organizational behavior book to cover the entire continent, it uses the findings of OB studies to establish a conceptual foundation, then explores how those topics apply in Africa's unique business environment. This integrative framework allows students and scholars to connect organizational phenomena in Africa with those in other parts of the globe. Illustrative examples, mini-cases, and self-assessment exercises all based on Africa-specific sectors, industries, and organizations round out this foundational guide to the OB field in Africa.
Download or read book Management of Organizations in Africa written by J. Muruku Waiguchu and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1999-04-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a guide to the way organizational management in Africa is practiced. It offers background and theory and stresses the application of concepts and principles to privatization, strategic planning, human resource planning and training, and to many other skills.
Download or read book African Management written by Aida Sy and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2020-07-06 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a panoramic view of the state of management research and practice in Africa. One of its objectives is to recognize current advances in management, applied economics and organizational research in some of the 54 nations that form the continent. The focus will be on new developments across the region with a particular emphasis on the defining cultural and traditional elements and innovations that make African management different.
Download or read book African Management of Organizations written by E. N. Chikwava and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Organisation and Management Theories an African Focus written by Lewis B. Dzimbiri and published by Cuvillier Verlag. This book was released on 2009 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Management in Africa written by Terri R. Lituchy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a comprehensive look at the current literatures and research based on empirical data from across different countries in Africa. It focuses on the work of leading scholars of management in and around Africa and the African Context, exploring whether we can at this point refer to ‘African Management’ as an emerging and distinct stream in the scholarly discourse in management. The main themes are macro and micro issues of Management in Africa, each chapter illustrating the historical or traditional view of Management in Africa versus the newer western business management perspective. This book presents current, in-depth, rigorous research and identifies future research and propositions, enabling scholars and students to gain an in-depth understanding of management as it is evolving and practiced in Africa.
Download or read book Managing Organisations in Africa written by Peter Blunt and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Africa written by Michelle Lee and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first of the two volumes, written with strong support from EFMD and GMAC, aimed at understanding and examining the challenges involved in management education across Africa.
Download or read book Understanding Organizational Leadership through Ubunt written by Chiku Malunga and published by Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2009-07-30 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding Organizational Leadership through Ubuntu offers a creative, innovative and holistic approach to understanding organizational leadership using the principles embodied in the African philosophy of personhood known as ubuntu - or the essence of being human. Using African proverbs, folktales and indigenous concepts, the book discusses the organizational principles of ubuntu and the leadership lessons that modern organizations can learn from these principles. The principles include sharing and collective ownership of opportunities, responsibilities and challenges, the importance of people and relationships over things, participatory leadership and decision making, loyalty, reconciliation, experiential learning and knowledge management By using humorous ways that touch people's heart to communicate organizational and personal management and improvement strategies, the book demystifies organizational language while at the same time enhancing its power. It also contributes to the much-needed cross-cultural dialogue among organizations and societies.
Download or read book Organisation and Management Theories An African Focus written by Lewis Baison Dzimbiri and published by Cuvillier Verlag. This book was released on 2009-01-13 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Psychology of Management in African Organizations written by Denis C. Ugwuegbu and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2001-07-30 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moreover, not only do the new African states suffer severe shortages of managers of any kind, they also lack resources to give those they do have the skills in human behavior management they need. Dr. Ugwuegbu's book seeks to improve management effectiveness and efficiency by providing a better, more comprehensive understanding of African work systems and the behavior of Africans at work. His book, the first of its kind, introduces the science of human behavior into the management of African organizations. It challenges the reign of colonial management practice and blames them for the failure of African managers to adopt modern management techniques.
Download or read book The Psychology of Management in African Organizations written by Denis C. E. Ugwuegbu and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Management Challenges in Different Types of African Firms written by Leona Achtenhagen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-05-18 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on management challenges in different types of companies, ranging from small to large, from private to public and from service to manufacturing in the African context. With empirical data from countries as diverse as Rwanda, Kenya and Ethiopia, it discusses the increasing economic importance of the African continent, covering relevant topics on sustainability and environmental issues, exports, logistics, HR issues, innovation and financial reporting. Through different conceptual insights and empirical case studies, the research presented serves as a useful resource for academics, students, and policy-makers interested in in-depth studies on management challenges in Africa.
