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This book narrates stories of Ghanaians that have successfully grown their businesses and have made a notable contribution to society as business people. It also provides guidelines that can help businesses succeed in Ghana and offers insights into some of the challenges that are likely to be faced.

This book seeks to explore the managerial challenges that foreign executives may experience in Ghana from a cultural perspective. It also provides current and future executives with some guidelines for coping successfully within the Ghanaian environment. The discussions in this book are predicated on the understanding that foreign executives may experience some tensions between the Ghanaian culture/management practices and the values and policies that they are likely to bring to the country. Thus, by gaining insight into the culturally grounded reasons underlying Ghanaian managers' behaviour, foreign executives may be better able to determine appropriate changes in management practices within their host organizations and be more successful in implementing these changes. Issues discussed include: • Cultural concept and impact on managerial decisions• Cultural influences on employee behaviours • Leadership style and relati¬onships with Ghanaian employees• Recruitment and career path development• Learning and training• Motivation • Organizational change• Collaboration and trust_______________John Kuada is Professor of International Management at Aalborg University, Department of Business and Management, Denmark. He holds two doctorate degrees - PhD from Copenhagen Business School, and Dr Merc from Aalborg University. He has extensive experience as a business consultant and training advisor in areas of management, marketing and cross-border inter-firm relations in Europe and Africa. He is author and/or editor of some 20 books on management and internationalization of firms and has written over 100 articles in refereed scholarly and professional journals on a wide range of international business issues including entrepreneurship, international marketing, intercultural management, leadership and strategy. Some of his publications are available at http://ghanabusinessinsight.com

Private Enterprise-Led Development in Sub-Saharan Africa provides a novel theoretical and conceptual model to guide research into Africa's economic development. It endorses the view that private enterprise-led growth will help reduce poverty since it strengthens individuals' capacity to care for themselves and their families.

Research Methodology is written for university and college students who are looking for guidelines for writing a good project. It describes some of the most influential methods in social science and speaks directly to students without any prior knowledge of project work. Written in a simple, straight-forward and a highly engaging style, the book takes the reader through the essential features of the project work process and guides students in making key decisions that will reduce the anxieties they are likely to experience in their research process. Highlights of the issues discussed include:Structure of projectsResearch designThe role of theories in research projects Paradigms and philosophy of scienceQualitative and quantitative data collection methods and techniquesMixed research methodsThe book also introduces students to the nature of their group work process and provides guidelines on how to work with other students in order to produce good projects. It is intended as a supplementary textbook for courses in research methodology for bachelor and master’s degree students.