Cases on management and organizational behavior in an Arab context / Grace C. Khoury and Maria C. Khoury, editors. - PDFs (392 pages).

Includes bibliographical references.

Universal HRM and the Gulf leadership style: the perils of best practice / William Scott-Jackson, Jonathan Michie -- MALAK Technologies Ltd.: a case of employee retention and talent management / Niveen Eid, Lorraine Warren -- Encountering strategic management and corporate governance issues within a turbulent environment: Hayat Insurance Company / Grace C. Khoury, Leila Amer, Zein Khalaf -- Proactive corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies: the case of PADICO Holding / Dahouk Dawoudi, Anton Sabella -- Leadership consciousness to CSR: Royal Industrial Trading Co. / Suhail Sultan, Imad Rjoub -- Management response to improve the educational performance of engineering students: the case of the Lebanese International University / Bassam Hussein, Ali Hage-Diab, Mohammad Hammoud, Anwar Kawtharani, Hisham El-Hage, Amin Haj-Ali -- Can women say "no" to sexual harassment in the workplace? / Flair J. Karaki -- Under pressure: the role of the external context in creating internal tensions--a case study of a Palestinian university / Grace C. Khoury, Beverley McNally -- Communication, culture, and discord: a case study of avoidable leadership failure in European-Palestinian NGO / Reema Rasheed, Keith Jackson -- Teamwork in the Palestinian IT industry: the importance of context, cohesiveness, and commitment / Beverley McNally, Muntaha Obied -- Risk management decisions and organizational structure in the case of a development management firm: Millennium Development International / Mohammad Baydoun -- The case of the National Capital Market Authority: a struggle of power in the IT Directorate / Khaled Hjouj -- A case of leadership styles: the new boss / Musa Abu-Dieh, Ala'a Abu-Dieh, Lorraine Warren -- Who will be next?: the challenge of family business planning / Elena Khoury, Maria C. Khoury -- Downsizing at Paltel: take it and leave it / Samir Baidoun, Wojdan Farraj -- Downsizing and the organizational performance: a case study from stakeholders' perspectives / Rasha Odeh, Samah Abu-Assab -- Company restructuring as part of a comprehensive change plan during periods of transition in leadership: the case of Al Quds Pharmaceuticals Company / Mawakeb Massad -- The Royal Credit Bank strategy and transformation program: the Gulf management strategic planning / Khaled Hjouj -- Reality of change / Flair J. Karaki.

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"This book provides a presentation of teaching cases emphasizing the positive and negative experiences on a variety of management topics, focusing on organizational behavior and leadership in Arab countries and the impact of culture in management and behavior"--Provided by publisher.




Mode of access: World Wide Web.

9781466650688

10.4018/978-1-4666-5067-1 doi




Management--Arab countries--Case studies.
Organizational behavior--Arab countries--Case studies.
Leadership--Arab countries--Case studies.

Business ethics Change management Corporate governance Corporate social responsibility Group dynamics Restructuring and downsizing Sexual harassment Workplace culture


Electronic books.

HD70.A64 / C37 2014e

658.00917/4927