International Management

International Management

Throughout this paper I will explore various aspects of international management in Negiria and a country, which is a member of the European Union, including some specifics of a modern day corporation and the idea of corporate personhood. Secondly I will look at the way the public views corporations. Additionally I will look into the topic of women in the corporate world and corporate reform.

While there are many opposing views to the idea of powerful corporations and the chief executives behind them, I will show both sides of the corporate face and explain my stance of the topic.

International Managemnt in Nigeria

The Federal Republic of Nigeria is the most densely populated country in Africa. It is situated on the coast of West Africa; it has boundaries with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad Republic and the Republic of Cameroon in the east, Niger Republic in the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the south. Nigeria is home to more than 130 million people with 250 ethnic and religious groups and more than 500 spoken languages. The language of communication in Nigeria is English, which means that persons of different language backgrounds communicate in English. Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo are the most widely used languages.

Nigeria runs a presidential system of government modeled closely after the US' system. The president is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces and serves a four-year term. The country is endowed with rich natural resources, and is the fifth largest producer of crude oil in the world. Unfortunately, the economy has been plagued by political volatility, corruption and poor macroeconomic management.

However, since its present transition to a civilian-elected government after May 1999, the development and potential for continuous development in many sectors of the economy has been outstanding. The government has instituted policies and practices geared towards embracing a market-oriented system. As a result, Nigeria is one of 54 developing countries considered to be emerging economies by the International Finance Corporation in 1999. In 2000, Nigeria received a debt-restructuring deal with the Paris Club and a $1 billion loan from the IMF. The World Bank Group indicated that an increase in foreign investment combined with high world oil prices should push economic growth to over 5 per cent. There are now over 200 international companies situated in Nigeria.

Management Trends in the European Union

One major underlying assumption of this research was that the existence and development of the EU will have a relevant impact on the relationships between firms, both within and across the EU boundary. There is ample theoretical and empirical evidence that such an assumption is warranted. Particularly since the major integration efforts initiated by the Delors Commission in 1985 and implemented under the Maastricht Treaty beginning in 1992, the EU has adopted a coherent, well-publicized program of increased cooperation among member states. The “EU-92” plan added two pillars to the well-established economic foundation of the European Community (EC).

These two new pillars were Justice and Home Affairs, which sought to expand ...