Overview
- Shows how the three traditional dimensions of sustainability (SEE) play out in practice in Africa
- Proposes ways to overcome the challenges to responsible leadership faced by African businesses and governments
- Offers insights into the difference in approaches to the practice of sustainability within and outside Africa
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in African Leadership (PSAL)
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To effectively deliver sustainable management in practice for Africa, we need responsible leadership. We need to deepen our understanding of sustainability in the unique socio-political and economic context of the continent. The roles of various actors across public, private and non-profit sectors as enablers of sustainable development need to be explored to understand the social, economic and environmental (SEE) trends in Africa and its emerging and developing economies, as well as to chart the way forward for the continent.
This first volume focuses on the African understanding of sustainability and its dimensions within its unique historical, social, environmental and political contexts. Through the lens of responsible leadership, the authors reflect on the implementation and extension of the SEE sustainability triad in ways unique to the African continent, especially in relation to the development of well-thought-out, healthy and enduring policy frameworks and the promotion of good governance.
The African scope of the book is hinged on collaboration from authors across Africa and the inclusion of case stories from emerging economies in the five African subregions (East, West, North, Central and Southern Africa) within the chapters. The core message is that, to achieve effective and sustainable management and development for Africa, the practice of responsible leadership is critical.
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"This book is a 'must read'. It may be written with leaders and leadership students in Africa as the main audience, but this book is importantly also a 'must read' for the rest of the world's leaders and leadership students in search of understanding what business 'societal impact' may mean. This book provides thought-provoking ideas (e.g., eco-poetry) and critical thinking (e.g., about inequality) on the importance of engaging leadership students to address the world's 'wicked problems' which are in many dimensions experienced very differently and very directly in an African everyday than in most other places in the world. Yet, reading this book makes it clear how societal impact for management schools in Africa may serve to inspire management scholars and leadership educators around the world. Well done! And thank you for contributing such a timely, relevant and inspiring book about the role of leadership education for societal impact." (Dr. Mette Morsing, Head of PRME Principles for Responsible Management Education, United Nations Global Compact)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Kemi Ogunyemi is Associate Professor of Business Ethics in Lagos Business School at Pan-Atlantic University, Nigeria.
Oreva Atanya is Sustainability Centre Manager in Lagos Business School at Pan-Atlantic University, Nigeria.
Vanessa Burgal is a Marketing lecturer in Lagos Business School at Pan-Atlantic University, Nigeria.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Management and Leadership for a Sustainable Africa, Volume 1
Book Subtitle: Dimensions, Practices and Footprints
Editors: Kemi Ogunyemi, Oreva Atanya, Vanessa Burgal
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in African Leadership
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04911-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-04910-1Published: 17 November 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-04913-2Published: 17 November 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-04911-8Published: 16 November 2022
Series ISSN: 2945-6673
Series E-ISSN: 2945-6681
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 317
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Business Strategy/Leadership, African Business, Management, Business Ethics, Sustainable Development