Over a long period of time, the evolution and development of indigenous management theories and practices in Africa … introduced Western management theories and practices, considered as the drivers and the remedy for the continent’s socio …-politico-economic development. Western scholarship and literature generally undervalued and condemned the management proficiency and practices of …

Chapter Contribution The purpose of this chapter is to examine what small business strategic management and long … medium-sized businesses. The chapter enhances understanding of small business strategic management practice in growth … the differing schools of management thought embedded in the literature. The findings of this study also facilitate the …

Management Learning introduces the context and history of management learning and offers a critical framework within … the practice and theory of management learning, and charts the diverse external factors influencing and directing the …Cover -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction -- PART I: MAKING SENSE OF MANAGEMENT LEARNING -- 1 - From Management …

`The great classic theories of management have taken it for granted that management (hierarchy) and hegemonic … which both management and men might be changed, even transformed. Most managers in most organizations in most countries are … management theory. As well as providing new insights into how managements and masculinities may reinforce each other, this …

-- Chapter 3 Motivating Today's Workforce -- Chapter 4 Performance Management -- Chapter 5 Managing Stress -- Chapter 6 … Culture and Ethics -- Chapter 13 The Dynamics of Organizational Change -- Chapter 14 Career Development and Management …

about International Change Edgar J. Ridley -- Part III Change Cases -- Chapter 8 Change Management Methods in an Exciting … Utilities Drives Change in Consulting Firms Kathi Mestayer -- Chapter 10 Data Processing toKnowledge Management: Are Information … Technology Professionals Still Addressing the Same Change Management Issues? Gigi G. Kelly -- Chapter 11 The Balanced Scorecard …

recursive nature of competence building processes, and the nature and role of management processes in competence building. A … final paper analyzes the intellectual structure of and influences within the competence-based management perspective. …