Synopses & Reviews
Education and training are important in nation building and development. Properly articulated, implemented, and operated, educational and training programs can help develop the necessary human qualities and skills required for economic development. Although many African countries have paid a great deal of attention to and invested significant resources in these programs, they have been unsuccessful in developing the caliber of people needed. This failure is due to the fact that the programs pursued have focussed primarily on human capital acquisitions. Yet with human factor, human capital alone is not sufficient to make development happen. This work is an exploration of the reasons for the failure, and it discusses how African countries can develop the type of labor force needed to initiate and manage the development process.
Synopsis
An exploration of reasons for the failure of the education and training programs needed to develop the labor force required for African development.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-181) and index.
Table of Contents
Figures and Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
Rethinking Africa's Educational Strategy by Senyo Adjibolosoo
Human Factor Engineering: The Primary Mission of Education and Training by Senyo Adjibolosoo
Educating Sub-Saharan African Students to Participate in National Development Programs: The Role of Indigenous African Writers by John Anonby
Preparing for Effective Constitutional Democracy in Africa: Political Education and Training by Mike Oquaye
Entrepreneurship Development for Industrial Progress in Africa by Francis Adu-Febiri
Education and Training for Effective Leadership Development and Productivity and Quality Management in Africa by Senyo Adjibolosoo
Human Factor Development and Labor Productivity Growth in the Agricultural Sector in Africa by Harold J. Harder
Human Factor Development and Technological Innovation in Africa by Benjamin Ofori-Amoah
Accounting Education for Economic Development Management in Anglophone Sub-Saharan Africa by Moses Acquaah
The Human Factor in Marketing and Development in the LDCs by Samuel K. Bonsu
Staying Educated and Maintaining Professional Competency by Senyo Adjibolosoo
Selected Bibliography
Index