Table of Contents
PART I Development management: concepts and theories
1 Development management: a conceptual and theoretical overview Justice Nyigmah Bawole, Farhad Hossain, Asad K. Ghalib, Christopher J. Rees and Aminu Mamman
2 Development management in the developing world: past pathways and future trajectories Justice Nyigmah Bawole, Mohammed Ibrahim, Farhad Hossain and James Kwame Mensah
3 Ethics, values and development management Anthony Sumnaya Kumasey, Justice Nyigmah Bawole, Farhad Hossain and Mohammed Ibrahim
PART II Development management: capacity building and performance management
4 Nationalization strategies in the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) countries: a human resource development (HRD) perspective La’aleh Al-aali and Christopher J. Rees
5 National managerial talent development in the Ghanaian mining industry: comparative assessment of Western and indigenous approaches Nana Yaw Oppong
6 Building effective provincial administration in Thailand: the role of performance management Nicha Sathornkich, Piyawadee Rohitarachoon, Derek Eldridge and Farhad Hossain
7 Capacity development for civil service reform in Croatia Bejan David Analoui and Farhad Analoui
8 Training entrepreneurs and policy makers for poverty reduction in Africa: spirituality in business perspective Aminu Mamman, Hamza B. Zakaria and Motolani A. Agbebi
PART III Development management: actors, practices and lessons
9 Navigating through the maze of development actor pluralism: actor interfaces and development management in Africa Justice Nyigmah Bawole and Farhad Hossain
10 Managing local development in Africa: empirical evidence from Northern Ghana Francis Nangbeviel Sanyare, Farhad Hossain and Christopher J. Rees
11 HRM in small and medium-sized enterprises in China: towards a theoretical framework of determinants and HRM practices Shaoheng Li and Christopher J. Rees
12 Empowerment through small business development in Alexandra, South Africa Patricia Agupusi
13 Existing governance structure in international NGOs: a constraint to organizational decision-making Carol Brunt
14 Managing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in developing countries: lessons from a local district in Ghana Albert Ahenkan
15 Public–private partnerships in highways: the Indian experience Manisha Verma
16 Lessons from Pakistan’s project implementation failures: an appraisal Iram A. Khan and Asad K. Ghalib
17 Development management and practice: concluding remarks and lessons learnt Justice Nyigmah Bawole, Farhad Hossain, Asad K. Ghalib, Christopher J. Rees and Aminu Mamman