Abdullah of Saudi Arabia

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a fascinating country located southeast of the Arabian Peninsula, bordering Saudi Arabia. The UAE, specifically Dubai, is considered one of the most desirable locations to have a head office. This is because the area is growing exponentially (Culture and Work Styles, 2014). In the UAE, everything revolves around the Islamic religion/law, especially the way they do business. As reflected in Chapter three of the textbook, Management Across Cultures, as manager…

Being Responsible Have you ever felt that you are lost in your life? As a young man who was in need of the money so badly in the second year after graduating from high school, I felt that way, and I decided to take an action and to be responsible. Then I started looking for a job. One of my extended family has many hotels spread over the Arab Gulf region. Thus, I decided to work with him in the nearest branch to my home. Working at a hotel as receptionist is a terrible idea. For those of you…

Jeddah is a large city in the west of the Saudi Arabia located on the Shore of Red Sea. Jeddah was suffering from some of the problems that affected the aesthetic of the city, the government has decided to start the development of some of the city problems. After that, Jeddah had developed by special experts, they had developed many things such as the development of public facilities, development of roads, and the expansion. First, before a few years the Saudi government decided to improve and…

Zeinab Saleh Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2015 Subject: Business in Saudi Arabia Part I. “Cultural Aspects of doing Business in Saudi Arabia” In doing my research on what potential countries we may do business with, I came across the country of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia being well known and rich for its natural resources of Petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, gold and copper, I would think that undergoing business in Saudi Arabia can be a highly-beneficial venture for us if we can handle the…

The first effect of your children’s behavior is your actions. To begin with, the new generation in this time has many ways from this life to impact their behavior in good and bad ways. Following that, children have role models in their life. They could be their parents or people who live around them. Family, friends, and school influence behavior in the KSA, USA, and China. The family in KSA influences behavior. First, we know the children acquire their behavior from their parents because…

Operation Desert Storm was created to liberate Kuwait as compared to Operation Desert Shield which protected Saudi Arabia from Iraqi attack. On January 17 at 3am (Iraqi time) Operation Desert would start with a massive air and missile attack on targets within Iraq and Kuwait. Colonel David Deptula (who is in charge of target planning for the army) said “Imagine Iraq like a human body. What happens if you take away somebody ability to think or communicate with the rest of the body? What happens…

time to control these things, but this is due to I believe that the women should share the man to manage all family responsibilities. In fact, this idea of sharing the responsibility for husband and his wife, currently, starts to be applied to many Saudi families, and it is spread over the society these days, however, it is spread in “silent mode”, i.e. it is known but the people did not like to recognize it.…

The final country that will be discussed is Saudi Arabia, which has a relatively straightforward legal tradition in comparison to South Korea. According to the Basic Regulation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the nation cites its source of law as the Qur’an, and it legal tradition as Islamic shari’ah law (Vogel 3). Reichel explains that the Islamic legal tradition has two sources of law—the primary sources being the Quran and Sunnah (prophetic traditions) and a secondary sources being ijma…

According to German film theorist Siegfried Kracauer “films are the mirror of the prevailing society.” Through films viewers can understand the culture and sentiments of the people during the time of the film’s creation. Film directors study popular trends in their society and have those trends reflected back in their films to gain viewers and economic profit by providing something the audience can relate to. The preservation and study of films allow for the observation of the political…

Over 2/3rds of women in Saudi Arabia have been beaten or violated in some type of way by a male family member. The mistreatment of women is clear all over the world and is a problem all over in many societies no matter where you live, but in Saudi Arabia it is a part of daily life. Over 60% of the women in Saudi Arabia are being mistreated by their guardians, which in most cases is their husbands. In Saudi Arabia, a women cannot do anything outside of the house without the permission of her…