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This paper uses culture as a major driver of the application of management theories in Nigeria, and examines the associated problems with a view to recommending appropriate solutions. It defines culture along divergence, universalism, convergence and situational lines of demarcation; and notes, from the point of view of African contributions to management thought, that, management ideas are universal, but their level of development differs from one civilisation to another. The paper is based on secondary sources of data collected from the structured survey of articles and texts published in the last twenty years, and on, specifically, a typical Nigerian Management Model which is predicated on the African core values. The paper reviews the literature of some examples of management theories and discusses the problems which are associated with the application of management theories in Nigeria. This paper …