The elephant in the house : leadership and future sustainability of church media projects in Eastern Africa / by Andrew Ulemu Kaufa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaufa, Andrew Ulemu, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nonprofit organizations--Management.

Nonprofit organizations.

Nonprofit organizations--Africa, Eastern.

Mass media in religion--Africa, Eastern.

Mass media in religion.

Mass media--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Mass media.

Mass media--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Eastern Africa.

Physical Description:

192 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Limuru, Kenya : Franciscan Kolbe Press, [2020]

Summary:

"Adopting a business approach is not an option for the Church but a must. In this book, the author raises an alarm to not-for-profit enterprises especially those owned and managed by faith-based organization including the Catholic Church. Equipped with personal experience and firsthand information, the writer takes his readers into different stages of a firm established by a visionary leader or an expatriate who nurtures it into maturity. However, in obedience to the law of nature, aging, retirement and death call for a smooth and proper succession plan for the sustainability of the firm. The author takes a line of media projects as a point of departure in a unique way which allows his argument and suggestions to cut across all projects which are societal or familial in nature. In his research the author observed a number of gaps in the entire process of succession plan and management of church projects and offers concrete proposals that can be adopted. This book is worth reading for anyone who wishes to see a successful sustainability of service-oriented projects."--Back cover.

Contents:

1. The question of future sustainability of church projects

2. The great rises and falls in Catholic media history

3. Discussion and analysis of the data

4. Learning from the corporate world

Introduction to part 2. Integration of the theological and business approaches

5. Developments in the east African Church after the Chilubula Conference

6. Entrepreneurship in the real sense

7. Church entrepreneurship

8. Catholic social teaching on economic activity

9. The costly exercise of entrepreneurial management

10. Project handover and succession process.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-192).

ISBN:

9789966139252

9966139257

OCLC:

1230144403