1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910154308603321

Titolo

Developing Africa : concepts and practices in twentieth-century colonialism / / Joseph M. Hodge, Gerald Hödl, and Martina Kopf [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2015

ISBN

1-78170-682-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Studies in imperialism

Disciplina

325.30960904

Soggetti

Colonies - Africa - History - 20th century

Economic development - Africa - History - 20th century

History

Great Britain Colonies Africa History 20th century

France Colonies Africa History 20th century

Portugal Colonies Africa History 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Meanings of development in twentieth-century colonialism. From dead end to new lease of life : development in south-eastern Tanganyika from the late 1930s to the 1950s / Juhani Koponen ; Developing 'Portuguese Africa' in late colonialism : confronting discourses / Cláudia Castelo ; A history of maendeleo : the concept of 'development' in Tanganyika's late colonial public sphere / Emma Hunter -- Economic and rural development. The 'private' face of African development planning during the Second World War / Billy Frank ; Ecological concepts of development? : the case of colonial Zambia / Sven Speek ; Developming rural Africa : rural development discourse in colonial Zimbabwe, 1944-79 / E. Kushinga Makombe ; The tractor as a tool of development? : the mythologies and legacies of mechanissed tropical agriculture in French Africa, 1944-56 / Céline Pessis -- Social development and welfare. From precondition to goal of development : health and medicine in the planning and politics of British Tanganyika / Walter Bruchhausen ; 'Keystone of progress' and mise en valeur d'ensemble : British and French colonial discourses on education for



development in the interwar period / Walter Schicho ; Development and education in British colonial Nigeria, 1940-55 / Uyilawa Usuanlele ; Motherhood, morality, and social order : gender and development discourse and practice in late colonial Africa / Barbara Bush -- Discourse-analytical and literary perspectives on colonial development. The world the Portuguese developed : racial politics, luso-tropicalism and development discourse in late Portuguese colonialism / Caio Simões de Araújo and Iolande Vasile ; The notion of 'développement' in French colonial discourses : changes indiscursive practices and their solcial implications / Françoise Dufour ; Developing Africa in the colonial imageination : European and African narrative writing of the interwar period / Martina Kopf -- Epilogue : taking stock, looking ahead / Joseph M. Hodge.

Sommario/riassunto

'Developing Africa' investigates development in British, French and Portuguese colonial Africa during the last decades of colonial rule. During this period, development became the central concept underpinning the relationship between metropolitan Europe and colonial Africa. Combining historiographical accounts with analyses from other academic perspectives, the book investigates a range of contexts, from agriculture to mass media.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910797641503321

Autore

McKay Kenneth N. <1953-, >

Titolo

Manufacturing excellence : renewal and rebirth / / Kenneth N. McKay and Vincent C.S. Wiers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, [New York] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : , : Momentum Press, , 2015

ISBN

1-60650-852-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 134 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Engineering management collection, , 2376-4902

Disciplina

658.5

Soggetti

Production management

Organizational change

Automobile supplies industry

Libros electronicos.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Introducing Ben -- Ben and Jake -- Strategy -- The instrument cluster -- Fear -- Mr. Big intervenes -- The contract -- Culture shock -- The grim reaper -- The new boss -- The good, the bad, and the ugly -- Shared fate -- What makes a line a good line? -- Setting examples -- See the light -- Teaching the basics -- The new incentive scheme -- Breaking the eggs to get an omelet -- Promotions and shutdowns -- Another contract -- Back at the factory -- Some last thoughts -- Teamwork -- Waste and reclamation -- Mentoring -- Cast, in alphabetical order -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

For years, automotive supplier GAFFER has been able to survive using its old management and production practices. But times have been changing and GAFFER's future looks bleak. Jake is a retired production planner, reflecting on his long history with the GAFFER factory and what is currently happening. He wonders how things might change as their main customer wants a completely new part to be not only produced, but also designed at GAFFER. Just when the old management is about to mess up the relationship with the customer, there is a new factory manager. He starts turning the factory around and Jake shares all of the juicy stories with his coffee mate, Ben.