LINSM 01: Contemporary Management Cases in Africa

Ayuba A. Aminu
University of Maiduguri

The book Contemporary Management Cases in Africa is a true reflection of company and organizational happenings in work environment in Africa. This book addresses many issues pertaining to workers suffering either deliberately done or in error. It sights cases of harassment in both private and public sector and the infringement of the fundamental rights of workers.

Students, practicing and future managers will find the book interesting because they have either come across a similar case or they might in the future encounter the same type of cases. The book is distinct in the sense that it bears no relation with anyone. Some of the cases are very interesting, sympathetic and emotional.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CASE
1. A Fanciful Guy
2. Additional Educational Qualification
3. Burning Issue
4. Crises In Life
5. Computer Manipulation
6. Denial of Promotion
7. Dismissal
8. Double Crossing
9. Dubious Staff
10. Ethnicity
11. Experience is also a Trouble
12. Fake receipts and powerful Connection
13. Falling in love
14. Gift
15. Housing and Nationality problem
16. Issue at Stake
17. Labour Leader
18. Lack of foresight and proper planning
19. Lack of keeping proper record of transactions
20. Lateness to work
21. Leadership
22. Manipulation of Government Company
23. Married working class women
24. Mobilisation fee
25. No-Nonsense Unionist
26. On religious ground
27. Planning and Control
28. Political Dismissal
29. Power Tussle
30. Prospective Businessman
31. Pulling out and merger
32. Retrenchment
33. Revenue Risk
34. Son of the Soil
35. Study leave
36. Termination of Appointment
37. The Head of Department
38. Transportation and the fuel crises
39. War over payment of allowances
40. Wearing of Khimar and Hijab
41. What supposed to have been officially his
42. Women can sour working relations


COMPANY PROFILE

43. African Shoe Factory, Nigeria
44. Tourore Family Investment and Company Limited, Mali
45. Sound Electronics, Angola
46. Al-kalam Specialist Clinic and Maternity Hospital, Algeria
47. Nile Supermarket Company, Egypt
48. African Independent Petrole Limited, Nigeria
49. Likas Printing Company, Zambia
50. Asmera Industries Limited, Eritrea
51. Banjul Furniture Company Limited, Gambia
52. Afri-care Medical Laboratory Limited, Ghana
53. Dutse Enterprises (Nigeria) limited
54. Desert Flour Mills, Niger Republic
55. Ruwa (West Africa) limited, Nigeria
56. Hikimafu Civil Engineering (Nigeria) Limited


About the Author
Ayuba A. Aminu joined the services of the University of Maiduguri as a Graduate Assistant in 1987 and rose to the rank of Professor. He is the first Professor of Business Administration in North East Region of Nigeria and the first graduate of the Department of Business Management of the University of Maiduguri to become a Professor. He received his Ph.D in management studies from Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto. He earned a masters degree in Business Administration at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management at the University of Maiduguri. He was the Head, Department of Business Management, University of Maiduguri from 1999 to 2004, Acting Head, Department of Business Administration, Adamawa State University, Mubi. Member, Governing Council of the Adamawa State University from 2004-2005, founder and first Editor of the Adamawa State University Business Journal. He is a member of editorial board of many journals and a member, Board of Trustees of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria. At the International level, he is a member of Research Board of Advisors of the American Bibliographic Institute, USA. He is a seasoned management consultant to many organizations including the World Bank, DFID and the British Council and Managing Director of Impact and Associates [Management Consultants] and a training consultant to Honour Management Consultants. He is a visiting Professor to Federal University of Technology, Yola, Adamawa State University, Mubi and Gombe State University. Aminu is a member of the Institute of Management, Institute of Management Consultants and member, Institute of Fraud Examiners, he has over forty (40) publications in textbooks and journals to his credit. He is married to Hajiya Fatumata with three children, Aisha, Aminu and Ahmed.

LINCOM Studies in Management 01. ISBN 9783895869716. 209pp. 2010.