1st Edition
Business and Management Environment in Saudi Arabia Challenges and Opportunities for Multinational Corporations
By Abbas Ali
Copyright 2009
266 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
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Routledge
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8 B/W Illustrations
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For the last 60 years, Saudi Arabia has assumed a vital economic role and has been situated on the center stage of the global economic and political scene. While the market was once dominated by American and British firms, and later Japanese corporations, Korean and Chinese companies have now aggressively entered the market and have posed serious challenges to entrenched multinational... Read more
Preface 1. Socio-Political Environment 2. The State and Prospect of the Economy 3. Regional Markets and Business Environment 4. The Manager Role 5. Managerial Work Values and Beliefs 6. The Meaning and Centrality of Work 7. Group Dynamics and Work Relations 8. Communications and Negotiations 9. Human Resource Management and the Labor Market 10. Decision Making Styles and Attitudes Toward Risk 11. Organizational Change and Development 12. Organizational Form and Design 13. MNCs and Development 14. Globalization and Business Prospects References
Biography
Abbas J. Ali, Ph.D., is Professor of Management and Director, School of International Management, Eberly College of Business at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He is also Executive Director of The American Society for Competitiveness and Editor of the International Journal of Commerce and Management, Advances in Competitiveness Research, Competitiveness Review, and Journal of Global Competitiveness. He is author of several books including Islamic Perspectives on Management and Organization (2005).
