Is there an Emerging African Management Style?

Ukandi G. Damachi
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Ukandi G. Damachi: International Institute for Labour Studies

Chapter 11 in Theories of Management and the Executive in the Developing World, 1978, pp 113-121 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract A definite managerial style seems to emerge from the two case studies. The authoritarian form of business organisation which insists on applying scientific management principles is the prevailing and preferred one. Authority is highly centralised. As a result, any form of delegation of authority is usually to relatives or close friends. The delegation of authority is therefore limited because of managers’ mistrust of those not related by ties of kinship or ethnicity.

Keywords: Industrial Relation; Managerial Style; Managerial Authority; Material Incentive; Personnel Selection (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1978
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-03586-1_11

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