Dear Stefan,
here are some videos and references that are dealing with African business contexts.
Visual media including video material intercultural interactions with managers in African work contexts:
Mayer, C.-H. & Boness, C. (2011). Managing transcultural conflicts in organisations. Training DVD and material. Mï¿œnster: Waxmann.
Mayer, C.-H. (2008). Trainingsfilm interkulturelle Mediation und Konfliktlï¿œsung. Didaktische Materialien zum Kompetenzerwerb. Mï¿œnster: Waxmann,
Book and article references for doing business in African contexts (particularly South Africa and East Africa):
Mayer, C.-H. (2011). The meaning of Sense of Coherence in Transcultural Management. International
Hochschulschriften Series. Mï¿œnster: Waxmann. (Research study on South African managers, business and health)
Mayer, C.-H. (2008). Managing conflict across cultures, values and identities. A case study in the South African automotive industry. Wissenschaftliche Beitrï¿œge aus dem Tectum Verlag, Reihe: Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Band 20.
Mayer, C.-H., Boness, C. & Thomas, A. (2004). Beruflich in Sï¿œdafrika. Trainingsprogramm fï¿œr Manager, Fach- und Fï¿œhrungskrï¿œfte. Reihe: Handlungskompetenz im Ausland. Gï¿œttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. Mayer, C.-H., Boness, C. & Thomas, A. (2003). Beruflich in Kenia und Tanzania. Trainingsprogramm fï¿œr Manager, Fach- und Fï¿œhrungskrï¿œfte. Reihe: Handlungskompetenz im Ausland. Gï¿œttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
Mayer, C.-H. (2011). „Culture is ..." – das Alltagsverstï¿œndnis von Kultur aus sï¿œdafrikanischen Perspektiven. In: Treichel, D. and Mayer, C.-H. (2011) (Eds.). Lehrbuch Kultur. Lehr- und Lernmaterialen zur Vermittlung kultureller Kompetenzen. Waxmann Studium. Mï¿œnster: Waxmann, pp. 203-208.
Mayer, C.-H. (2011). 'Ressourcen als Grundlage gesunder Personalfï¿œhrung in sï¿œdafrikanischen Wirtschaftsunternehmen'. In: Petzold, Th. & Lehmann, N. (Eds.): Kommunikation mit Zukunft. Heckenbeck/Bad Gandersheim: Verlag Gesunde Entwicklung, pp. 195-211.
ￜￜￜ ￜￜￜ ￜￜￜ Mayer, C.-H. & Boness C. (2003). 'Ostafrikanische Kulturstandards'. In: Thomas, A., Kammhuber, S. und ￜￜￜ ￜￜￜ Schroll-ￜￜￜ ￜￜￜ Machl, S.(Hrsg.): Handbuch Interkulturelle Kommunikation und Kooperation. Band 2: Lￜnder, Kulturen und interkulturelle Berufstￜtigkeit. Gￜttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. Mayer, C.-H. & Louw, L. (2012 in press). 'Managerial values in transcultural conflicts in South Africa: Findings from the Schwartz-Value-Model. Journal of Intercultural Communication, 30, http://www.immi.se/intercultural/
Mayer, C.-H. & Louw, L. (2011). 'Managerial challenges in South Africa', Special Issue: Business Research in Southern Africa, Guest editors: Adele Berndt & Gï¿œran Svensson, European Business Review, 23(6): 572 – 591.ￜￜￜￜￜￜￜￜ http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=0955-534x&volume=23&issue=6&articleid=1958535&show=abstract
Mayer, C.-H. & Louw, L. (2011). 'Perceptions of managers on transcultural conflict: a study in international South African management'. European Journal of Cross-Cultural Competence and Management, 2(1):3-31. http://www.inderscience.com/ www.inderscience.com">www.inderscience.com">www.inderscience.com
ï¿œMayer, C.-H. & Boness, C.M. (2011). 'Culture and Conflict in Urban Tanzania: Professionals' voices in educational organizations', African Journal on Conflict Resolution, 11(2): 59-83. Available online (16.09.11) http://www.accord.org.za/downloads/ajcr/ajcr_2011_2.pdf
Regards, Claude
Am 29.05.2012 18:02, schrieb Stefan Volk:
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Dear colleagues
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I have been asked to create a master's level course on doing business in Africa and managing organizations/people in Africa. I am having trouble finding a useful textbook and would greatly appreciate if you could share the textbook and/or course syllabus you are using. I would also be grateful for any suggestions about stimulating experiential activities, cases and videos.
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Many thanks in advance,
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Stefan
-- Dr. Stefan Volk Tï¿œbingen University School of Business and Economics Department of International Business Melanchthonstr. 30 72074 Tï¿œbingen Germany Phone +49 7071 29 74050 Fax +49 7071 29 5534
-- Prof. Dr. Dr. Claude-Hï¿œlï¿œne Mayer (HAW, Hamburg) Institut fï¿œr Interkulturelle Praxis & Konfliktmanagement (IIPK) www.interkulturelle-mediation.de Praxis fï¿œr systemisches Coaching, Therapie & Hypnose. Mediation. Integrierte Lerntherapie (pctm) www.pctm.de Bilinguale Kinderbï¿œcher http://kinderbuecher-mayer.jimdo.com