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pros and cons

To defend the Arabic and Islamic values which are at present subject to cultural , intellectual and social assaults , the greatest conscientiousness of leadership of the Arab world is to joint the disfranchised , the un-integrated , and at times , aggressive elements of Arab society into a harmonious whole . To do that Arabs have to connect the gap among what they preach and what they practice and they must fill the great gap of disagreement and trouble between the masses and their leaders . If they want to achieve such a goal , regardless of ideological beliefs

or philosophy , it is their duty to build a bridge between the leaders and their people , a bridge across which both the leaders and followers have the opportunity to interact (http /www .smi .uib , 2008

A review of the literature produced no studies on the relationship of the Saudi management culture to coaching behaviors . Given the scant literature base from which to build , we sought to support the relationships between coaching and Saudi culture posited by this study by extending the literature base available from other Saudi managerial studies . Compared to other geographic regions , there has been relatively little management research in Arab countries in general , and within Arab countries , even less in Saudi Arabia . Oft-cited classical comparative study provides a useful frame of reference . However , it did not single out Saudi Arabia (Hofstede 's , 1980 ) but rather bundled it with a group of six other "Arab countries " There are a number of differences among the management cultures of Middle-Eastern and Arab countries (Robertson , 2001

Impact of Religion to Leadership

At the centre of any decision-making process is the individual decision-maker who experiences demands and pressures from a number of sources . Decision-making in the management literature is explained through a number of distinct models among which the rational...

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