Human Factor Engineering and the Political Economy of African Development

by Senyo B-S. K. Adjibolosoo

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275954918
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	07/22/1996
Series:	Science; 1054
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

SENYO B-S. K. ADJIBOLOSOO is Professor of Business and Economics at Trinity Western University. Dr. Adjibolosoo is the Director of the International Institute for Human Factor Development (IIHFD) Society and the editor of Review of Human Factor Studies. He has published a number of books and articles on economic development including Perspectives on Economic Development in Africa (Praeger, 1994), The Significance of the Human Factor in African Economic Development (Praeger, 1995), and The Human Factor in Developing Africa (Praeger, 1995).

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

Editorial Reviews

Based on the belief that most development programs for Africa have failed because of neglect to address the decay and underdevelopment of the human factor, advocates integrated multidisciplinary education and training policies and programs. Explains the fundamentals of human-factor development and how programs can be implemented to train Africans to participate in national development, constitutional democracy, industrial progress, agricultural improvement, technological innovation, and other areas. Distributed in the US by Greenwood. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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