New Book Release - March 2011!!
Nafukho, F. M., Wawire, N.H. W., Lam, P. M. (2011).
Management of Adult Education Organizations in Africa. Cape Town: Pearson
Education/UNESCO. Email the Authors
Management of Adult Education Organizations in Africa
is premised upon the notion that Adult Education provided by organizations such
as public universities, training colleges, corporate universities, and
employers is now considered a mainstream academic discipline in several African
countries and its importance in today's knowledge and "ideas"
economies is growing steadily.
Sound leadership and management are prerequisite
to the successful operation of educational organizations. The book relies on
African perspectives of managerial leadership to illustrate the urgent need to
recognize the important role played by management in the design and successful
delivery of adult education programs offered through andragogical learning practices.
This is a unique book which blends the Western ideas of management and
leadership with the African ideas without prejudice to universal values,
elementary scientific knowledge and other cultures. The book is in a series of
books conceived and funded by UNESCO and the Institute for International
Cooperation of the German Adult Education Association focusing on African
Perspectives on Adult Learning. On the value of the book series, Adama Ouane,
Director, UNESCO Institute for Life Long Learning noted that in opening new
approaches to adult learning process, the book hopes to meet the managerial
leadership needs of governments, non-governmental organizations, civil society
organizations in an area of great importance to UNESCO and the community of Nations.
The Ten Chapters in the book focus on the following:
1. Management and diversity
2. Leadership in adult education organizations
3. Management approaches in Africa
4. Human resources development
5. Organizational development and change
6. Ubuntu embedded leadership and organizational learning
7. Planning, implementation and evaluation
8. Time management in an organization
9. Financial management
10. The challenges and opportunities of managing adult education organizations