Developing Global Leaders

Insights from African Case Studies
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-14605-4
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 367 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 618 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in African Leadership

Illustrates different kinds of leadership styles in specific contextsUses case study examples to illustrate how leadership can be developed Incorporates practical suggestions and tools for current and forthcoming leaders in AfricaAddresses a growing need to internationalize the scholarship and to incorporate case studies from a wide variety of regions and contextsPresents a comprehensive leadership framework for understanding the full range of leadership styles

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jordans, Eva

Spencer-Oatey, Helen

Ng’weno, Bettina

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensführung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Strategisches Management
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Internationales Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. Global Leadership: Key Concepts and Frameworks.- 3. Leadership in Africa: Past, Present, and Future Perspectives.- 4. The Historical, Political, and Demographic Context of Leadership in Africa.- 5. Methodology.- 6. Young Leaders Transforming Science in Ghana.- 7. Leadership and Culture in Corporate Organisations in Nigeria.- 8. Bridging the Generation Gap: Perceptions of Leadership by Senior and Young Leaders in Tanzania.- 9. Changing Leadership Perceptions: Leaders in the Private Sector in Kenya.- 10. Emerging People-oriented Leadership in Rural Development in Rwanda.- 11. Leadership Development needs and Experiences: Survey Findings.- 12. Understanding Leadership and Its Development in Africa.

Über Autor(innen)

Eva Jordans has been an executive company director, a professional consultant, and a management trainer in both the public and private sectors. She has over 25 years of experience supporting leadership and institutional development in Asia, Africa and Europe. She has a track record in international project management, global leadership development and executive directorship. She currently works as an independent management consultant supporting development programs across Africa and Asia.Dr. Bettina Ng ’weno is Associate Professor of African American and African Studies at the University of California, Davis, USA. Trained as an anthropologist she works on issues of space, property, race and ethnicity, social justice, citizenship and states within Latin America and Africa. She authored the book Turf Wars: Territory and Citizenship in the Contemporary State (2007) and is currently the co-director of the Mellon research initiative Reimagining Indian Ocean Worlds. Dr. Helen Spencer-Oatey is Professor at the University of Warwick, UK. She works on issues of communicating and relating across social groups. Her books, both monographs and edited collections, include Culturally Speaking (2000/2008); Handbook of Intercultural Communication (2008, with Helga Kotthoff); Intercultural Interaction (2009, with Peter Franklin); and Intercultural Politeness (forthcoming, with Daniel Kádár).