The Colonial Office and British expansion in the Zambezi, 1885- 1891

A historical chronicling of British colonial expansion in Southern Africa up to the Zambezi Valley during the period , circa.1885 to about 1891. Paper presented in History Seminar Room, UZ, Mt. Pleasant, Salisbury, 30th. March 1979

HRM practices in a process of organisational change: A contextualist perspective

This paper explores the interactions between HRM practices and contextual factors in a process of organisational change. We first present a typology of HRM models, in line with Mintzberg's organisational configurations. We then develop a contingent view on HRM issues-highlighting the influence of some contextual factors-followed by a more political view which reveals the power games between the different stakeholders, each of them enacting specific contextual factors. Finally, we give a more concrete understanding of the contextualist framework discussing its application to a case study in the alimentary sector