Nelson Mandela The world gathered on Tuesday in Johannesburg to commemorate Nelson Mandela. Much has been said. In a way it was Nelson Mandela who heralded the big change on the continent and the era of modern Africa. Until the 1980s…
Read More I am not a software developer. But last week I attended a management course conducted by a software developer and attended solely by software developers. I made a big discovery. WE SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE! My background in management is…
Read More Europe is the largest provider of development aid to African countries. Although aid is still very much needed in certain places, it increasingly becomes an outdated concept. It is also outdated because its influence on Africa’s realm of ideas has…
Read More It was almost in the last session of the 2-day Global Peter Drucker Forum in Vienna on November 15, 2013, when Roger Martin came up with a very different thought: The complexity of our world has actually not increased. It is just…
Read More China’s State-Capitalism and US-Shareholder Value Thinking The economic success story of several African countries over the last 15 years has a lot to do with the emergence of non-Western countries, particularly China, India, Brazil, Turkey, and other Asian and Arabic…
Read More Emerging Africa is on the move The economic performance of Africa’s 54 countries more than doubled in real terms since 2000 (GDP based on PPP + 145,2%), income per capita improved alone in Sub-Sahara Africa from 1.380 to 2.580 USD…
Read More Maputo, 24.10.2013 – „Mozambique shall put at stake all its economic boom?“, my vis-à-visis asks. And answers herself: „No way!“ We are sitting in Sabores, a recently opened restaurant in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, the current boom land of…
Read More The three globally dominating economic powers – US-America, German-speaking Europe and China – lead and manage in different ways. While the US and German-speaking Europe have developed their ways of doing during centuries, China is new in the club and…
Read More The (Central) European model of hidden champions is one of the most promising alternatives for continued global economic development. Contrary to the authoritarian Asian model of state capitalism it is able to tackle the complexities of our newly globalized world;…
Read More The European Management approach is rooted in Systems Theory and Complexity Thinking. In this respect it is very different from mainstream management thinking and by its very nature it is capable of coping with the complexity of our new world.…
Read More The concept of Shared Value by Porter/Kramer is a very practical approach for US-American companies. Yet the European Customer Value approach has the potential to improve the world economic system and contribute substantially to the well being in our globalized…
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