Harnessing Knowledge Management for Africa’s Transition to the 21st Century

Management Accounting Education for the 21st Century Firms

Management accounting has become a subject of hot debates over the last four decades and has undergone a major transformation. It is argued that traditional management accounting roles have either disappeared or been changed. The debate is based on the belief that roles of ‘Management Accountants’ require new forms of education and training,  with more emphasis on the practicality of the subjec...

Combating Climate Change: The Role of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency

Climate change and its possible impacts on the environment and socio-economic systems now constitute the most important environmental problem facing mankind in the 21st century. Climate change will increase poverty and hardship, endanger food security, destabilize economies, decrease food and water and create social insecurity in many countries and undermine our goals for achieving sustainable ...

Africa’s Turn A New Green Revolution for the 21st Century

Public Participation: More than a Method?; Comment on “Harnessing the Potential to Quantify Public Preferences for Healthcare Priorities through Citizens’ Juries”

While it is important to support the development of methods for public participation, we argue that this should not be at the expense of a broader consideration of the role of public participation. We suggest that a rights based approach provides a framework for developing more meaningful approaches that move beyond public participation as synonymous with consultation to value the contribution ...

The relation between 21st-century skills and digital skills: A systematic literature review

Innovation starts with people, making the human capital within the workforce decisive. In a fastchanging knowledge economy, 21st-century digital skills drive organizations' competitiveness and innovation capacity. Although such skills are seen as crucial, the digital aspect integrated with 21stcentury skills is not yet sufficiently defined. The main objectives of this study were to (1) examine ...