Effective management and change in Africa
Sudanese academic and research institutions have long suffered from varying degrees of mismanagement, poor management and inappropriate management. This paper will attempt to explore a number of issues about Human Resource Management (HRM) within the Sudanese academic and research institutions, namely the University of Gezira (GU) and the Agricultural Research Corporation (ARC). Before that happens, it is necessary to engage in a little background study, as an understanding of HRM in these institutions can be possible only in the context of understanding HRM and Sudan. Therefore the early parts of this paper will deal with the context and activities of HRM that are applicable to both Sudan and Africa. In particular there will be a focus on the practice and challenges of HRM within ARC and GU as well as a reconceptualisation of our understanding of HRM in Sudan.
Technology management in the Sudan: strategic and policy challenges
This paper addresses the strategic and policy challenges facing technological transformation and productivity increase in the Sudan. It examines the various factors which influence agricultural technology adoption decisions as well as the constraints facing the agricultural sector in the Sudan. The paper also demonstrates that complexity and linkages of the various technology adoption factors represent real challenges in future technology management in the Sudan. Finally, a number of findings emerge which outline the key issues relating to the effective management of technological transformation in the Sudan and other similar African countries.
Sudan : recent economic developments
The adverse impact of the secession and of the lack of agreement on oil transit fees are heavily affecting vital economy activities, causing serious economic imbalances and increasing hardship for the population, in particular for the poor. The policy measures taken by the authorities have not been much successful yet in tackling the deteriorating economic situation, and the substantial loss of oil revenues is now being translated into serious external and internal deficits, inflation, and economic hardship.