Cultural values: A conduit of shaping managerial thinking in Zimbabwe’s industrial relations
Knowledge production remains a game of power. Over the years certain discourses have tried to naturalise and reinforce the position that world’s best practices are defined as Eurocentric and henceforth anything that is African is viewed as ‘traditional’ , ‘barbaric’ and ‘bush’. The European ‘supr...
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| author | Farai Ncube |
| author2 | Human Resource Management Department, Midlands State University, Zimbabwe. |
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| description | Knowledge production remains a game of power. Over the years certain discourses have tried to
naturalise and reinforce the position that world’s best practices are defined as Eurocentric and
henceforth anything that is African is viewed as ‘traditional’ , ‘barbaric’ and ‘bush’. The European
‘supremacy’ in knowledge production has been emphasised across disciplines and human resource
(HR) management is no exception. It has been argued that ‘true’ human resource management policies
were ‘invented’ by Europeans. This has however, fanned discord in industrial relations in Zimbabwean
organisations. Employing a theoretical and literature review approach, this research critically explores
the extent to which harmony and productivity can be achieved in Zimbabwe if managers adopt the ‘true’
Zimbabwean cultural values and allow them to shape their managerial thinking. This study contends that
best HR practices are as old as humanity itself in the African society and Zimbabwean culture in
particular. This study explores concepts such as, team work, quality circles, total quality management,
works councils, respect, harmony, collective bargaining, which have been part and parcel of the
Zimbabwean culture since time immemorial and which are important as markers of HR practices. |
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| spelling | ir-11408-56312023-05-12T13:47:36Z Cultural values: A conduit of shaping managerial thinking in Zimbabwe’s industrial relations Farai Ncube Human Resource Management Department, Midlands State University, Zimbabwe. Culture Conduit Managerial thinking Industrial relations Zimbabwe Knowledge production remains a game of power. Over the years certain discourses have tried to naturalise and reinforce the position that world’s best practices are defined as Eurocentric and henceforth anything that is African is viewed as ‘traditional’ , ‘barbaric’ and ‘bush’. The European ‘supremacy’ in knowledge production has been emphasised across disciplines and human resource (HR) management is no exception. It has been argued that ‘true’ human resource management policies were ‘invented’ by Europeans. This has however, fanned discord in industrial relations in Zimbabwean organisations. Employing a theoretical and literature review approach, this research critically explores the extent to which harmony and productivity can be achieved in Zimbabwe if managers adopt the ‘true’ Zimbabwean cultural values and allow them to shape their managerial thinking. This study contends that best HR practices are as old as humanity itself in the African society and Zimbabwean culture in particular. This study explores concepts such as, team work, quality circles, total quality management, works councils, respect, harmony, collective bargaining, which have been part and parcel of the Zimbabwean culture since time immemorial and which are important as markers of HR practices. 6 5 76 84 2023-05-12T13:47:35Z 2023-05-12T13:47:35Z 2014-04-22 research article https://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/5631 10.5897/AJHC2014.0186 en African Journal of History and Culture 2141-6672 open Academic Journals |
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| title | Cultural values: A conduit of shaping managerial thinking in Zimbabwe’s industrial relations |
| title_full | Cultural values: A conduit of shaping managerial thinking in Zimbabwe’s industrial relations |
| title_fullStr | Cultural values: A conduit of shaping managerial thinking in Zimbabwe’s industrial relations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cultural values: A conduit of shaping managerial thinking in Zimbabwe’s industrial relations |
| title_short | Cultural values: A conduit of shaping managerial thinking in Zimbabwe’s industrial relations |
| title_sort | cultural values: a conduit of shaping managerial thinking in zimbabwe’s industrial relations |
| topic | Culture Conduit Managerial thinking Industrial relations Zimbabwe |
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