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Monday 16 June 15h00 Stand K17 Display and demonstration of old-fashioned hand book-binding. Paarl Media. 15h00 Stand L8 Prof. Hermann Giliomee, co-editor of “New History of South Africa,” and Prof. Bill Nasson, one of the 29 authors of the book, discuss the relevance of looking at South Africa’s history with new eyes. NB Publishers. 15h15 Stand F15 “Some of my Best Friends are White” - Ndumiso Ngcobo. Subversive thoughts from an urban Zulu warrior. Two Dogs. 15h30 Children’s Zone “Stories Gogo Told Me by Lisa Grainger.” Reading by Gilly Southwood. Ages 6-12. 16h00 Children’s Zone “Your Own Story.” Write your own story or poem with plenty of cut out words to choose from. Ages 8-10. 16h00 Room 1.43 “The African Union and Africa’s Human Rights Architecture”- Baleka Mbete (Speaker of the South African Parliament), Angela Ndinga Muvumba (Centre for Conflict Resolution), Daniel Zimbler (Centre for Conflict Resolution) & John Akokpari (Department of Political Studies at UCT). Jacana Media. 16h00 Stand C19 Maskew Miller Longman’s NEW ExamBank CD-ROMS – for Grades 10, 11 and 12. Teachers are invited to come and see how to set tests and exams at the push of a button! Maskew Miller Longman. 16h00 Stand G14 Come and join Gundi for a magical singing and dancing journey through his world. Nutrend Publishers. 25 CAPE TOWN BOOK FAIR PROGRAMME 2008 16h00 Stand L8 “’Analyse’ ... ‘describe’ ... ‘compare’ ...: How should a matric literature candidate respond?” isiXhosa presentation: Guidance on understanding and responding to questions in the literature examination papers. Nasou Via Afrika. 16h00 Stand M8 Wits University Press launch of ‘African Writes Back: The African Writers Series and the Launch of African Literature’ by James Currey. Wits University Press. 16h30 Stand J6 Reading IS fun – with Ziptales! See how reading comes alive with Ziptales, a fun digital reading programme. Shuter & Shooter. 17h00 Stand F1 Celebrate Jacana’s New Titles with drinks at our Stand: “The African Union and its Institutions” with the Centre for Conflict Resolution. Jacana Media. 17h00 Stand K14 Jasper is Back! Join Jasper for 15 minutes of reading fun. Readings will take place in English, isiXhosa and Afrikaans. Macmillan. 17h00 Stand K15 “You’ve Earned It!” A guide to discounts and benefits for the over 50s. Marilyn Hallet. Juta. Launch. 17h00 Stand L8 Extraordinary new writing talent, Robyn Scott, discusses her captivating and charming memoir, “Twenty Chickens for a Saddle.” Jonathan Ball Publishers.
The Literary MBA in SA Too Good to be True? Consider the prestige associated with the Masters in Business Administration degree (MBA) – the hoops that prospective candidates leap through in the stringent selection process, the sheer volume of work that those selected must complete along the way, the fees spent on acquiring the qualifi cation, the prospects of leadership. For those who treasure education, and particularly those who view literature as a vital means of expanding worldviews and building moral character, the question arises: what do MBA students read? According to a January article in the Harvard Business Review, MBA students at Harvard are reading literary classics as part of their Leadership Development curriculum. In the “Moral Challenge” component, titles like Antigone by Sophocles and Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe will be found; “Moral Reasoning” requires A Man For All Seasons by Robert Bolt; and the “Moral Leadership” section calls for The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad, amongst other impressive titles. Author and senior lecturer of business administration Sandra J. Sucher (The Moral Leader) has had a long career as a practicing manager. She argues that bringing executives together to read and discuss literary works can be a potent leadership development tool. “Through the novels, plays, short stories, and historical accounts students are brought much closer to life as it is really lived, certainly closer than in lecture learning and even closer than in a case discussion. That’s because the authors lay out for us the full context of a situation: the fast friendships, bitter enmities, strong ambitions, and confused goals that the characters must navigate.” 26 CAPE TOWN BOOK FAIR PROGRAMME 2008 It’s happening at Harvard; but are South Africa’s MBAs bred to be similarly well-read? Cynthia Schoeman, an external lecturer at Wits Business School, offers a different model to the one outlined by Sucher’s and Harvard’s reading lists. She is the designer of many leadership programmes where discussions about ethics form a central part of the course content. In her view, the study of moral philosophers - Plato, Socrates and others - should ideally underpin practical workplace ethics. “I’d give my eye teeth to attend a course like the Harvard one,” she says. “The content they cover is hugely relevant and interesting.” But in her experience students faced with the realities of running South African businesses question the practical value of studying moral philosophy directly. “They need a course offering functional solutions in a realm where there are often ‘right vs. right’ situations and shades of grey. Business people no longer have the luxury of exploring moral philosophy and interpreting it into their world. This is the luxury of education, as opposed to training,” she says. Schoeman utilises other teaching techniques in the available lecture time to
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