Characteristics of Pre-Colonial African
| dc.contributor.author | Ramuthivheli, Thembinkosi | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-06-08T13:36:54Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-06-08T13:36:54Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-06-08 | |
| dc.description | MBA - WBS | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The historical research method was used to characterize management in precolonial Africa. Secondary data sources provided information on African history and pre-colonial leaders. Archival data, relying on published accounts obtainable in libraries and on the World Wide Web were used. Evidence indicates that management existed in pre-colonial Africa: traditional roles and functions of pre-colonial chiefs and kings match current business management activities described in literature. Characteristics of pre-colonial African leaders were comparable to traits defined as necessary for current business managers. Biographies of those pre-colonial African leaders studied also revealed that, as with modern business managers, describing uniform leadership traits common to all successful leaders is difficult. Successful pre-colonial African leaders, like business leaders today, were found to be individuals who did not share a homogenous set of defining characteristics and leadership styles | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10539/10055 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | Management, African | en_US |
| dc.title | Characteristics of Pre-Colonial African | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |