Comparative Management

1. Compare management practices across different cultures
2. Apply comparative management theories to real-world scenarios
3. Analyze the impact of culture on organizational behavior
4. Evaluate human resources management models in diverse settings
5. Understand the challenges of globalization in management

13 weeks, about 56 hours in total. Yours will differ.

1. Week 1Module 1: Comparative Approach to Management and Administration

   • Unit 1: Comparative Approach to Management and Administration · 4 hours

     Define comparative management. Understand elements of management and administration. Identify similarities and differences between management and administration.

2. Week 2Module 1: Comparative Approach to Management and Administration

   • Unit 2: Theories of Comparative Management & Administration · 4 hours

     Explain universalistic and particularistic theories. Understand contingency perspective. Analyze strengths and weaknesses of the theories.

3. Week 3Module 1: Comparative Approach to Management and Administration

   • Unit 3: National Cultures and Management · 4 hours

     Understand levels of analysis in cultural research. Evaluate emic and etic approaches. Assess use of cultural dimensions.

4. Week 4Module 1: Comparative Approach to Management and Administration

   • Unit 4: Managing Resources: Human Resources Management · 4 hours

     Compare human resources practices between countries. Explain societal diversity in human resources. Analyze differences in human resources between developed and developing nations.

5. Week 5Module 2: Research on Comparative Management and Administration

   • Unit 1: The Role of Nigerian Executives in Undertaking Research in Comparative Management · 4 hours

     Define comparative management. Enumerate comparative management theories. Explain intercultural management.

6. Week 6Module 2: Research on Comparative Management and Administration

   • Unit 2: Management Skills in the Public and Private Sectors of the Economy · 4 hours

     Examine management skills in public sector. Understand management skills in private sector. Compare skills and application.

7. Week 7Module 2: Research on Comparative Management and Administration

   • Unit 3: Constraints of Organisational Setting on the Management of Group Activities · 4 hours

     Explain organizational structure. State reasons for setting up organizational structure. Identify problems within organizational structure. Explain implications of bad organizational structure.

8. Week 8Module 2: Research on Comparative Management and Administration

   • Unit 4: Human Resources Management Model That Meets the Needs of Public and Private Sectors · 4 hours

     Gain understanding on formulation and execution of HR strategies. State importance of strategy-oriented HRM system. Explain creation of strategic human resource system component.

9. Week 9Module 3: Use of Management Consultants/Contracts in Public Corporations

   • Unit 1: Profile of Nigerian Executives in the Public and Private Sector and Vice Versa · 4 hours

     Explain features of public and private sector employment. Review profiles of Nigerian executives. Discuss relevance of public and private service to community development.

10. Week 10Module 3: Use of Management Consultants/Contracts in Public Corporations

    • Unit 2: Use of Management Consultants and Contracts in Streamlining the Operations of Public Corporations · 4 hours

      Define comparative management. Discuss use of management consultants. List functions of comparative consultants. Discuss advantages and disadvantages of internal consultants.

11. Week 11Module 3: Use of Management Consultants/Contracts in Public Corporations

    • Unit 3: The Military Administrator, the Civil Servant, and the Manager as Interchangeable Experts · 4 hours

      Explain military administrator. Discuss manager as interchangeable expert. Identify host organization in civil service. Highlight divided loyalty in civil service.

12. Week 12Module 3: Use of Management Consultants/Contracts in Public Corporations

    • Unit 4: Constraints Imposed on Managerial Discretion in Public Corporations · 4 hours

      Define managerial discretion. Identify sources of constraints. Explain relationship between managerial discretion and performance. Discuss managerial discretion and deregulation.

13. Week 13Module 4: Globalization of Economic Activities

    • Unit 1: Globalization of Economic Activities · 4 hours

      Understand meaning of globalization. Evaluate strategic role of cultures. Assess dimensions of culture and effects on globalization strategy.

    • Unit 2 Effect of ICT in the Management of Organisations under different Cultural Settings · 4 hours

      Discuss the effect of ICT in management. Explain intercultural management. Identify some categories of cultural. State the focus of comparative management.