EMPLOYEES’ MOTIVATION IN TIME OF SOCIO-POLITICAL CRISIS /
CAMEROON DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION EKONA BANANA AND PALM PLANTATIONS
FON KENNETH FORTU; SUPERVISOR: ASST. PROF. DR. STEVEN W. BAYIGHOMOG
- v, 83 sheets; 31 cm. 1 CD-ROM
Thesis (MBA) - Cyprus International University. Institute of Graduate Studies and Research Business Administration Department
Includes bibliography (sheets 38-39)
ABSTRACT Crisis management is one important aspect of management that has been attracting attention in recent times. Since the beginning of the 21st century, there has been the frequent occurrences of both man-made (provoke) crisis such as the Cameroon Anglophone crisis or the global financial crisis of 2008 caused by the economic down turn, and natural disasters such as the recent earthquake in Turkey or the COVID 19 epidemic. The Cameroon Anglophone crisis that began in September of 2016 has destroy institutions and the social life of the two Anglophone regions of Cameroon and has indirectly influence the affairs of the entire nation of Cameroon. One of such institution that has badly been affected is the Cameroon development cooperation (CDC). The present situation of the CDC is that most of its plantations are either non-operational or partially operational because most of its laborers were force to flee as a result of the insecurity characterizing the region as a result of the frequent confrontation between the state army and the separatist movement. The purpose of this work is to investigate how to motivate the laborers of the CDC especially those of the Ekona plantations to return back to work through a careful examination of the measures or action already adopted by the management to keep the plantation operational even during the Anglophone crisis. To this effect, the paper presents a detail review of some prominent motivational theories, to the end that motivation be seen or regarded as a managerial (leadership) tool at the disposal of managers. We adopt a qualitative research design that allows us to perform a semi structured interview on a convenient sample in other to generate primary data. Our findings reveal that the cooperation is not at zero production. In areas where there is calm (security) the plantations are operational and in those areas of insecurity the plantations are not operational. This paper therefore recommends that, the management of CDC should not just take actions that state goals or outlines achievements while pursuing the other objectives, but it should envisage those actions or moves that will bring peace back in and around their plantations. Keyword; Anglophone Crisis, Cameroon, Crisis management, CDC, Employee Motivation, and Security.