Case #1290.0

Case of Zimetco

Publication Date: January 01, 1995
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Abstract:
This case is set in Zimbabwe and focuses on an education and training cooperative aimed at improving rural agriculture in the wake of that country's civil war in 1981. The organization becomes successful and influential under a dynamic leader who announces his resignation in 1985. It then must decide whether to hire a successor who appears to be well qualified but comes not from Zimbabwe but from Kenya. Ultimately, it does so and regrets the decision for reasons that raise both ethical and management questions. This case was developed by the Public and Development Management Program of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Other Details

Case Author:
Merle Favis
Pages (incl. exhibits):
4
Setting:
Africa
Language:
English
Funding Source:
Graduate School of Public and Development Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa