Responsible Management in Africa, Volume 1

Traditions of Principled Entrepreneurship

Kemi Ogunyemi, Omowumi Ogunyemi, Amaka Anozie, Kemi Ogunyemi, Omowumi Ogunyemi, Amaka Anozie

• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Year: 2022
• ISBN:
  9781802624397
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Organisational Development
• Index: Business

Africa is one of the world's oldest economies, yet little is known about the wisdom that traditionally guided responsible management, with most work in the field employing Western perspectives. Responsible Management in Africa brings African voices to complement existing knowledge and practice by presenting indigenous values and practices that promote responsible business.

From the Zunde Rambo philosophy in managing organisations in Zimbabwe and judicious business applications of Ubuntu and Batho Pele principles in South Africa, to lessons from an intergenerational business in Yorubaland, Nigeria; from Akan management styles and gold trade in ancient Ghana to the impact of acculturation on management in Morocco and Tunisia and the system that fortified responsible business in Uganda, and more, this volume brings African worldviews to the fore of humanism and ethics in management. The chapters present academic perspectives and hands-on applications of approaches to managing responsibly, especially regarding integrating ethical practices into business and assuring sustainability through ethical profitability.

Responsible Management in Africa delivers a rich reservoir of indigenous value-narratives based on a well-balanced philosophical anthropology, with the aims of enriching global knowledge, in the philosophy of management and in business ethics, and of contributing much-needed insights for leaders around the world to manage enterprise responsibly, be it public or private sector.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Chapter 1. Indigenous African Wisdom and its Orientation to the Common Good: Responsible Leadership and Principled Entrepreneurship
• Chapter 2. Responsible Management in Pre-colonial Africa: Insights from Ancient Egyptians and the Ndop Iron Industry of the 1800th Century in Cameroon
• Chapter 3. Indigenous Responsible Management: The Story of Egypt
• Chapter 4. Akan Management Styles and Gold Trade in Ancient Ghana
• Chapter 5. Responsible Business Traditions Amongst the Sesotho-speaking People in Southern Africa
• Chapter 6. Responsible Management Practices of the Hausawas of Northern Nigeria
• Chapter 7. Conceptual Model of Responsible Business Management in Yorubaland
• Chapter 8. The Ubuntu and Batho Pele Principles: The Two Overarching South African Concepts for Business and Management Application
• Chapter 9. Role Clarity and Service Delivery: A Case of Masaza System in Uganda
• Chapter 10. Relating the Zunde raMambo Philosophy in Managing Organisations in Africa
• Chapter 11. Indigenous African Wisdom, Aristotelian Thought and Catholic Social Teaching – Responsible Business Leadership
• Index