This is a hybrid autobiography and collection of poetry. This book describes my life thus far and how I see it in the future, mainly using free-verse poems.
Dr Jacob Chikuhwa continues with his academic analysis of both the political and economic developments in Zimbabwe. Supported by well researched historical narrative and economic data, Zimbabwe: The End of the First Republic examines the triumphs and tribulations of the Zimbabwean national project leading to the adoption of a home-grown constitution and the July 31, 2013 elections. Although the war of liberation led to Zimbabwes independence in 1980, it has not established democracy, functioning health and education systems and equal opportunities for Zimbabweans. What Zimbabweans experience is decay of infrastructure with very little in the state coffers despite abundant natural resources. The theme on economic performance focuses on numerous failed economic blueprints that began with the Economic Structural Adjustment Programme during the early 1990s. The haphazard land-reform programme and the exploitation of mineral resources take centre stage. While Zimbabwe is poised to supply 25% of world diamond output, the way tenders are being awarded for the diamond mining has highlighted the need for accountability and transparency. Before the coalition government was formed in 2009, the country had gone from being one of Africas strongest economies to one of its weakest as Zimbabweans grappled with hyperinflation, mass unemployment and widespread poverty. Although the Short Term Emergency Recovery Programme brought some semblance of economic stability, the way indigenisation and economic empowerment are being carried out make investors shun the southern African country. Chikuhwas economic study focuses on how corruption and a lack of transparency and accountability in Zimbabwes governance have intensified social problems, crime and poverty, and have alienated the IMF and World Bank as well as potential foreign investors. This study, rich in statistical data and heartfelt commentary, will serve as a useful introduction for those studying Zimbabwes recent history and economic development and entrepreneurs looking for investment opportunities.
The links between manpower management, financial control and information management systems are clearly defined in Business Management (A Brief Exposé) where an analysis of budgeting for manpower needed for production and marketing; basic steps in accounting procedures; and stages in data processing are expounded. It is realised that whereas the factory processes raw materials and produces goods for sale, a data processing department processes basic data and produces basic business documents and control information for management to keep them informed of events within the business. This enables them to coordinate different activities of the organisation's functional groups and to control the day-to-day transactions and be in a position to take whatever corrective action is necessary to achieve the objectives of the particular business. Furthermore, an efficient data processing system makes it possible to adjust the situation before it goes out of hand by adjusting income distribution and combating organisation inefficiency. With carefully structured data processing systems, a general method can be established for decision-making or policy-making in individual cases of manpower recruitment and development; investment projects; and income distribution. A brief description of the complexities of economic and business affairs may be necessarily misleading, but I hope that this booklet is not more misleading than the average of such materials. It is an attempt to explain the immense complexity of the real world by logical theories, which provide the student with worthwhile intellectual exercise and excitement. Business Management (A Brief Exposé) offers to the professional student, the start-up entrepreneur, the small- and medium-size businessman and the business executive a preliminary survey of the fields of manpower development, accountancy and electronic data processing. The wider public, whose enlightened interest is the mainspring of social progress, may, I hope, find in its pages something to stimulate reflection upon those larger issues which must be determined, if at all, by the consensus of their opinion. The purpose of this booklet is to give the reader an insight into the way organisations emerge and grow, and the relationships between manpower management, financial management and management information systems. In particular, Business Management (A Brief Exposé) will be of help to the busy Chief Executive Officer who hardly has time to read through different volumes associated with manpower management, financial control and computerised management information systems. Nevertheless, more reading and details may be found in A Handbook in Business Management by the same author. Jacob Wilson Chikuhwa has also published a number of books on Zimbabwe's socio-economic developments.
Present-day enterprises need insights into markets, customers and their own internal processes faster than their competitors to capitalise on opportunities and to deliver sustainable business performance. To do this, businesses must learn to cope with the high volume and velocity of real-time structured and unstructured data in different formats. In covering the fields of manpower development, accounting procedures and data processing, a middle-of-the-road analysis has been made to include those overlapping developments in business studies. Disciplines like accountancy and electronic data processing frequently have unavoidable use in commerce and industry. A Handbook in Business Management examines organisation and manpower management and reflects on their significant role in the arena of business management. The objective with manpower management is to distribute personnel to activities where their talents are required and are best utilised. In financial control, the book examines both the technical and managerial approaches. The technical approach is concerned with measurement where an analysis is made as to whether resources are being assigned to the right categories and whether generally accepted accounting principles are being followed. And the managerial approach is to understand and interpret what the financial figures mean. Critically, all managers should take responsibility for financial management and should not assume that this falls within the remit of the accounts team alone. Under data processing concepts, the book takes an overview of the availability, continuity, and security of data in public and private concerns. An efficient data processing system makes it possible to adjust the financial situation of a business before it gets out of hand by adjusting income distribution and combating organisation and manpower inefficiency. This book offers to the professional student and corporate executive a preliminary survey of the fields of manpower development, accountancy and electronic data processing; while the start-up entrepreneur may find in its pages something to stimulate reflection upon those larger issues in business management.
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