Management and Resilience of African Organizations in Times of Crisis

Current Business Issues in African Countries (CBIAC) Conference, Agadir, Morocco, April 27-28, 2023
2024
ISBN: 978-3-031-56006-4
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 453 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 857 g

Reihe: Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics

Businesses in African countries continued to face crises due to COVID-19, supply chain, and climate change. Governments can take steps to increase businesses’ resilience by supporting and promoting sustainable development. In turn, businesses can increase their resilience by promoting the resilience of their employees. This book explores the current state of management and resilience in African nations and discusses issues that revolve around its reciprocal impact on global business, government, and society. Featuring select papers from the 4th Annual Current Business Issue in African Countries (CBIAC) Conference held in Agadir, Morocco in 2023, this book focuses on the synergies between climate change, supply chain and sustainable development, particularly post pandemic featuring content from business and NGO leaders, faculty, and students.

The impetus of the CBIAC conference was the discussions held at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) held in Nairobi, Keyna in July 2016 and in Bridgetown, Barbados, and Geneva in October. The goal of the conference is to create long-term collaborative relationships between business leaders, faculty, researchers, students, and community members from different African nations.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bensal, Sara

Carter, Shani D.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Internationales Management
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Einkauf, Logistik, Supply-Chain-Management
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensführung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Management and Resilience of African Organizations in Times of Crisis: Employee Resilience Promotes Company Resilience.- 2. Developing Entrepreneurship in the African Area.- 3. Transnational training for professional development: The case of teacher training in francophone Africa.- 4. Subduing global ecological threats in cities: governance, business, and wicked problems.- 5. Sustainability Reporting in the Retail Sector of South Africa.- 6. Innovation Strategies for Sustainable Development in Business Considering Current Scenario for Africa.- 7. The Ethical Behavior of the Telecommunications Companies in Morocc0.- 8. Measuring the Effects of Digital Transformation on Organizational Performance: A Case Study of Microfinance Institutions.- 9. Contribution of the Resilience of the Hospital Supply Chain to the Mitigation of the Negative Consequences of the Covid 19 Pandemic: the Case of Agadir Regional Hospital.- 10. The Impact of Digitalization and Managerial Innovation on Resiliencein the Face of the Covid-19 Crisis: The Case of SMEs in the Greater Agadir Region.- 11. Contributions of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Towards Achievement of Sustainable Development Goals in Kenya: A Systematic Review of Literature.- 12. ICT Use for an integrated chain-wide traceability system.- 13. A Case Study of the avocado value chain in Nandi County, Kenya.- 14. Vegetable Street Vending in Dhaka, Bangladesh: Reflecting a Socioeconomic Perspective Towards the Informal Sector of African Entrepreneurship.- 15. Digital Transformation Strategy in SMEs: The Role of Entrepreneurs’ IEO.- 16. Towards Increased Resilience of African Organizations in Times of Crisis: A Literature Review.- 17. The relationship between innovation and organizational resilience in the context of Moroccan SMEs.- 18. Resilient Factors of Construction Sector Companies: A Narrative Literature Review.- 19. Exploring the intersection of managerial innovation and social innovation: Embracing convergence and divergence for a harmonious Moroccan society.- 20. Leadership Capabilities and Organizational Resilience in Moroccan Public Companies: A Study of the Mediating Effect of Risk Management Practices.- 20. Sonic Exploration: Orchestrating Operational Risks through Internal Audit.- 21. A Health Status Update on Women in African Countries: Current Statistics, Critical Dilemmas and Key Correlations.- 22. Investing In Girls And Women For Sustainable Development.- 23. The effectiveness of the Moroccan government policies and programs in promoting SME resilience: Case of Covid-19 Pandemic.- 24. Impact of Climate change on Morocco’s Agricultural GDP.- 25. Climate Change Impact On the Ocean Economy and Policy Implications for South Africa.

Über Autor(innen)

Shani D. Carter is the Associate Director of Assessment at Stevens Institute of Technology (Hoboken, NJ). She founded the Current Business Issues in African Countries Conference (CBIAC) in 2016 after attending the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Nairobi, Kenya. Dr Carter taught courses in human resource management, organizational behavior, and leadership for nearly 30 years. Dr. Carter has published more than 40 articles, book chapters, and conference proceedings on human resources and assessment of student learning.



Sara Bensal is a Lecturer Professor at Ibn Zohr University (Agadir, Morocco). Dr. Bensal is specialized in teaching courses related to human resource management, governance, and corporate social responsibility (CSR), management, strategic management, entrepreneurship, crisis management and business resilience. In addition to her academic role, Dr. Bensal serves as a consultant in management and business strategy.