The Significance Of The Human Factor In African Economic Development: [Hardcover]

The lack of effective leadership and disciplined workforce is a major contributor to the lack of economic development and progress in the Sub-Saharan African countries. The essays in this book take a fresh look at Sub-Saharan African problems of underdevelopment and argue the need for African countries to incorporate appropriate personality characteristics in the education and training of their labor force. The volume is aimed at providing international development scholars and agencies, Sub-Saharan African countries, and non-governmental organizations with an overview of the problems in Sub-Saharan Africa, and supplying some possible solutions.SENYO B-S. K. ADJIBOLOSOO is Professor of Business and Economics at Trinity Western University, Langley, British Columbia. His research interests include heteroskedasticity pretesting in regression analysis, human factor development, history of economic thought, and international business and trade. He is coeditor of the bookPerspectives on Economic Development in Africa(Praeger, 1994). He is currently the director of the International Institute for Human Factor Development.

Preface
Introduction: The Significance of the Human Factor in African Economic Development by Senyo B-S. K. Adjibolosoo
Rethinking the Sources of Economic Underdevelopment
The Saturation Hypothesis and Africa's Development Problems: On the Nature of Development Theory and Its Implications for the Human Factor in Africa's Development by Benjamin Ofori-Amoah
The Human Factor and Maintenance of Democracy in Ghana by Kweku G. Folson
The Media Dimension of the African Development Malaise by Wisdom J. Tettey
Culture as the Epitome of the Human Factor in Development: The Case of Ghana's Collectivistic Ethic by Francis Adu-Febiri
Human Factor Engineering, Leadership Development, and Utilization
The Significance of Leadership Development for African Government Operations by Don Page
Indigenous Leadership Styles: CalãÃ