The Executive Director of E-AMARC is Osarumwense IGUISI. He holds a first degree in Construction Technology. An M.Sc degree in Industrial Location and Development and a second M.Sc degree in Management from the University of Brussels in Belgium. He obtained the Doctorate degree in Applied Science of Economics with special research focus on "Cultures and Appropriate Management" from the Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve in Belgium.
His career has moved between industry and
academia. He has worked for national and international organizations as engineer,
economist and management scholar in Africa and Europe.
Since 1990, he has been involved in teaching and research in the fields of culture and appropriate management. He was a Research Fellow with the Institute for Research on Intercultural Cooperation (IRIC), University of Maastricht-Netherlands. Senior Lecturer Department of Computers and Management Sciences, University of Trento, Trento-Italy. Course Consultant, Maastricht School of Management, Maastricht-Netherlands and Associate Consultant, University Centre for Industrial and Management Economics (CUIEM), Verona-Italy. He also hold the position of Research and Training Consultant to the Lanarkshire Development Authority in Bellshire, Scotland., CESI Paris île de France in Paris, France, Consorzio Universitario per gli studi di Organizzazione Aziendale (CUOA), Altavilla Vicentina, Italy and National Research Centre (Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche, Napoli-Italy.
His publications include among others:
Investing in Nigeria, Investors Guide, 1986., Culture and Management: "Effects of Western Education on Third World Development", 1988., Industrial Management in African Cultures, 1994. The Role of Culture in Appropriate Management and Indigenous Development in Africa, 1995. Culture Dimensions to Appropriate Management in Africa (ed), 1997. Industrial Management: Motivation and Leadership in African Cultures, 1997, Supporting Entrepreneurship in New Strategic Environment: Cultural Perspectives to Entrepreneurial Effectiveness Across Cultures, 1998. Leadership in African Broadcast Industry, 1999. Managing Broadcating in African Cultures, 2000. Management: Leadership and Motivation Patterns in Different Cultures, 2001.
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Prof. A. Ahiauzu, Research, Training and Consulting Advisor, Indigenous Management and Development. Dr. G. Nakabaale-Lule, Prof. Italo Trevisan, Anne N Munala, Prof. S. Chumbow, Prof. Francis N. Kibera, |
E-AMARC has signed more than 20 collaborating agreements with academic and training institutions in Africa and Europe. Most of these provide for trainees and trainers exchange programs. Through these internationally recognized institutions, E-AMARC and its partners in Africa have entered into agreements with European, Asian and American training and research institutions.
AICCD - African Itinerant College for Culture and Development, Dakar Senegal.
UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
UNECA - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.
IDEP - United Nations African Institute for Economic Development and Planning, Dakar Senegal.
CAFRAD - African Training and Research Centre in Administration for Development, Tangier-Morocco.
MUBS - Makerere University Business School, Kampala, Uganda.
UB - University of Buea, Buea-Cameroon.
CIMRAT - International Centre for Management Research and Training, Port Harcourt-Nigeria.
CUOA - Consorzio Universitario per gli studi di Organizzazione Aziendale, Altavilla Vicentina, Italy.
CESI - Ecole d’Ingenieurs, Evry Cedex, Paris-France
UT- University of Trento, Department of Computers and Management Sciences, Trento-Italy.
LDC- Lanarkshire Development Centre, Bellshire, Scotland.
Professor Augustine Ahiauzu
E-mail: e-amac@cuci.nl or cimrat@linkserve.com.ng
Professor A Ahiauzu holds a first degree in Sociology from the University of Nigeria. Nsukka, a Master degree in Organizational Sociology and Doctorate degree in Organizational Behaviour from Birmingham: University of Aston Management Centre.
His career has been fully devoted to academia. He has worked for national and international Universities as lecturer and researcher.
He was the Vice - Chancellor of the Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt, Nigeria between 1989-1996. Currently, he is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the International Centre for Management Research and Training based in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. He is at the moment involved in teaching and research in the field of cultures and indigenous management thought, and serves as E-AMARC Research, Training and Consulting Advisor on Indigenous Management and Development.
His publications include among others:
Cultural Influences on Managerial Industrial Relations Policies, 1983., Culture and Workplace Industrial Relations, 1984., The Influences shaping Work Behaviour in African Organizations, 1985., The African Thought System and the Work Behaviour of the African Industrial Man, 1986., Staff Training Policies of Multinational Organizations in Africa, 1986., Type ‘A’ Method for Management Research in Africa: Enunciating a Culture-Specific Paradigm, 199. Developing Human Resources for Societal Modernization in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1997.
Professor Italo Trevisan
E-mail: trevisan@cs.unitn.it or e-amac@cuci.nl
Professor Trevisan holds a first degree in Political Science from the University of Padova and an MA degree in Political Studies from the University of Cape Town in South Africa.
Since 1986, he has been involved in teaching and
research in the field of Culture and International Marketing, Cultures and
Entrepreneurship Development and International Marketing Research Methodologies. He is a
full-time Professor at the Department of Computers and Management Sciences, University of
Trento, Italy. Part-time Lecturer and member of the Scientific Steering Committee of
Consorzio Universitario per gli studi di Organizzazione Aziendale (CUOA), in Altavilla
Vicentina-Italy., Member of the Editorial Board of the scientific Journal SINERGIE, and a
Research Fellow with the University Centre for Industrial and Management Economics
(CUIEM), Verona-Italy. He is currently E-AMARC Research and Training Advisor on Cultures
and Entrepreneurship Development.
His publications include among others:
The Role of Culture as an Environmental Factor on the Management of International Firms, 1993., A Profile of Successful Small Business Entrepreneurs: A comparative Study. 1994., The Entrepreneur as an Agent of Economic Development: The Impact of Cultural Differences on the Emergence of Entrepreneurial Factors in a Third World Country, 1994., Specificity and Universality of Selected Entrepreneurial Factors, 1995., Entrepreneurship, Economic Growth and Local Culture, 1995., The Role of Socio-Cultural Components in Local Development: Notes Towards a Line of Research Starting from the Italian Experience, 1995., Universality or Specificity of Entrepreneurial Factors: A report from a cross-cultural study 1997.
Dr. Nakabaale-Lule G
E-mail: e-amac@cuci.nl
Dr. Nakabaale-Lule holds a first degree in Political Science from the Makerere University Kampala-Uganda, a Master of Science degree in Industrial Location and Development, and a Master of Science degree in Management from the University of Brussels. He obtained the Doctorate degree in International Relations from the Universite Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-La-Neuve in Belgium.
His career has moved between the public and private sector both in Africa and Europe.
He was a Senior Administrative Secretary at the Uganda Ministry of Local Government. He held the position of Head of Chancery and Acting Head of Mission at the Uganda Mission to Rwanda, Industrial Project Analyst at the Plant Location International Brussels-Belgium. He is at the moment involved in research and training in the field of cultures and Small Business Development and head the Project Evaluation Division of E-AMARC.
Anne N Munala
E-mail: e-amac@cuci.nl
Anne Munala holds a first degree in Sociology and a master’s degree in Industrial Sociology from the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya. She also hold the Post-Graduate Diploma in Women Entrepreneurship from the Maastricht School of Management at Maastricht, Netherlands.
Her career has been fully devoted to the world of academics.
She was a Lecturer at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology and the Membership and Administrative Services Manager at the Kenya Institute of Management. At the moment, she is E-AMARC Project Consultant and Training Advisor for Women Entrepreneurs and Managers.
Professor S Chumbow
E-mail: e-amac@cuci.nl
Professor Chumbow holds a first degree in French language from the University of Yaunde, a Master and Doctorate degrees in Linguistics from the University of Paris in France.
His career has been fully devoted to academia. He has worked for national and international Universities as lecturer and researcher.
He is presently the Vice - Chancellor, University of Ngaoundere, Ngaoundere-Adamawa Province, Cameroon, Senior Lecturer, University of Ibadan Nigeria, Professor, University of Yaunde and Visiting Research Fellow, University of Cape Town, South Africa. Professor Chumbow is E-AMARC Research and Project Advisor on Foreign Aids and Indigenous Development in Africa.
Professor Francis N. Kibera
E-mail: f.kibera@uonbi.ac.ke
Professor Kibera holds a first degree in Commerce from the University of Nairobi, an MBA in Marketing from from the University of Alberta and a Doctorate degrees in Marketing Strategies from the University of Toronto in Canada
His career has been fully devoted to academia. He has worked for national and international Universities as lecturer and researcher.
He is the current Principal of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Nairobi in Kenya. He is a visiting Scholar and Reader to the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania and Makerere University Kampala in Uganda. Currently, he holds the position of Senior Research Fellow with E-AMARC and working on the implications of cultural values for Marketing Strategies for Small and Medium Businesses within the East African sub-regions.
He is at the moment involved in teaching and research in the field of cultures and public sector management, and E-AMARC Research and Training Advisor.
His publications include among others:
Marketing and Competition in African Cultures, 1999. Problems and Opportunities of Transfering Western Marketing Know-how to East Africa, 1988. Marketing Strategies for Small Enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Kenya, 1997. Challenges and Prospects of Female Entrepreneurship in Small Scale Enterprises in Kenya, 1999.
Our Resource Capacity
The E-AMARC and its Partner Centres staff members and associates have disciplinary background in management and behavioral sciences, and share interest in and concern for public and private sector business policy management. All members of staff and associates seek to combine closeness to the world of practical realities with critical insights from the world of scholarship theory. Apart from the members of the Centres, we can also draw upon the insights and services of colleagues in the Universities and upon partners with other public and private organizations locally and internationally.
Request for more information and delivery of any of the above mentioned programs should be addressed to:
The Executive Director
Euro-African Management Research Centre (E-AMARC), Hyacinthenstraat 23 6214 TC Maastricht The Netherlands. Tel: +31 43 3431497 Fax: +31 43 3431497/3260203 E-mail: e-amac@cuci.nl
The Director
Euro-Zanzibar Centre for Business Research and Development, Faculty of Business Administration, Zanzibar University, PO Box 2440 Zanzibar-Tanzania Tel: +255 811602784 or +255 54 232642 Fax: +255 811338174 E:mail zanvarsity@zitec.org
The Director
Centre for Small Business Research and Development, Faculty of Commerce, University of Zimbabwe, PO Box MP 167 Mount Pleasant, Harare-Zimbabwe. Tel: +263 4 303211 ext. 1515/1302 Fax: +263 4 333674 E-mail: hmukwenha@esanet.zw
The Coordinator
Centre for African Entrepreneurship Research and Development (CAERD), Faculty of Commerce, University of Nairobi PO Box 30197 Nairobi-Kenya Tel: +254 2 217441/334244 Fax: +254 2 224457 E-mail: f.kibera@uonbi.ac.ke
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