Portraits of Human Behavior and Performance The Human Factor in Action

by Adjibolosoo, Senyo B-S.K.; Whitney, Chris; Puplampu, Korbla P.; Codjoe, Henry M.; Tettey, Wisdom; Bakti, Andi; Jones, Garth; Chaudhuri, Shekhar; Bharadwaj, Arjun; Sudhaaker, Bhushan; Adu-Febiri, Francis

• ISBN13: 9780761820390
• ISBN10: 0761820396
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

Each day, a new set of programs and technologies is created to help solve the social, economic, and political problems we face in our immediate and global communities. To successfully overcome these problems, it is essential that we comprehend the extent to which the human quality impacts the performance effectiveness of the social institutions, cultural activities, governance structures, economic, and political systems. In Portraits of Human Behavior and Performance, Senyo B-S.K. Adjibolosoo discusses the various portraits of human behavior and their impact on performance effectiveness. Adjibolosoo argues that due to the relationship between human behavior and performance, institutions and programs that fail are human failures.

Table of Contents

PART I: INTRODUCTION
Introduction	3	(14)
Senyo Adjibolosoo
Portraits of Human Behavior and Action	17	(32)
Senyo Adjibolosoo
PART II: POLITICAL ISSUES AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS
The Human Factor in Professional Indecency and Incompetence	49	(30)
Chris Whitney
Human Factor Studies and Social Conflict: A Socio-Historical and Comparative Analysis of the Racial and Ethnic Dimensions	79	(30)
Korbla P. Puplampu
Henry M. Codjoe
Human Factor Analysis and Democratic Transition in Africa	109	(30)
Wisdom Tettey
Apartheid from Within the Human Heart: How Human Factor Decay Created and Perpetuated Racial Segregation in the Republic of South Africa	139	(40)
Senyo Adjibolosoo
PART III: PRODUCTIVITY AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
A Human Factor Anatomy of the Performance of Structural Adjustment Programs and Stabilization Policies in Tanzania	179	(28)
Senyo Adjibolosoo
Education for Human Quality Appreciation: The Kingpin for Sustaining Development Communications in Indonesia	207	(34)
Andi Bakti
The Human Factor and the State of Development in Socialist Countries: A Comparative Analysis of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Cuba	241	(30)
Senyo Adjibolosoo
`Acres of Diamonds': Studies of Development Administration and the Mormon Experience	271	(46)
Garth Jones
PART IV: LEADERSHIP AND MANAGERIAL PERFORMANCE
The Essence of Leadership Development and Performance Effectiveness	317	(28)
Senyo Adjibolosoo
The Human Factor and Employee Performance Effectiveness: An Exploration	345	(28)
Shekhar Chaudhuri
Arjun Bharadwaj
Bhushan Sudhaaker
Human Factor Competency and the Performance Effectiveness of Hospitality Industry Professionals	373	(16)
Francis Adu-Febiri
Communication and Culture in Indonesia: Old Order and New Order Perspectives on the Human Quality and Performance Effectiveness	389	(32)
Andi Bakti
Given the Current State of the Human Condition, Where Do We Go from Here?	421	(20)
Senyo Adjibolosoo
Index	441	(6)
About the Editor and Contributors	447