Cross-Cultural Management and Quality Performance Chinese Construction Firms in Nigeria

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Synopsis

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.

Book details

Edition:
2015
Author:
Yomi Babatunde, Sui Pheng Low
ISBN:
9789812873620
Related ISBNs:
9789812873613
Publisher:
Springer Singapore, Singapore
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2019-10-24
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2015
Copyright by:
Springer Singapore, Singapore 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Business and Finance, Nonfiction, Sociology, Technology