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

• Main Authors: Babatunde, Yomi (Author), Low, Sui Pheng (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Business.; Production management.; Building > Superintendence.; Construction industry > Management.; Construction superintendence.; Management.; Business and Management.; Operations Management.; Construction Management.; Cultural Management.

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 constructi...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• TQM and National Culture
• Construction Industry in China
• Construction Industry in Nigeria
• Relationship Between the Chinese and Nigerian Construction Industries
• Conceptual Approach
• Research Design and Method
• Results and Discussions
• Summary and Conclusions.