Cross-cultural management and quality performance : Chinese construction firms in Nigeria

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Label

Cross-cultural management and quality performance : Chinese construction firms in Nigeria

Title remainder

Chinese construction firms in Nigeria

Statement of responsibility

Yomi Babatunde, Sui Pheng Low

Creator

• Babatunde, Yomi

Contributor

• Low, Sui Pheng

Author

• Low, Sui Pheng
• Babatunde, Yomi

Subject

• China -- Foreign economic relations -- Nigeria
• Construction industry -- Foreign ownership
• Construction industry -- Management -- Cross-cultural studies

Genre

• Cross-cultural studies

Language

eng

Summary

This book explores China?s global competitiveness in the building of infrastructures with a particular interest in the resource-rich African countries. The book begins with a comprehensive literature review on total quality management (TQM) and national culture, followed by reviews of the construction industries in China and Nigeria. This provides better understanding of the linkages between TQM, based on the International Organization for Standardization?s ISO 9000 quality management systems (QMS), and national culture, based on Emeritus Professor Geert Hofstede?s national cultural dimensions. Premised on the culture-specificity and bi-directionality relationships between TQM and national culture, this book investigates the construction industries in China and Nigeria including their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) as well as an appraisal of their historical and emerging relationships. In its conceptual approach, this book presents different models in the lead up to its primary theoretical contribution of a quality management assessment model (QMAM) that was adopted during the study?s field work. The book also presents relevant lessons relating to cross cultural management and quality performance not only to the Nigerians but also other foreign players in Nigeria?s construction industry

Member of

• Online access with purchase: Springer

Cataloging source

N$T

Dewey number

624.068

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

LC call number

HD9715.C6

LC item number

B33 2015eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography