The Psychology of Management in African Organizations - Image 1

£63.84

By The Psychology of Management in African Organizations

International

This is the most expensive it has ever been. Walk away.

£64 today · previous high £64 · all-time low £63

NEW HERE?

Amazon shows you one price. We show you all of them.

Tosheroon watches Amazon prices so you don't have to. Every product on Amazon has a price history — we make it visible. Set the price you'd actually pay, and we'll email you the second it gets there. No app, no account, one email.

WHAT'S ON THIS PAGE

↓ Price chart
when this has been cheap or pricey

↓ Forecast
where the price is heading next

↓ Statistics
all-time high & low, recent range

↑ Price alert
name your number, we'll email you

Price History & Forecast

Grey patches = out of stock. Cheaper = lower on the chart. Hover for exact prices.

Last 629 days • 629 data points (No recent data available)

Historical

Generating forecast...

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 629 days • 2 price levels

Days at Price

Current Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £63 (565 days, 89.8%)

Price range: £63 - £64

Price levels: 2 different prices over 629 days

Description

Few managers of African organizations are trained in managing people. They may be technically proficient in their jobs, but there is a prevailing certainty that because they have lived among other people, they know instinctively how to manage them. Not true, says psychologist and organizational behavior specialist Ugwuegbu. Moreover, not only do the new African states suffer severe shortages of managers of any kind, they also lack resources to give those they do have the skills in human behavior management they need. Dr. Ugwuegbu's book seeks to improve management effectiveness and efficiency by providing a better, more comprehensive understanding of African work systems and the behavior of Africans at work. His book, the first of its kind, introduces the science of human behavior into the management of African organizations. It challenges the reign of colonial management practices and blames them for the failure of African managers to adopt modern management techniques. Although it absolves African cultures of the responsibility for the poor performance of African workers, it holds management rigorously responsible, and agrees with existing opinion that not only should leadership effectiveness be measurable, but it should be measured. Human relations, as practiced in African firms, is only one aspect of human resource planning, and in fact, African organizations should learn from human conflict, not try to fight it--all of which makes his book essential for professionals in African organizations and for those elsewhere who want to do business with them, as well as for scholars and graduate students in various fields of the social, behavioral, and administrative sciences. Dr. Ugwuegbu sets out to broaden the African manager's concept of the organization as both a pyschological and physical entity, and to do this he integrates knowledge of human behavior from psychological perspectives into the management of African organizations. He also shows that African governments are responding positively to calls from the international financial community for the commercialization and privatization of government-owned African companies. In nine chapters he covers such topics as the colonial management legacy; the psychological problems of African organizations; problems of motivation, leadership, and power; decision making; conflict and conflict management; and performance evaluation and training and development. The chapters are unified by one common objective: to explore the dynamics of the African workplace and to help African professionals make use of it, and then to enhance the understanding of Africa's management problems among managers and executives in other countries worldwide.

Product Specifications

Brand: By
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1567204007
Category: Books > Subjects > Business, Finance & Law > Accounting > International
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 30 July 2001
Listed Since: 15 January 2007

Barcode

No barcode data available

By The Psychology of Management in African Organizations

This is the most expensive it has ever been. Walk away.

Price History & Forecast

Price Distribution

Price Analysis

Description

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

Handbook of Organizational Politics (Research Handbooks in Business and Management series)

Thriving in Digital Workspaces: Emerging Issues for Research and Practice

The Dark Side of Organizational Behavior: Examining Undesirable Aspects of Organizational Life (Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society)

The Handbook of Cross-Cultural Management Research

Emancipation Through Emotion Regulation at Work

South-Western Effective Management by Chuck Williams - Textbook

Work and Family: An International Research Perspective (Applied Psychology Series)

Work and Family: An International Research Perspective (Applied Psychology Series)

Social Power and the CEO: Leadership and Trust in a Sustainable Free Enterprise System

Individual and Organizational Perspectives on Emotion Management and Display: 2 (Research on Emotion in Organizations, 2)

Perspectives on Contemporary Professional Work: Challenges and Experiences (New Horizons in Management series)

Zeitgemäßes Motivationsmanagement. Die Nutzung motivationspsychologischer Ansätze zur Steigerung der Arbeitsleistung und Arbeitszufriedenheit

Designing an Efficient Management System: Modeling of Convergence Factors Exemplified by the Case of Japanese Businesses in Thailand (Contributions to Management Science)

Konsolidierung zwischen Markt und Staat: Die Bedeutung der Arbeitsbeziehungen für die Demokratisierung in Spanien und Ungarn: 49 (Forschung Politik, 49)

Interkulturelles Management

Organizational Physics: The Science of Growing a Business

Health and Safety Leadership Strategy: How Authentically Inclusive Leaders Inspire Employees to Achieve Extraordinary Results

Handbook of International and Cross-Cultural Leadership Research Processes: Perspectives, Practice, Instruction (Leadership: Research and Practice)

Routledge Organizational Culture and Behavior Management Book

Handbook of Organizational Politics: Looking Back and to the Future: Second Edition (Research Handbooks in Business and Management series)

Handbook of Research on Work–Life Balance in Asia (New Horizons in Management series)

Handbook of Principles of Organizational Behavior: Indispensable Knowledge for Evidence-Based Management

Special Human Resource Management Practices and Strategy

The Oxford Handbook of Work Engagement, Motivation, and Self-Determination Theory