Mwape Lushinga graduated from The University of Lusaka in 2018 with an MBA General degree (With Distinction). Upon graduation, he joined a state-owned company as a Marketing Manager. Six months into the job, he discovered that one of the reasons the company was not doing well was because the company was not aggressive enough in responding to competition that was emerging in Zambia. His ideas were met with resistance and by 2020, this resistance to his ideas had developed into hostility from the General Manager who accused him of playing an Insurgency Political Game. Required: Explain the meaning of an insurgency political game in the context of strategic  Discuss the functional influence of insurgency on the implementation of

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Mwape Lushinga graduated from The University of Lusaka in 2018 with an MBA General degree (With Distinction). Upon graduation, he joined a state-owned company as a Marketing Manager. Six months into the job, he discovered that one of the reasons the company was not doing well was because the company was not aggressive enough in responding to competition that was emerging in Zambia. His ideas were met with resistance and by 2020, this resistance to his ideas had developed into hostility from the General Manager who accused him of playing an Insurgency Political Game.

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  1. Explain the meaning of an insurgency political game in the context of strategic 
  2. Discuss the functional influence of insurgency on the implementation of
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