The Significance of the Human Factor in African Economic Development

by Senyo B-S. K. Adjibolosoo

Overview

The lack of effective leadership and disciplined workforce is a major contributor to the lack of economic development and progress in the Sub-Saharan African countries. The essays in this book take a fresh look at Sub-Saharan African problems of underdevelopment and argue the need for African countries to incorporate appropriate personality characteristics in the education and training of their labor force. The volume is aimed at providing international development scholars and agencies, Sub-Saharan African countries, and non-governmental organizations with an overview of the problems in Sub-Saharan Africa, and supplying some possible solutions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275948955
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	04/25/1995
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

SENYO B-S. K. ADJIBOLOSOO is Professor of Business and Economics at Trinity Western University, Langley, British Columbia. His research interests include heteroskedasticity pretesting in regression analysis, human factor development, history of economic thought, and international business and trade. He is coeditor of the book Perspectives on Economic Development in Africa (Praeger, 1994). He is currently the director of the International Institute for Human Factor Development.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction: The Significance of the Human Factor in African Economic Development by Senyo B-S. K. Adjibolosoo
Rethinking the Sources of Economic Underdevelopment
The Saturation Hypothesis and Africa's Development Problems: On the Nature of Development Theory and Its Implications for the Human Factor in Africa's Development by Benjamin Ofori-Amoah
The Human Factor and Maintenance of Democracy in Ghana by Kweku G. Folson
The Media Dimension of the African Development Malaise by Wisdom J. Tettey
Culture as the Epitome of the Human Factor in Development: The Case of Ghana's Collectivistic Ethic by Francis Adu-Febiri
Human Factor Engineering, Leadership Development, and Utilization
The Significance of Leadership Development for African Government Operations by Don Page
Indigenous Leadership Styles: Can Grapes Be Picked from an Orange Tree? by Claude G. Mararike
Leadership and Productivity Growth: A Path for Africa by Michel M. Mestre
Towards Moral and Social Development in Contemporary Africa: Insights from Dangme Traditional Moral Experience by J. N. Kudadjie
Structural Adjustment and Manpower Utilization: The Case of Nigerian Scientists and Engineers by Chikwendu C. Ukaegbu and Christian C. Agunwamba
The Relevance of Human Resource Development: The Case of Ghana's Experience in the Agricultural Sector by Edward M. Abakah
The Human Factor in Sociocultural and Political Contexts
The Polity and the University: An African Perspective by Ali A. Mazrui
Cultural Perspectives of Political Instability in Africa by Mike Oquaye
Human Context as a Critical Factor in Effective Technology Transfer for Development by Harold Harder
Managerial Practice in Privately Owned Manufacturing Industries in Nigeria and Its Implications by Chikwendu C. Ukaegbu
The Human Factor in a Free-Market Open-Economy Development Model: Educational and Cultural Attitudes in Chile by David E. Hojman
Index

Editorial Reviews

Contributors to this volume explain how the inability to develop the relevant human factor (HF) has led to the failure of sub- Saharan African economies, focusing on the importance of the HF in social, economic, and political development. Sections include rethinking the sources of economic underdevelopment; human factor engineering, leadership development, and utilization; and the HF in socio-cultural and political contexts. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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