Strategic thinking about national security in the first decade of the 21st century. A new stage, new actors and a new repertoire

This paper examines the various internal security challenges confronting Nigeria in the 21st century. The paper adopts historical method and content analysis to investigate how the abysmal failure of the poorly formulated and ineffectively implemented National Security Policy has hitherto exacerbated internal security challenges in Nigeria. The paper further attempts a critical review of major internal security challenges hitherto confronting the country; such as the Niger Delta crises, kidnapping in the South-East geo-political zone, Jos crises, Boko Haram crises and crises by Fulani Herdsmen in the Northern part of Nigeria. The result of the analysis shows that these internal security challenges have not only been difficult to address by the National Security Policy, but have also impacted negatively on the country's desired socio-economic development in the 21st century. The paper, therefore, recommends among others, the need for a careful review of the Nigeria's National Security Policy that will not only be integrative/comprehensive in outlook, but will also take cognizance of some domestic factors that are currently responsible for internal security problems in the country; such as unemployment, inequality, poverty, fraudulent electoral process, corruption, skewed federalism, porous nature of the Nigeria’s borders, sabotage among politicalelites, bad governance, religious intolerance, citizen-settler controversies, among others.

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Multicultural Orientations for 21st Century Global Leadership

Multicultural Instructional Design ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-9279-2.ch001 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-24

Author(s):

Sulaiman Olusegun Atiku ◽

Ziska Fields

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Multiple Intelligences ◽

Communication Skills ◽

21St Century ◽

Global Economy ◽

Strategic Thinking ◽

Global Leadership ◽

Self Awareness ◽

International Assignments ◽

Vertical Development

Multicultural orientation is an important focus area in developing managers for international assignments. This chapter extends the frontier of knowledge on the benefits of developing multicultural orientations in line with business and stakeholders' needs in the global economy. A brief literature review was conducted on multicultural orientations and global leadership effectiveness in the 21st century. It was found that multicultural learning experiences and communication skills, deep self-awareness, multiple intelligences and sensitivity to cultural diversity, humility, cautious honesty, global strategic thinking and good negotiating skills are necessary in the 21st century. The managerial relevance of this chapter centres on further research and development of global psychological capital, vertical development of bigger minds and multiple intelligences to navigate in the midst of volatilities, uncertainties, complexities and ambiguities in the 21st century.

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Multicultural Orientations for 21st Century Global Leadership

Management Education for Global Leadership - Advances in Human Resources Management and Organizational Development ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-1013-0.ch002 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 28-51 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Sulaiman Olusegun Atiku ◽

Ziska Fields

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Multiple Intelligences ◽

Communication Skills ◽

21St Century ◽

Global Economy ◽

Strategic Thinking ◽

Global Leadership ◽

Self Awareness ◽

International Assignments ◽

Vertical Development

Multicultural orientation is an important focus area in developing managers for international assignments. This chapter extends the frontier of knowledge on the benefits of developing multicultural orientations in line with business and stakeholders' needs in the global economy. A brief literature review was conducted on multicultural orientations and global leadership effectiveness in the 21st century. It was found that multicultural learning experiences and communication skills, deep self-awareness, multiple intelligences and sensitivity to cultural diversity, humility, cautious honesty, global strategic thinking and good negotiating skills are necessary in the 21st century. The managerial relevance of this chapter centres on further research and development of global psychological capital, vertical development of bigger minds and multiple intelligences to navigate in the midst of volatilities, uncertainties, complexities and ambiguities in the 21st century.

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