Effective People Management in Africa [Hardcover]

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.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 Tanzania 5 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

'This book provides an excellent perspective on human resource management in Africa. While the main focus is on new directions, the editors and their outstanding contributors also provide a great deal of information about current human resource management practice in Africa as well. The editors have done a superb job of organizing their chapters into two main sections: the first examining human resource management issues and topics in specific countries, and the second examining human resource management issues and topics in multinational enterprises operating in Africa today. Ală