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Our focus in this book is public governance and community
leadership, a broader concept than simple traditional management.
The term management is too formal and limited in its scope. In its
narrow sense it focuses on the formalised administrative tasks of
chief executives and managers within organisational settings.
Although the book utilises the traditional management process as a
point of reference, public management is too complex a subject to
be limited to the classical management model. Public management is
multifaceted. It covers developmental, political, administrative,
cultural, sociological and ecological aspects of concerned
communities, among other related issues.
This is a "how-to" book, intended for community mobilisers who want
to stimulate social change in a community to work towards poverty
eradication, good governance, increased transparency -- in short
community empowerment. This book identifies key steps in the
community mobilisation process; it stresses the role and
responsibility of the community leader or coordinator of an
activity, community networks and other Civil Society groups,
including local citizens. This book examines the theory of group
dynamics, advocacy, social mobilisation and grassroots
communications. The major objective of the book is to enhance
knowledge and skills among students, development workers, managers
and support agencies on the management of Community Based
Organizations (CBO) as basic civil society units for realizing
community transformation and sustainable development.
The current crisis and unending talks between bickering political
parties in Zimbabwe, Africa and other third world countries
prompted us in the Zimbabwe Open University, Masvingo Campus
Academic Research and Publications Coordinating Committee (ZOU MC
ARPCC) to think of researching and writing a text on conflict
management for tertiary curricula. This is the product of the
effort. Our intention is to inculcate new thinking and progressive
ways of dealing with conflict among youth and other stakeholders.
The African political terrain has been characterized by
intolerance, violence, murders and sexual abuse among other inhuman
behaviours. Right from the imposition of colonialism through the
first chimurengas, the armed struggles (second chimurengas),
gukurahwindis, and the imposed economic structural adjustment
programmes (ESAPs) to the current political impasse, it has been
violence through and through. We strongly believe that there is a
better way to deal with our differences. We pray to God that one
day sanity will prevail.
Countries emerging from conflict situations are almost always
plagued by social upheaval, damaged infrastructure, reduced
productive capacity, severe revenue shortfalls, seriously weakened
human resources and greatly diminished security. The challenges are
daunting as post-conflict governments strive to ensure peace and
security, foster social reconciliation and promote development. Yet
recovery is possible if the political leadership and public
administration can earn the trust of the people, effectively
provide services to all and operate in an efficient, effective,
transparent and accountable way. This book is about how countries
can rebuild the foundations and establish the conditions for
self-sustaining, inclusive socio-economic development in the
immediate aftermath of violent conflict. The book emphasizes that
because post-conflict situations are heterogeneous, there are no
'one size fits all' solutions to governance challenges. In each
country, political leadership and public administration reforms
should be tailored to local needs.
It is a fact that mothers are pre-disposed to respond to their
babies' needs in one way or the other. However, do all mothers
perceive and become aware of their babies' needs in the same way?
This book attempts to explore how differences in socio- economic
factors affect mothers and the ways they respond to the behaviour
patterns of their infants. It uses research data to argue that
differences in marital, employment and educational statuses affect
mothers differently in interpreting and perceiving the behaviour
patterns of their infants resulting in some babies being at risk
because of failure by these mothers to respond to them
appropriately and adequately. It is therefore the belief of the
authors that after going through this book, the readers, especially
mothers with infants, will have no doubt in their minds of how best
they can respond to their babies in manners that are most
satisfying and most rewarding.
Economics for southern Africa high school students prepares
students for meticulation, advanced level, first year
university/professional business courses examinations in economics
in southern Africa. This book defines economics, traces the
evolutional development of economics, identifies its divisions and
distinguishes between positive and normative economics in simple
terms. Economics is defined as a social science focusing on how
human beings make choices regarding the alternative application of
limited production factors. A distinction is made between
macroeconomics and microeconomics. Each chapter and subsection ends
with some exercises to ensure active learning.
This book presents a series of techniques, practices and processes
to help project managers and project staff to manage information in
a systematic way that will help improve the project interventions.
It is through information management that we can improve decision
making process, learn and create new knowledge. Knowledge derives
from information, as information derives from data. Information
becomes knowledge when people do the work and realize an action
that generates experiences. The creation of valuable knowledge
depends on the adoption of a holistic approach to information
management; an approach that takes into consideration
organizational culture and politics, information economics and
processes, information standards and policies, information
strategies and governance. All this translates to an information
ecosystem that puts people at the centre and technology as an
enabler. Managing a project information system has to do more with
managing human behaviours than managing technology.
Business statistics for the beginners introduces the subject to
those students who are studying for professional and academic
degrees such as those in the commerce field of study. The book
simplifies the mater which many students fear, thus removing the
statistics fobia amongst the students. The chapters are organised
logically to assist the learner to move from stage to stage without
any difficulties. Worked examples are provided where the authors
have explained the variuos stages of calculations that need to be
done. All what the student needs to do is to practice with the
exercises that are given at the end of each chapter. This is making
statistics a very easy and simplified subject which has been
dreaded by many students. We are sure the student and the reader
will find this beginners book user- friendly
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