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  • 1.  Business/Management in Africa - textbook and syllabus

    Posted 05-29-2012 12:03

    ***Apologies for cross-postings***

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    Dear colleagues

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    I have been asked to create a master's level course on doing business in Africa and managing organizations/people in Africa. I am having trouble finding a useful textbook and would greatly appreciate if you could share the textbook and/or course syllabus you are using. I would also be grateful for any suggestions about stimulating experiential activities, cases and videos.

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    Many thanks in advance,

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    Stefan



    --  Dr. Stefan Volk  Tï¿œbingen University  School of Business and Economics Department of International Business Melanchthonstr. 30 72074 Tï¿œbingen Germany  Phone +49 7071 29 74050 Fax +49 7071 29 5534


  • 2.  Business/Management in Africa - textbook and syllabus

    Posted 05-29-2012 13:41

    Stefan

     

    It's not a textbook, but you should certainly include in readings

    Kamoche, K., Debrah, Y., Horwitz, F. and Nkombo Muuka, G. (2004) Managing Human Resources in Africa, London: Routledge

     

    Len

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    Subject: Business/Management in Africa - textbook and syllabus

     

    ***Apologies for cross-postings***

     

    Dear colleagues

     

    I have been asked to create a master's level course on doing business in Africa and managing organizations/people in Africa. I am having trouble finding a useful textbook and would greatly appreciate if you could share the textbook and/or course syllabus you are using. I would also be grateful for any suggestions about stimulating experiential activities, cases and videos.

     

    Many thanks in advance,

     

    Stefan




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  • 3.  Business/Management in Africa - textbook and syllabus

    Posted 05-29-2012 13:51
    I'm not aware of an Africa-oriented textbook: here are some recent books of readings:
    Hope for the USA? "If something is unsustainable, it will stop."--Herb Stein, an economic adviser to Richard Nixon
    Romie F. Littrell, BA, MBA,PhD, FIAIR, An fánaí fiáin
    AUT Business School N.Z., romie.littrell@aut.ac.nz
    http://www.romielittrellpubs.homestead.com/
    Facilitator, Leadership & Management in Sub-Sahara Africa Conferences
    Contents copyright Romie F. Littrell
    From: Stefan Volk <stefan.volk@UNI-TUEBINGEN.DE>
    To: MG-ED-DV@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Sent: Wednesday, 30 May 2012, 4:03
    Subject: Business/Management in Africa - textbook and syllabus

    ***Apologies for cross-postings***
     
    Dear colleagues
     
    I have been asked to create a master's level course on doing business in Africa and managing organizations/people in Africa. I am having trouble finding a useful textbook and would greatly appreciate if you could share the textbook and/or course syllabus you are using. I would also be grateful for any suggestions about stimulating experiential activities, cases and videos.
     
    Many thanks in advance,
     
    Stefan


    --  Dr. Stefan Volk  Tübingen University  School of Business and Economics Department of International Business Melanchthonstr. 30 72074 Tübingen Germany  Phone +49 7071 29 74050 Fax +49 7071 29 5534




  • 4.  Business/Management in Africa - textbook and syllabus

    Posted 05-29-2012 14:11
    You might want to contact one of my faculty members at the GSB of Cape Town, Mills Soko. He teaches that exact course at the GSB



    Op 29 May 2012 om 7:36 PM heeft "Stefan Volk" <stefan.volk@UNI-TUEBINGEN.DE> het volgende geschreven:

    ***Apologies for cross-postings***

     

    Dear colleagues

     

    I have been asked to create a master's level course on doing business in Africa and managing organizations/people in Africa. I am having trouble finding a useful textbook and would greatly appreciate if you could share the textbook and/or course syllabus you are using. I would also be grateful for any suggestions about stimulating experiential activities, cases and videos.

     

    Many thanks in advance,

     

    Stefan



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  • 5.  Business/Management in Africa - textbook and syllabus

    Posted 05-29-2012 17:15
    Stefan,
     
    In addition to the interesting list that you have been pointed to, here is a couple of additions you might add to your list:
     

    Blunt, P. and Jones, M. L. (1992) Managing Organizations in Africa. Berlin/New York, NY: Walter de Gruyter.

     

    Jackson, T. (2004) Management and Change in Africa: A Cross-cultural Perspective. London: Routledge.

     

    Dia, M. (1996) Africa's Management in the 1990s and Beyond. Washington, DC: The World Bank.

     

    I dont think you will find one particular fits all 'Africa' OB/HRM text book. You might have to draw from a number of resources and will find that these will constantly need to challenged, contextualised in order to speak to the local and the many varied locations that comprise Africa. I anticipate that the students will have to constantly negotiate 'cross cultural issues' too. When it comes to cases, an interesting example is the approach taken by Wits Business School in South Africa who have a dedicated case study centre:

    http://www.wbs.ac.za/download_files/case_centre/Case_Abstracts_Overview.pdf

     

    Best of luck and one thing is certain for sure, there is a huge gap here that needs to be filled.

     

    Ku

     

    Dr. Nceku Nyathi

    Lecturer in Management Learning      

    The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom
    T: 01908(6) 55871 | E: n.nyathi@open.ac.uk  | W:     www.open.ac.uk/oubs

    Transforming management thinking

    From: Stefan Volk [stefan.volk@UNI-TUEBINGEN.DE]
    Sent: 29 May 2012 17:03
    To: MG-ED-DV@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Business/Management in Africa - textbook and syllabus

    ***Apologies for cross-postings***

     

    Dear colleagues

     

    I have been asked to create a master's level course on doing business in Africa and managing organizations/people in Africa. I am having trouble finding a useful textbook and would greatly appreciate if you could share the textbook and/or course syllabus you are using. I would also be grateful for any suggestions about stimulating experiential activities, cases and videos.

     

    Many thanks in advance,

     

    Stefan



    --  Dr. Stefan Volk  Tübingen University  School of Business and Economics Department of International Business Melanchthonstr. 30 72074 Tübingen Germany  Phone +49 7071 29 74050 Fax +49 7071 29 5534


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