This title discusses management and organization science theories as they apply within the social, cultural and economic contexts in which organizations operate in Africa. It uses the findings of originizational behaviour studies to establish a conceptual foundation, then explores how those topics apply in Africa's business environment.
A concise textbook focusing on organisational behaviour in the African context, this book is featured in Routledge’s new Essentials of Business and Management in Africa shortform textbook series. This book covers organisational behaviour concepts applicable to the African continent and its varied cultures. Chapters thoroughly explore topics including personal and individual factors, motivation, decision making and communication, groups and teams, leadership and influence, conflict, and negotiation. Each chapter refers to aspects of the African context such as cultural values, Ubuntu, and the informal economy and relates these to the topics discussed. The book includes illustrative real-life examples, vignettes, mini-cases and exercises. Undergraduate and postgraduate students in Africa, and with an interest in the area, will appreciate the focus on a region so little discussed in the business and management literature. Filling a gap in the literature and including a dearth of material, this book will also appeal to current and future practicing managers in African countries, as well as those employed in government and by Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs).
This volume of Research Methodology in Strategy and Management reflects a diversity of Africa-born authors in the mainland and diaspora, as well as non-Africans whose research focus on Africa, it offers high impact research that makes a major contribution in advancing management education and knowledge in Africa.
This book is the first Southern African edition of Stephen P. Robbins's Organizational Behaviour, the best-selling organisational behaviour textbook worldwide.
Occupational psychology textbook on social theories of modern work organization and behaviour in Africa - discusses work attitudes, Motivation, job design, sources of role conflict and mental stress, organisational structure, work environment, group dynamics, group work, sociotechnological systems, etc.; includes a literature survey and case studies of participative experiments in organization development. ILO mentioned. Bibliography, graphs and illustrations.
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.
