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Organizational Improvisation

By: MIGUEL PINA E. CUNHA; KEN KAMOCHE.

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Confronted with rapid and unpredictable environments, contemporary organizations are becoming more aware of the benefits of improvisation. By improvising, organizations create the capacity to make sudden adaptive moves, thus adapting in real time to unexpected events. Organizational improvisation is thus a new and exciting area in terms of practice and research. Organizational improvisation has important implications for such subjects as product innovation, teamworking and organizational renewal, and this new book brings together some of the best and most thought-provoking papers published in recent years. Organizational improvisation is now emerging as one of the most important areas of organizational science, and this book provides a comprehensive collection suitable for students, researchers and practitioners alike. Frank J. Barrett Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Monterey, USA, David T. Bastien Minneapolis, USA, Shona L.

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Routledge

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113450649X

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9781134506491

Sociological Paradigms and Human Resources

An African Context

By: Ken N. Kamoche

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Sociological Paradigms and Human Resources

An African Context

By: Ken N. Kamoche

This title was first published in 2000: This book examines critically the theory and practice of Human Resource Management. It discusses some of the contemporary debates about the nature of Human Resource Management and attempts to offer conceptual clarity into this organizational phenomenon. The book effectively captures both the theoretical and practical issues in Human resource management - issues which are too often treated as separate. By examining Human Resource management with a variety of 'analytical lenses' Ken Kamoche's book takes the reader on an enjoyable and intellectually stimulating 'paradigmatic journey'.

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269

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Routledge

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1351767933

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9781351767934

Black Ghosts

By: Ken N. Kamoche

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Black Ghosts

By: Ken N. Kamoche

Dan Chiponda earns a scholarship to study in China and reluctantly leaves his native Zimbabwe for an uncertain future. Learning to take racial abuse in his stride, he dates a fellow student, Lai Ying, who is attracted to his easy-going manner. He remains haunted by the weight of his mother's expectations, encapsulated by the image of the African fish eagle. Things take a dramatic turn when Chinese students pour into the streets in an orgy of violence to drive Africans out of town. The situation in Nanjing only stabilises when attention turns to the mayhem that is unraveling in Tiananmen Square, Beijing. But that is only the beginning of Dan's troubles with the 'Campus Gestapo', loan sharks in Hong Kong, and the shock of his family getting caught up in the violence by Mugabe's war vets. Black Ghosts was inspired by stories of Africans living in China in the 1980s and, in particular, by the little known incident in Nanjing, where African and Chinese students engaged each other in a violent battle just months before the Tiananmen Square massacre.

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African Books Collective

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996656604X

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Clan of Warriors

By: Ken N. Kamoche

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Clan of Warriors

By: Ken N. Kamoche

Chege grows up in the shadow of his illustrious brother, and has little of the clan's fighting spirit. This makes his father doubt his paternity and treat him with spite. Matters come to a head when the family is kicked out of their land after his brother's conviction for treason, following the 1982 coup attempt. Going to the UK for further studies brings its own surprises for Chege, and after being implicated in Kenya's biggest financial scandal, he opts to return to the politically troubled country to clear his name and sort out his funding. He finds the dreaded Special Branch hot on his heels. He is in danger of joining his brother in jail and is quite unprepared for the discovery that he too must become a 'warrior' in keeping with the family tradition.

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African Books Collective

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9966568727

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9789966568724

Understanding Human Resource Management

By: Ken Kamoche

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Understanding Human Resource Management

By: Ken Kamoche

* An accessible introduction to the key debates in human resource management * A fresh critique of taken-for-granted assumptions underpinning HRM * A pointer to future directions in HRM Ken Kamoche critically examines contemporary issues in the management of people. He reviews some of the significant themes that have shaped HRM as it has emerged during the course of the last century. The book identifies the definitive role of the tension between the drive for organizational performance and the 'humanization' of work. It argues, however, that our understanding of both strands is inadequate and poorly researched, leading to an incomplete picture of the dynamics of managing people. Understanding Human Resource Management also examines the relevance of such contemporary debates as the resource-based view, appropriation and globalization, and explores how researchers and practitioners can now move towards a more viable conception of HRM. '...excellent coverage of the essential areas in human resource management today: contemporary human resource management, strategic HRM, and international HRM...a very readable and concise treatment...it is easy to highly recommend this book.' Professor Randall S. Schuler, Rutgers University 'At last a genuinely original new book on HRM that deals with the concerns of the 21st rather than the last century. Ken Kamoche unpacks some fascinating ideas about appropriation, the "community concept" and facilitating resourcefulness. He is to be congratulated on a real tour de force. A book not to be missed by anyone taking a critical perspective on HRM.' Professor Karen Legge, University of Warwick

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McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

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0335231985

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9780335231980

Black Ghosts

By: Kamoche, Ken N.

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Black Ghosts

By: Kamoche, Ken N.

Dan Chiponda earns a scholarship to study in China and reluctantly leaves his native Zimbabwe for an uncertain future. Learning to take racial abuse in his stride, he dates a fellow student, Lai Ying, who is attracted to his easy-going manner. He remains haunted by the weight of his mother’s expectations, encapsulated by the image of the African fish eagle. Things take a dramatic turn when Chinese students pour into the streets in an orgy of violence to drive Africans out of town. The situation in Nanjing only stabilises when attention turns to the mayhem that is unraveling in Tiananmen Square, Beijing. But that is only the beginning of Dan’s troubles with the ‘Campus Gestapo’, loan sharks in Hong Kong, and the shock of his family getting caught up in the violence by Mugabe’s war vets. Black Ghosts was inspired by stories of Africans living in China in the 1980s and, in particular, by the little known incident in Nanjing, where African and Chinese students engaged each other in a violent battle just months before the Tiananmen Square massacre.

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East African Educational Publishers

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9966560238

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9789966560230

Understanding Human Resource Management

By: Kamoche, Ken

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Black Ghosts

Clan of Warriors

Clan of Warriors

Understanding Human Resource Management

Understanding Human Resource Management

Black Ghosts

Black Ghosts

Understanding Human Resource Management

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