A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF MANAGEMENT PRACTICES OF FOREIGN AND INDIGENOUS FIRMS IN NIGERIA

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1989-10
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ISA, KABIR DUTSE
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The introduction of new management techniques have brought about new ways of allocating both material and human resources in organizations, based on standard operation, procedures and practices on classical operation, procedures and practices on classical management theories. These theories are made on a well co-ordinated assumptions by the well-known management theories and hence reflect the general principles they expound. It is important to note here that, what has been identified as the management theories are purely based on behaviours and practices adopted by the top most executives. In the course of this study, a number of findings were made. First that there is no one absolute way or style of achieving management competence. The style employed dependeded on the particular management situation and time, each of which is multivariate in nature. The study found that all the twenty foreign firms studied are able to influence, favourably, their subordinates in becoming more committeed to work, by creating a conducive atmosphere in their respective organisations, which took into consideration the workers perceptions, attitudes, values, convictions and wishes. The twenty-one indigenous firms studied on the other hand, have been facing a heavy challenges with regards to the former style in inplementing management techniques. Most of the indigenous firms studied have not been able to merge their subordinates' attitude, values, convictions, and wishes with the prevailing atmosphere in their organizations, hence targeted goals remain somewhat unattainable; in order to attain set goals.
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Being a Project Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of the Degree of Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Department of Business Administration Ahmadu Bello University Zaria.
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COMPARATIVE,, MANAGEMENT,, PRACTICES,, FOREIGN,, INDIGENOUS,, FIRMS,, NIGERIA
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