Effective People Management in Africa [electronic resource] /
Newenham-Kahindi, A.editor.
Kamoche, K.editor.
Chizema, A.editor.
Highlights new realities, challenges and opportunities facing organizations and businesses in managing people in contemporary Africa and attempts to propose alternative sustainable strategies and models that address critical issues ranging from managing knowledge and technology appropriation in organizations to social issues of poverty and ecology.
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Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: New Directions in the Management of Human Resources in Africa; Part I: People Management in African Countries; 1 HRM Issues and Outcomes in Domestic Mergers and Acquisitions: A Study of the Nigerian Banking Sector; 2 Factors Hindering the Adoption of HIV/AIDS Workplace Policies: Evidence from Private Sector Companies in Malawi; 3 Privatization and Employment Relations in Africa: The Case of Mozambique; Part II: Multinationals and People Management in Africa
4 Knowledge Appropriation and HRM: The MNC Experience in Tanzania5 Human Resource Management in Southern African Multinational Firms: Considering an Afro-Asian Nexus; 6 Managing Sustainable Development through Cross-Cultural Management: Implications for Multinational Enterprises in Developing Countries; 7 When Two African Cultures Collide: A Study of Interactions between Managers in a Strategic Alliance between Two African Organizations; 8 Human Resource Strategies for Managing Back-Office Employees in Subsidiary Operations: The Case of Two Investment Multinational Banks in Tanzania; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Highlights new realities, challenges and opportunities facing organizations and businesses in managing people in contemporary Africa and attempts to propose alternative sustainable strategies and models that address critical issues ranging from managing knowledge and technology appropriation in organizations to social issues of poverty and ecology.
Management.
International business enterprises.
Personnel management.
Economics.
Management science.
Organization.
Planning.
International economics.
Management.
International Business.
Human Resource Management.
Economics, general.
Organization.
International Economics.