People Management Policies and Practices in Southern Africa

Dorothy Mpabanga, Lewis Dzimbiri (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

190 Seiten

2025
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-0353-5366-8 (ISBN)

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This pioneering book sheds light on people management policies and practices across nine countries in the Southern African region. It explores how public administration and human resource practices have evolved over time to contribute to the region’s socio-economic transformation through the effective management of people in both the private and public sector organizations.

Combining theoretical, conceptual and experiential analysis, internationally renowned contributors discuss lived experiences, and the successes and challenges faced when managing employees in the Global South. Chapters include diverse case studies and cross-country comparisons interrogating people management regulatory frameworks and highlighting country specific policies and practices as shaped by specific contexts. They also investigate emerging trends and issues such as DEI, green human resource management, AI, Indigenous knowledge and the Ubuntu principles. Crucially, the book provides illuminating alternative cases of people management policies and practices from the Global North by sharing the experiences of countries in Southern Africa.

People Management Policies and Practices in Southern Africa is a valuable toolkit for scholars in the fields of human resource management and public administration, and students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. It is also of benefit to human resource practitioners and policymakers, allowing them to appreciate diverse people management policies and practices in the Global South.

Edited by Dorothy Mpabanga, Associate Professor of Human Resource Management, Department of Political and Administrative Studies, University of Botswana, Botswana, Lewis Dzimbiri, Professor of Public Administration and Management, Department of Leadership and Management Studies, University of Malawi, Malawi

Contents
Preface xi
1 Introduction 1
Dorothy Mpabanga and Lewis Dzimbiri
2 People management policies and practices in Botswana 5
Dorothy Mpabanga and Keratilwe Bodilenyane
3 Sustainable HRM practices in the Kenyan informal sector 27
Lucy Simani Wamalwa and Fridah Gakii Murithi
4 Human resource management: the case of Lesotho 43
Malinopi Phate, Mamello Rakolobe and Maletsoela Mahao
5 Human resource management in Malawi 60
Tiyesere Mercy Chikapa
6 Human resource management in Mauritius 76
Preetila Seeam
7 Human resource management in Namibia: insights from
the core labour legislative framework, Ubuntu values and
diversity dynamics 95
Andrew Jeremiah and Sulaiman Olusegun Atiku
8 An overview of human resource management policies and
practice in South Africa 111
Gloria Mbokota and Dorothy Ndletyana
9 Human resource management practices in Tanzania 128
Lucy Odo Kiowi
10 Rethinking human capital management practices in Industrial
Revolution 4.0: the case of Zimbabwe 143
Joe Muzurura
11 Conclusion: people management policies, practices, emerging
trends and issues in Southern Africa 157
Dorothy Mpabanga and Lewis Dzimbiri

Erscheinungsdatum	15.11.2025
Reihe/Serie	New Horizons in Management series
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Personalwesen
ISBN-10	1-0353-5366-0 / 1035353660
ISBN-13	978-1-0353-5366-8 / 9781035353668
Zustand	Neuware