Management Challenges for Africa in the Twenty-First Century

Theoretical and Applied Perspectives

AvFelix M. Edoho,Felix M. Edoho

Inbunden, Engelska, 2000

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Edoho and his contributors examine the management challenges facing African governments and businesses on the eve of a new millennium. As the authors make clear, Africa's future is defined by how Africa does in the 21st century. For Africa, a major challenge is how to effectively and efficiently manage its vast wealth. Africa is not poor because it is poor—it is poor because it cannot manage its development process. The shortages of managerial knowledge, skills, and talents are pervasive. Consequently, the region lacks the ability to organize production and run operations effectively and efficiently. The task of developing managerial manpower in Africa is not only imperative, it is urgent.After outlining theoretical and applied perspectives on management, the volume examines the public and private sector planning and management. It then explores the globalization of management technology, provides case studies of African management dilemmas, looks at management ethics and morality, and concludes with an analysis of the role of management in African national development. As the authors make clear, abundant resources will not of themselves usher in an African economic renaissance. Africa needs skills to identify and analyze its resources, to undertake investment, and to establish and run all kinds of organizations. Until Africa develops its indigenous managerial talents, development will continue to be elusive, and the process traumatizing. An important resource for scholars, students, and policy makers involved with African economic development.

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Utgivningsdatum:2000-12-30
Mått:157 x 235 x 24 mm
Vikt:747 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:328
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780275964122

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FELIX M. EDOHO is Associate Professor of Management in the Department of Business and Economics, College of Business and Professional Studies, Lincoln University and the Faculty Liaison for the Black Executive Exchange Program. Professor Edoho has been involved in consulting work for a number of projects funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as well as the United States Agency for International Development. In addition to publishing in academic journals, he is the editor of Globalization and the New World Order: Promises, Problems, and Prospects for Africa in the Twenty-First Century (Praeger, 1997).

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Preface Management Challenges for Africa in the 21st Century by Felix Moses Edoho Theoretical and Applied Perspectives of Management in Africa Managerialism: An Overview of the Context, Issues, and Challenges by Felix Moses Edoho Managing African Business Culture by Emmanuel Nnadozie Toward An African-Oriented Management Theory by C. B. Anyansi-Archibong Philosophical Approach to Management in Africa by Felix Moses Edoho Development Planning in Africa: A Priority Approach by Ike C. Ehie Globalization of Management Technology Global Information Technology Transfer: Opportunities and Challenges for Africa by Godwin J. Udo International Transferability of Management Technology to Sub-Saharan Africa by Felix Moses Edoho Management Dilemmas in Africa: Case Studies Management and Economic Issues Facing the Newly Commercialized Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) by C. B. Anyansi-Archibong and Victor E. Archibong Accounting Information Challenges Facing Management in Africa: A Case Study of Nigeria by Angela Dzata and Winifred Nweke Market-Based Property Rights as Management Tools: Implications for Nigeria by Emmanuel I. S. Ajuzie Management Ethics and Morality A Philosophical Perspective of Management, Morality, and Corruption in Africa by E. Ssekasozi Challenges of Management Ethics in Africa in the 21st Century by Felix Moses Edoho Dishonesty and Behavioral Correlates: An Empirical Analysis of Sub-Saharan African Countries and Implications for Foreign Firms by Michael A. Taku Management Challenges and National Development Is Management Education a Solution to Africa? by John Wallace and Abainesh and Mitiku Small Business Management: Prospects for Future Development by Kenneth R. Gray Challenges of Building Endogenous Management Capacity by Felix Moses Edoho Index