Globally Distributed Product Development: Role of Complexity on the What, Where and How

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The Impact of Change on Organisation Commitment in Zimbabwean Universities

This paper sought to establish the impact of change on organisation commitment amongst state university lecturers in Zimbabwe. The paper examined current thinking amongst lecturers with respect to changes that have been introduced in the university education sector in Zimbabwe. This research focused on the determinants of organisation commitment which are: shared vision & culture, Emotional attachment, Training & development, Reward systems & Emotional attachment. A total of 500 respondents were purposely selected from the country’s ten state universities and it was established that the teaching staff generally lack commitment towards their employer. This is mainly because of changes that are implemented using a top down approach.

Lean Enterprise Architecture for System Technological Innovation

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Lean Enterprise Architecture for System Technological Innovation

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Globally vs. Locally Distributed Product Development: A Quantitative Comparative Analysis in Engineering Systems

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Predictors of Effective Change Management

Many change models have prescribed stages involved in implementing successful change management. The literature review undertaken in this study therefore sought to summarise the models by explaining the predictors of effective change management. Change leadership, communication, employee engagement and employee commitment are key variables in successful organisation change implementation

The UK-Rwanda asylum deal indicates a failure to make human rights a reality

Serious concerns continue to be raised over the UK-Rwanda asylum seekers’ deal, principally from a human rights perspective. The structural issues within the UK’s asylum system have hindered safe passage and resettlement for vulnerable people. For the system to be fair, a human rights-based approach must be adopted when designing and implementing policies. Of particular importance are the two stages of processing and implementation, which include the expressions of temporal fairness

Regulation and Repression of Civil Society through the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendation 8: How a Restrictive Interpretation Limits Civil Society Contributions to Development in Africa

The contributions of civil society through development initiatives have been instrumental in addressing various socio-economic challenges societies face. For instance, there is evidence that community-based intervention packages have had a substantial impact on child and new-born mortality in Mozambique. On the political front, in Senegal, civil society initiatives contributed to the 'downfall of former president Abdoulaye Wade, his son and heir apparent, Karim Wade, and a number of formerly powerful members of his government' who were accused of corruption. Civil society organisations (CSOs) have also filled the gaps left by governments' failures to deliver reliable and efficient public services and address some of the challenges faced in communities. Efforts to shrink civic space by policing the work of civil society organisations has primarily been premised on governments' efforts to evade being held accountable.This has taken different forms, the most common being distorting the narrative on the agenda of civil society organisations. CSOs are negatively labelled as being rooted in interfering with politics and enforcing political ideations of Western institutions which make up much of the sources of funding for civil society activities. CSOs have constantly faced backlash and in the most recent past, there has been instrumentalisation of counter-terrorist and anti-money laundering laws and regulations. The framework of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendations is often the basis of these broad and vague laws that give governments extensive powers to investigate and prosecute suspects and also infringe on the rights of critics. Although terrorist activities around the world including in the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Kenya, Mali and Pakistan to mention a few give cause for concern, there are some governments that have put in place measures where there is no threat or real risk of terrorism. As a result, these measures are a tool used to silence and stifle fundamental freedoms including for journalists and other civil society actors

Legal Practices and Regulatory Frameworks In Africa: A Civic Space Emergency

In the last two decades, civil society has made significant strides in giving communities a voice to challenge governments and be involved in governance processes. The 2011 Arab-Spring, a by-product of such process proved effective and sustainable in toppling tyranny in North Africa. The observable trend has been that the contribution and participation of civil society both in the implementation of their mandate and in the digital space is heavily restricted as a result of government interference, persecution and retaliation. This has resulted in the forced suspension of civil society organisations, unwarranted raids, shut down and the arrest of human rights activists such as Bobi Wine of Uganda and members of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions of Zimbabwe