Index
Indigenous Management Practices in Africa
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(2018), "Index", Indigenous Management Practices in Africa (Advanced Series in Management, Vol. 20), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 281-292. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1877-636120180000020015
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INDEX
Abathwa people
, 106
Accounting
, 73
computerized accounting systems
, 87–88
information systems
, 73
practices
, 78
Accounting rate of return (ARR)
, 87
Africa kingdoms
, 102–103
Africa management education
, 251
African buyer’s purchase behaviour
, 25–26
advice for managers, educators and policymakers
, 26–27
characteristics
, 12
consumer behaviour and socio-cultural influences
, 10–12
cultural influence
, 19–22
factors to shape
, 17–19
nature of
, 12–17
path to purchase
, 22–25
African management
, 75
and leadership styles
, 199
model
, 261–263
African National Congress (ANC)
, 129, 133
African Socialism
, 132
African/Africa
, 72
Africa-oriented management curriculum
, 262
civilisation
, 198
communities
, 195
countries and dates of independence
, 137–138
culture
, 227
economic transactions
, 10
educational theories and practices
, 257
epistemology
, 208
family business
, 191
indigenous knowledge
, 1
leaders
, 101
leadership identity
, 130–131
logistics challenges and opportunities in
, 57
management practices
, 98
manager
, 103, 209, 211
markets
, 171, 173
recommendations for logistics and SCM processes improvement
, 64
selling practices, cultural principles in
, 40–42
specific logistics management practices in
, 62–64
spirit of Ubuntu
, 202
system of ethical principles
, 208
territories
, 124
traditional educational system
, 255
traditional management knowledge
, 262
Air transportation
, 58–59
Akan people
, 106, 212
Akikuyu
, 154
Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
, 178
Alternative distribution systems
, 66
Amanda’s business organisation
, 109
AmaXhosa
, 156
Angel investment
, 148–150
Angolan political party
, 153
Anti-Islamic law
, 79
‘Apprenticeship and Settlement’ strategy
, 159–160
‘Apprenticeship and Tutelage’ strategy
, 157
Aristotelian tradition
, 213
Arusha Declaration
, 132
‘Aso ebi’ in Yoruba culture
, 20
Authentic African leadership
, 131–133
Authentic leadership theory
, 120
Babongo people
, 106
Backcloth making industry
, 99, 108
Baganda people
, 107
Bagyeli people
, 106
Baka people
, 106
Bakola Bagama people
, 106
Bambi people
, 106
Bantu language group
, 210
Baroa people
, 106
Basarwa people
, 106
Behaviour
, 200
consumer
, 10–12
See also African buyer’s purchase behaviour
Behavioural pattern
, 15
Beneficence
, 208
Beneficiary
, 148, 154, 160, 163
Benin Republic
, 125
Berlin Conference
, 123
Bookkeeping
, 73
Bootstrap
, 76
finance
, 88
Bororo people
, 106, 109
Botswana
, 156
Bottom of pyramid (BOP)
, 174
Bounded rationality
, 225
Bridewealth
, 155
Bureaucratic inefficiency
, 235, 236, 243–244
Burundi
, 80, 125–126
Bushmen
, 106
Business
, 173
community
, 168
entrepreneurial mindset and thinking
, 176–177
environment
, 168, 170, 171
ethics
, 206
managers
, 173
model of strategic management practices
, 174
organisation
, 101
practitioners
, 161, 163
schools
, 262, 272
stakeholder management
, 177–178
strategic planning, with built-in flexibility
, 173–175
talent development
, 178–179
visionary leadership
, 175–176
Business-to-business approach
, 34
Capital structure management
, 73
Capital-budgeting techniques
, 89
evaluation techniques
, 87
Central Africa
crises of leadership
, 127–128
indigenous financial practices in
, 83–84
indigenous people
, 106–107
logistics challenges in
, 57–60
Central Bank of Kenya
, 174
Central Corridor
, 61
Chandarana
, 189
Change management
, 175
Character of African ethics
, 209–214
Chief executive officers (CEOs)
, 223
Co-existence
, 200
Coca-Cola transport system
, 64
Collective decision-making
, 233–235, 237, 242
Colonial Africa
, 123–124
Colonialism
, 123, 131
Colonisation
, 254
“Colonized African management”
, 76
Commemorating occasions
, 19–20
Common External Tariff (CET)
, 59
Communalism
, 132, 185, 256–257, 273
Communication
, 55
Community
, 209–214
community-character on African management practice
, 216–217
participation approach
, 112
Comoros
, 80
Comparative analysis
, 4
Competitive advantage
, 170
Competitive forces
, 169
Complexity theory of leadership
, 120
Computer Warehouse Group (CWG)
, 173
Concomitant decisions
, 73
“The Conscience of Africa
, 132
Consensus-based systems. See Decentralised systems
Constructivism
, 259–260
Consumer behaviour
, 10–12
Core competencies
, 176
Corporate governance
, 193
Corruption
, 172
Cote D’Ivoire
, 35
Cowry house
, 87
Credit
, 153
collection
, 87
credit-based selling
, 39–40
Cross-vergence ideology
, 255
Crowdfunding
, 76, 79, 81, 90
Cultural/culture
, 21–22, 56, 187, 227
basis for logistics practices
, 55–57
factors
, 11
influence on African buyers’ purchase behaviour
, 19–22
knowledge
, 227
orientation
, 260
principles in African selling practices
, 40–42
values
, 22, 43, 100, 255
Curriculum design
, 256–258
Dahomey. See Benin Republic
Dangote Cement
, 175
expansion drive
, 177
Dare
, 122
Data interpretation
, 232–233
Decentralised systems
, 199
Decision-making Ecology (DME)
, 224
Decision-making practices
, 221, 271
advice for managers and educators
, 239–241
collective decision-making
, 233–235, 237, 242
data interpretation
, 232–233
East African perspective
, 238–239
factors influencing
, 225–227
Ghanaian perspective
, 235–236
indigenous management practices
, 224–225
interviews with executives of organisations
, 228–232
Kenyan perspective
, 239
methodology
, 227–228
Nigerian perspective
, 234–235
North African perspective
, 238
OB
, 223–224
Republic of South Africa
, 238
Southern African Perspective
, 236–238
West Africa
, 233–234
Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo)
, 126
Dinka
ethnic nation
, 155–156
financing strategy
, 155–156
Diokpa
, 123
Discounted cash flow
, 87
Divinations
, 200
Djanggi. See Rotating Savings and Credit Associations (ROSCA)
Djibouti
, 80
Douala port
, 58
DroneAfrica project
, 84
Earning per Share (EPS)
, 176
East Africa
decision-making practices
, 238–239
indigenous financial practices in
, 80–83
indigenous people
, 106–107
logistic challenges in
, 60
Eastmatt
, 189
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
, 59
Economic reform programme
, 125
Economic transactions
, 12
Educators
, 98, 99, 101, 108, 163, 168
advice for
, 26–27, 42–43
Egbas
, 157
Egypt, leadership crisis in
, 128
Ekitis
, 157
Elders’ advice
, 238–239
EMB model
, 11
Entrepreneurs/entrepreneurial
, 148, 173
financing in Africa
, 148
mindset and thinking in less conventional ways
, 176–177
Environmental influences
, 11
Equatorial coup d’état attempt (2004)
, 126
Equatorial Guinea, leadership crisis in
, 126–127
Equity Bank
, 178
agency banking model
, 174, 175
business model
, 176
Eritrea
, 80
Essentialism
, 259
Ethical principles and practices
, 207
building ethical culture
, 215–216
community-character on African management practice
, 216–217
management ethics in Africa
, 209–214
multicultural nature of African management
, 208–209
questionable payments and corruption in Africa
, 214–215
Ethics
, 206
business
, 206
character of African ethics
, 209–214
in management
, 207, 209–214
Plato’s ethics
, 206
Ethiopia
, 80
Ethnic diversity
, 131
Ethnic groups
, 152
Ethno-finance
, 71, 72, 75, 89–91
European manipulation
, 201
European powers
, 124
European Union
, 214
Existentialism
, 259
Experimentalism
, 259
External financial support
, 148
Fadeth Furnishers
, 172
Fairness
, 208
Faith
, 238, 243
‘Families’ of firm
, 192
Family businesses (FBs)
, 188–191
continuity plans
, 193–194
Family enterprises
, 190, 197
FB-specific journals
, 188
Financial
advice
, 73
management practices
, 72, 73–74
planning and control
, 73
reporting and analysis
, 73
services
, 176–177
structure management
, 73
First Sudanese Civil War
, 128
Fixed asset management practices
, 73
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
, 72
Forward logistics
, 51
Fulani
, 109
Functionalism
, 256
Funj Sultanate
, 122–123
General Assessment and Decision-making Model (GADM Model)
, 224
Generative Curriculum Model (GCM)
, 257
Ghana
, 35
Ghanaian perspective, decision-making practices
, 235–236
Gikuyu
, 154
Global Agricultural Information Network Report (GAIN Report)
, 40
Globalisation
, 72, 186
Governance
, 172, 193–194, 236
Government
, 163
policies
, 243–244
policymakers
, 43
Gross domestic product (GDP)
, 149
Growth, Employment and Redistribution programme (GEAR programme)
, 133
GSM technology
, 66
GT Bank
, 215–216
Haggling
, 36–39
HassConsult
, 192
Herbert Macaulay’s political party (Nigeria)
, 124
Hiring
, 195
Hofstede’s theory of cross-cultural difference
, 4
Holisticism
, 256
Horn of Africa, Indigenous people
, 107–109
Household purchases
, 18
Human actions
, 206, 215
Human resource (HR)
, 194–195
management
, 100, 104, 112–113
Hxaro
, 89
‘I-Thou’ dualistic framework
, 207–208
IBM
, 64
Ibo culture
, 210
Ideal logistics network
, 50
Idealism
, 258
Igbo
angel investment and venture capital financing strategy
, 159–160
entrepreneurial ability
, 159
ethnic nation
, 158–160
Ijebus
, 157
Ijeshas
, 157
Imazighn
, 109
Imbizo
, 122
Imu Ahia
, 159
Inbound logistics
, 49
Inclusive business model
, 176, 180, 181
Independent People of Biafra (IPOB)
, 130
Indigenous African cultures
, 5
Indigenous African educational system
, 257
Indigenous African entrepreneurial financing
, 148
Indigenous African financing strategies
, 148, 153
advice for managers and educators
, 161–163
comparisons between indigenous and conventional financing strategies
, 160–163
conceptual model for
, 160, 161
countries for study and ethnic groups
, 152
Dinka ethnic nation
, 155–156
financing options of new business ventures
, 149–150
Igbo ethnic nation
, 158–160
Kikuyu ethnic nation
, 154–155
methodology
, 150–153
Ovimbundu ethnic nation
, 153–154
selected countries from Africa’s regions
, 151
Xhosa ethnic nation
, 156
Yoruba ethnic nation
, 157–158
Indigenous African management principles
, 216
Indigenous family business management practices
, 186, 191
advice to educators and practitioners
, 200–202
FBs
, 188–191
governance
, 193–194
HR
, 194–195
origin of indigenous management practices
, 197–200
strategic processes
, 192–193
succession planning
, 195–197
Indigenous financial management practices
, 72, 74–77
advice for managers
, 90
advice for managers
, 90–91
Central Africa
, 83–84
concept and practices
, 73–74
Eastern Africa
, 80–83
examples and anecdotal evidence of practices
, 77
Northern Africa
, 77–80
Southern Africa
, 88–90
stakeholders
, 91–92
Western Africa
, 84–88
See also Strategic management practices
Indigenous human resource management practices
, 98, 104
advice for managers and educators
, 110–112
background description
, 100–103
Central African Region
, 106–107
East Africa and Horn of Africa
, 107–109
human resource management framework
, 112–113
indigenous people
, 104–105
methodology
, 103–104
Southern Africa
, 105–106
West and North Africa
, 109–110
Indigenous knowledge
, 1, 74, 98, 100, 103
Indigenous leadership practices
, 120
African leadership identity
, 130–131
authentic African leadership
, 131–133
Colonial and Post-colonial Africa
, 123–124
crises of leadership in Africa
, 124–127
influence of culture
, 131
militarisation of African Political Space
, 133–134
perspectives
, 120–121
traditional African leadership
, 121–123
Indigenous logistics and SCM practice
, 48
advantage of emerging trade corridors
, 65
African Development Report
, 48–49
coordination and building partnership
, 64–65
current opportunities in African logistic
East Africa, logistics challenges in
, 61
engage local citizens and seek to be citizen
, 65
historical and cultural basis for logistics practices
, 55–57
integrate security plan to reducing risk to logistic goods, services and personnel
, 65
logistics challenges and opportunities
, 57
logistics management
, 49–50
logistics performance measures
, 51–52
new port
, 61
providing logistics infrastructures
, 65
rails
, 62
recommendations for logistics and SCM processes
, 64
regulatory environment
, 52–55
SCM
, 50–51
South Africa, logistics challenges in
, 60
specific logistics management practices
, 62–64
think of good service and reliability before cost
, 64
transnational passageways
, 61–62
use technology and think outside box
, 66
West and Central Africa, logistics challenges in
, 57–60
Indigenous management practices
, 1–3, 100, 224–225, 271
business schools
, 272
decision-making in North Africa
, 271
implications of findings and recommendations
, 274
philosophy and practice
, 255–256
summary of insights
, 275–279
unknown and surprising
, 273
Indigenous people
, 104–105
Indigenous selling practices
, 32
advice for managers, educators and policymakers
, 42–43
credit-based selling
, 39–40
cultural principles in African selling practices
, 40–41
haggling
, 36–39
interplay of
, 42
street selling
, 33–36
See also Strategic management practices
Informal community-based financial institutions
, 76
Informal institutional environment
, 160
Information
, 60
availability
, 226
Inland Container Depots (ICDs)
, 61
Innovative strategies
, 66
Institutional factors
, 236
Institutional frameworks
, 226
Integrated multiple modes of transportation
, 60
Integrity
, 242–243
issues
, 172
Intellectual competence of workforce
, 111
Intermodal transportation system
, 60
Internal rate of return (IRR)
, 87
International Fund for Africa Development (IFAD)
, 178
International Labour Organization
, 35
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
, 65
Interviews with executives of organisations in Africa
, 228–232
Intuitive decision-making
, 225
Investment destination of firms
, 1
isiXhosa
, 156
Kenya
, 35, 80
crises of leadership in Africa
, 129
decision-making practices
, 239
formal retail sector
, 189
Kenya Ministry of Agriculture
, 178
Kick Against Indiscipline agency (KAI agency)
, 34
Kikuyu
ethnic nation
, 154–155
financing strategy
, 154–155
Kola nut. See Oji
Kupfuma Inshungu Programme (KIP)
, 81
Kwa
, 158
Labour-intensive operations, preference for
, 63–64
Lada
, 85
Lagos–Mombasa Highway
, 62
Language differences
, 238–239
Leadership
, 120
Leadership crisis in Africa
, 124
Benin Republic
, 125
Burundi
, 125–126
Central African Republic
, 127–128
DR Congo
, 126
Egypt
, 128
Equatorial Guinea
, 126–127
Kenya
, 129
Nigeria
, 129–130
South Africa
, 129
Sudan
, 128
in twenty-first century
, 127–130
Uganda
, 129
Learning
, 257
Legislative bureaucracy
, 172
Lesotho
, 156
Lobola
, 89, 156
Logistic Performance Index (LPI)
, 52, 53–54
Logistics challenges
agents
, 62–63
in East Africa
, 60
network design
, 50–51
and opportunities in Africa
, 57
performance measures
, 51–52
in South Africa
, 60
system
, 56
in West and Central Africa
, 57–60
Logistics management practices
, 49–51, 62
logistics agents
, 62–63
outsourcing
, 63
preference for labour-intensive operations
, 63–64
Love and feelings
, 190
Luo culture
, 190, 195, 197
Madagascar
, 80
Malawi
, 80
Management
, 1, 197–198, 250
ethics in Africa
, 209–214
literature
, 198
philosophy
, 250
philosophy in Africa
, 254–255
studies
, 10
theory and practice
, 250
Management curricula redesigning for Africa
, 249, 260
advice for managers and educators
, 265–266
African Management Model
, 261–263
curriculum design
, 256–258
indigenous management philosophy and practice
, 255–256
management philosophy
, 254–255
philosophical orientation of curriculum design and thoughts
, 258–260
Traditional African Society review
, 252–254
Managers
, 161, 163
advice for
, 26–27, 42–43
Mandi Foods
, 40–41
Market challenges in Africa
, 173
Massey Street Children’s Hospital
, 216
Mau Mau
, 154
Mauritius
, 80
Mayotte
, 80
Mbundu Kingdom
, 153
McDonaldization of Society
, 14
Microcosm of Africa
, 122
Militancy
, 59–60
Militarisation of African Political Space
, 133–134
Military coup d’états in Africa
, 139–145
Military rule
, 134
Modern financial management
, 75
Modern financial management practices
, 77
Moral responsibility
, 206
Moral uprightness
, 236
Mozambique
, 80
Mudaraba
, 79
Multicultural nature of African management
, 208–209
Multiculturalism
, 209
Multinationals business organisations
, 101
Mumbi
, 154
Municipality of Addis Ababa
, 108
Murabaha
, 79
Musharaka
, 79
Myer’s management model
, 2
Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE)
, 81
Naivas
, 189
Nakumatt
, 189, 192, 193
National Council of Nigeria and Cameroons (NCNC)
, 124, 132
National Council of Nigerian Citizens (NCNC). See National Council of Nigeria and Cameroons (NCNC)
National Super Alliance (NASA)
, 129
National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA)
, 153
Ndebele political culture
, 122
Ndjamena-Djibouti Highway
, 62
Negotiation process
, 36
Net present value (NPV)
, 87
New City Charter of Addis Ababa
, 108
Nigeria
decision-making practices
, 234–235
leadership crisis
, 129–130
traditional African leadership
, 123
Nilotics
, 155
Nok Culture
, 255
Non-African buyers’ purchase behaviours
, 25–26
Non-maleficence
, 208
North Africa, indigenous people in
, 109–110
Northern Africa
decision-making practices
, 238
indigenous financial practices in
, 77–80
Northern People’s Congress (NPC)
, 132
Nri
, 158
Nsukka–Okigwe–Afikpo triangle
, 158
Nzimbu
, 84
Obi of Onitsha
, 123, 131–132
Ogoni
, 109
Oji
, 123
Ondos
, 157
Onitsha society
, 123
Onjuluka
, 153
Online shopping in Egypt
, 16
Open-air markets (OAMs)
, 14
Operative effectiveness
, 168
Order processing
, 49
Organisational behaviour (OB)
, 223–224
Organisational effectiveness
, 226
Outbound logistics
, 49
Outsourcing
, 63
Ovimbundu ethnic nation
, 153–154
Ovimbundu’s financing strategy
, 153–154
Ozo title holders
, 123, 132
Pan-Africanism
, 133
Participation
, 262
Partnership, coordination and building
, 64
Path to purchase of African buyers
, 22–25
Paucity of information
, 243
Pecking order
, 88
Pecking Order Hypothesis (POH)
, 88
Pedagogical principles
, 262
Pedagogy
, 257–258
Perennialism
, 256, 259
Performance model
, 192
Personal selling technique
, 32
Personalisation
, 262
Peul
, 109
Philosophical orientation of curriculum design and thoughts
, 258
constructivism
, 259–260
essentialism
, 259
existentialism
, 259
experimentalism
, 259
idealism
, 258
perennialism
, 259
pragmatism
, 258–259
realism
, 258
reconstructionism
, 259
Plato’s ethics
, 206
Policy
pillars of trade and transport systems
, 55
uncertainties
, 55
Policymakers, advice for
, 26–27, 42–43
Political instability
, 172
Positivism philosophy
, 103
Post-colonial Africa
, 123–124
Post-colonial context
, 75
Practitioners
, 168
Pragmatism
, 258–259
Pre-colonial African market
, 74
Pre-colonial indigenous financial
management practice
, 84
practices
, 77
Price bargaining
, 12, 15
Private poverty
, 195
PrOACT Model
, 224
Professional competence
, 213
Profit-sharing
, 78
Purchase patterns
, 3, 10
Pygmies
, 106, 107
Questionable payments and corruption in Africa
, 214–215
Rails
, 62
Rational decision-making model
, 225
Realism
, 258
Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP)
, 133
Reconstructionism
, 259
Red cap chiefs
, 123, 132
Regional Economic Communities (RECs)
, 55
Regulatory environment in Africa
, 52–55
Religion
, 243
Religiosity
, 20
Republic of South Africa
, 238
Reunion, Rwanda
, 80
Reverse logistics
, 49, 51
Revitalisation of African ideology
, 100
Rotating Savings and Credit Associations (ROSCA)
, 84
Rural financial market (RFM)
, 88
Sacrifices
, 200
Salesperson functions
, 32
San and Khoekhoe
, 105
Second-hand clothes
, 26
Secondary sources
, 104
Self-perpetuating international relations
, 201
Selling
, 31
credit-based
, 39–40
practices
, 32, 35
street
, 33–36
Settlement
, 159
Seychelles
, 80
‘Shebeen’
, 89
Shona political structure
, 122
Short message service (SMS)
, 64
Situational or contingent theory
, 120
Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)
, 76
Social
factors
, 12
forces
, 22
initiations
, 19–20
Societal
factors
, 238
influence
, 238–239
norms
, 131, 242–243
unrest
, 236
Socio-cultural influences in Africa
, 10–12
Socio-political inconsistency
, 238
Somalia
, 80
South Africa
, 35, 57
crises of leadership in Africa
, 129
decision-making practices
, 236–238
indigenous financial practices in
, 88–90
indigenous people
, 105–106
logistic challenges in
, 60
South African Ubuntu ideology
, 224
South Sotho culture
, 212
SouthWest Airlines
, 213
Stakeholder management
, 177–178
‘Stokvels’
, 89
Strategic leadership
, 175
Strategic management practices
, 168
business in Africa
, 173–179
challenges
, 171–172
organisation performance
, 168–171
trends in indigenous strategic management practices
, 172–173
Strategy formulation
, 169
Street selling
, 33–36
Sub Saharan Africa (SSA)
, 75
Sub-regions of Africa
, 98
Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Policy (SSATP)
, 55, 61
Sub-Saharan African nations (SSA nations)
, 49
Succession planning
, 195–197
Sudan
, 122–123
leadership crisis
, 128
Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In-Opposition (SPLM-IO)
, 128
Supermarkets
, 26
Supply chain management (SCM)
, 48, 50–51
Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy (CSRD)
, 127
Talent development
, 178–179
Tamirgina System
, 85
Tanzania
, 80
Teamwork
, 238–239
Teda
, 109
Third-party logistics (3PL)
, 51
Trade corridors
, 65
Trade credit
, 76
Trade finance
, 76
Trade/craft
, 160
Traditional African leadership
, 121
Nigeria
, 123
Sudan
, 122–123
Zimbabwe
, 122
Traditional African Society
leadership styles
, 199
review of
, 252–254
Traditional POH
, 88
Trait theory
, 120
Trans-Sahara Highway
, 62
Trans-Sahelian Highway
, 62
Trans-West African Coastal Highway
, 62
Transactional & transformational leadership
, 120
Transnational passageways
, 61–62
Transport Coordination Committee (TCC)
, 55
Tubu
, 109
Tuskys
, 189, 192, 193
Ubuntu
, 75, 81, 131, 133, 156, 210, 255–256
model of ethical management
, 211
spirit
, 90
Ubuntu African Philosophy
, 222
Uganda
, 35, 80
leadership crisis in
, 129
Ujamaa
, 132
Umbundu culture of Ovimbundu
, 153
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
, 150
Unpacking indigenous selling practices
, 32
Values of society
, 236
Vegpro Group
, 192, 193
Venture capital financing
, 150
Venture capitalists
, 150
Virtues
, 212
Visionary leadership
, 175–176
Vodafone
, 64
Voltium, Inc.
, 214–215
Wandewa
, 80
Waqf
, 78, 81
Warehousing
, 49
Waterways
, 56
Wealth-creating performance for family-influenced firms
, 192
Weltanschauung
, 210
West Africa
decision-making practices
, 233–234
indigenous financial practices in
, 84–88
indigenous people in
, 109–110
logistics challenges in
, 57–60
transport logistics corridor
, 62
Western ideologies
, 99, 101
Western management
concepts and writings
, 198–199
models
, 2
practices
, 186
Western models of management and decision-making
, 224
Western practices
, 75
Western-influenced curricula
, 1
Wheelbarrow selling
, 35
Wonga Coup. See Equatorial coup d’état attempt (2004)
Working capital management
, 73
Xhosa
, 156
ethnic nation
, 156
financing strategy
, 156
Yoruba
angel investment and venture capital financing strategy
, 157–158
culture
, 212
ethnic nation
, 157–158
Zambia
, 80
Zimbabwe
, 35, 80
KIP in
, 81
management ideologies
, 251
and Robert Mugabe
, 134
Traditional African leadership
, 122
- Prelims
- Introduction: Indigenous Management Practices in Africa
- Characteristics of the African Buyer’s Purchase Behaviour
- Common Indigenous Selling Practices in Africa
- Indigenous Logistics and Supply Chain Management Practice in Africa
- Indigenous Financial Management Practices in Africa: A Guide for Educators and Practitioners
- Indigenous Human Resource Management Practices in Africa: Empirical Lessons from Four Sub-regions
- Indigenous Leadership Practices in Africa
- Indigenous African Financing Strategies as a Unique Engine for Entrepreneurship Growth
- Strategic Management Practices in Africa
- Indigenous Family Business Management Practices in Africa
- Ethical Principles and Practices in Africa
- Decision-making Practices in Africa
- Redesigning the Management Curricula for Africa
- Conclusion: Indigenous Management Practices in Africa
- Index