Egypt: Respecting Traffic Lights
Global Voices Online » Egypt - Sun, 2008-08-31 20:30 By Lasto Adri
What does people's attitudes towards crossing the road have to do with where their country stands in the world? Egyptian blogger Egyptian in the USA brings us the answer in this translation from Arabic.
Writing in Egyptian Wish, the blogger quotes part of an article published in Aljazeera.net, by Mohamed El Sayed Ahmed which says: read more »
Culture in the Gulf
Cairene's Nilometer - Mon, 2007-11-19 12:29 By Cairene
It’s been clear for a a few years now that Abu Dhabi has been seething with envy towards its oil-poor, commercial super-hub neighbor. Naturally, it wouldnt make too much sense to compete in the same niche. And so they’ve picked culture (no new news, really, though), a concept which, for some reason, i find hilarious.
Cairo Desert Sprawl
Cairene's Nilometer - Mon, 2007-11-12 10:39 By Cairene
Here’s more (see previous posts) in FT on Cairo’s mushrooming into the desert. It looks at how both rich and poor have had to accommodate themselves in recent times.
I, however, disagree with this: read more »
More on biofuels and hunger
Cairene's Nilometer - Sun, 2007-11-11 11:41 By Cairene
George Monbiot argues that governments continue to avoid hard decisions by promoting converting crops for biofuel production - a process which often produces more carbon than petroleum and causes starvation by limiting already stretched food supplies.
Egypt: the Aftermath of a Demographic Explosion -Repost
Nah·det Masr - Thu, 2007-11-01 13:32 By Nah·det Masr
I watched the TV talk show "Halet Hiwar" last night, and saw that the discussion was very much in line with my previous post below, so I thought it might be beneficial to repost it now. Demographic explosions differ from bomb explosions in two ways; first, their shrapnels' are in the form of millions of human beings walking "flying" around, and second, they don't happen in an instant, but
I watched the TV talk show "Halet Hiwar" last night, and saw that the discussion was very much in line with my previous post below, so I thought it might be beneficial to repost it now. Demographic explosions differ from bomb explosions in two ways; first, their shrapnels' are in the form of millions of human beings walking "flying" around, and second, they don't happen in an instant, but
Examples Of Strong Corporate Cultures
Dr. Fathi El-Nadi: Management and Human Resources consultant - Sat, 2007-10-27 15:21 By Dr. Fathi El-Nadi
Corporate culture has become increasingly important to firms in the past 20 years. Despite its intangible nature, its role is meaningful, affecting employees and organizational operations. And while culture is not the only factor guaranteeing success, positive cultures offer significant competitive advantages over rivals.
Corporate culture has become increasingly important to firms in the past 20 years. Despite its intangible nature, its role is meaningful, affecting employees and organizational operations. And while culture is not the only factor guaranteeing success, positive cultures offer significant competitive advantages over rivals.
Dominant set of norms read more »
Corporate culture has become increasingly important to firms in the past 20 years. Despite its intangible nature, its role is meaningful, affecting employees and organizational operations. And while culture is not the only factor guaranteeing success, positive cultures offer significant competitive advantages over rivals.
Corporate culture has become increasingly important to firms in the past 20 years. Despite its intangible nature, its role is meaningful, affecting employees and organizational operations. And while culture is not the only factor guaranteeing success, positive cultures offer significant competitive advantages over rivals.
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Managing Transition in TQM
Dr. Fathi El-Nadi: Management and Human Resources consultant - Sat, 2007-10-27 15:21 By Dr. Fathi El-Nadi
Steps in Managing the Transition
Beckhard and Pritchard (1992) have outlined the basic steps in managing a transition to a new system such as TQM: identifying tasks to be done, creating necessary management structures, developing strategies for building commitment, designing mechanisms to communicate the change, and assigning resources. read more »
Steps in Managing the Transition
Beckhard and Pritchard (1992) have outlined the basic steps in managing a transition to a new system such as TQM: identifying tasks to be done, creating necessary management structures, developing strategies for building commitment, designing mechanisms to communicate the change, and assigning resources. read more »
Can Corporate Culture Be a Competitive Advantage?
Dr. Fathi El-Nadi: Management and Human Resources consultant - Sat, 2007-10-27 15:21 By Dr. Fathi El-Nadi
Introduction
Corporate culture has become an important topic in business primarily during the last two decades. While corporate culture is an intangible concept, it clearly plays a meaningful role in corporations, affecting employees and organizational operations throughout a firm. While culture is not the only determinant of business success or failure, a positive culture can be a significant competitive advantage over organizations with which a firm competes. This paper will review how the concept of corporate culture became popular, define corporate culture, show how it affects real-world organizations (both positively and negatively), and consider ways in which cultural change may be brought about.
The rise of corporate culture read more »
Introduction
Corporate culture has become an important topic in business primarily during the last two decades. While corporate culture is an intangible concept, it clearly plays a meaningful role in corporations, affecting employees and organizational operations throughout a firm. While culture is not the only determinant of business success or failure, a positive culture can be a significant competitive advantage over organizations with which a firm competes. This paper will review how the concept of corporate culture became popular, define corporate culture, show how it affects real-world organizations (both positively and negatively), and consider ways in which cultural change may be brought about.
The rise of corporate culture read more »
Six Sigma in Motorola
Dr. Fathi El-Nadi: Management and Human Resources consultant - Sat, 2007-10-27 15:20 By Dr. Fathi El-Nadi
For Motorola, the originator of Six Sigma, the answer to the question "Why Six Sigma?" was simple: survival. Motorola came to Six Sigma because it was being consistently beaten in the competitive marketplace by foreign firms that were able to produce higher quality products at a lower cost. When a Japanese firm took over a Motorola factory that manufactured Quasar television sets in the United States in the 1970s, they promptly set about making drastic changes in the way the factory operated. Under Japanese management, the factory was soon producing TV sets with 1/20th the number of defects they had produced under Motorola management. They did this using the same workforce, technology, and designs, making it clear that the problem was Motorola's management. read more »
For Motorola, the originator of Six Sigma, the answer to the question "Why Six Sigma?" was simple: survival. Motorola came to Six Sigma because it was being consistently beaten in the competitive marketplace by foreign firms that were able to produce higher quality products at a lower cost. When a Japanese firm took over a Motorola factory that manufactured Quasar television sets in the United States in the 1970s, they promptly set about making drastic changes in the way the factory operated. Under Japanese management, the factory was soon producing TV sets with 1/20th the number of defects they had produced under Motorola management. They did this using the same workforce, technology, and designs, making it clear that the problem was Motorola's management. read more »
Understanding Customer Relations Management
Dr. Fathi El-Nadi: Management and Human Resources consultant - Sat, 2007-10-27 15:20 By Dr. Fathi El-Nadi
Introduction read more »
Introduction read more »
TQM As a Tool to Affect Organizational Change
Dr. Fathi El-Nadi: Management and Human Resources consultant - Sat, 2007-10-27 15:20 By Dr. Fathi El-Nadi
Introduction read more »
Introduction read more »
Organizational Environmental Uncertainities
Dr. Fathi El-Nadi: Management and Human Resources consultant - Sat, 2007-10-27 15:20 By Dr. Fathi El-Nadi
From the genesis of management studies it has been recognized that organizations do not operate in a vacuum. In the seminal work, The Functions of the Executive, Chester Barnard (1938) theorized that an organization’s survival was dependent on its ability to sustain a balance with its external environment by readjusting its internal processes to match the various elements in the environment (Barnard, 1938, p. 6). In recognition of Barnard’s observation that firms must maintain equilibrium in an ever-changing environment, a considerable body of literature has developed that is devoted to conceptualizing and comprehending the external environment and its role in management theory. read more »
From the genesis of management studies it has been recognized that organizations do not operate in a vacuum. In the seminal work, The Functions of the Executive, Chester Barnard (1938) theorized that an organization’s survival was dependent on its ability to sustain a balance with its external environment by readjusting its internal processes to match the various elements in the environment (Barnard, 1938, p. 6). In recognition of Barnard’s observation that firms must maintain equilibrium in an ever-changing environment, a considerable body of literature has developed that is devoted to conceptualizing and comprehending the external environment and its role in management theory. read more »
Bridging The Talent Gap
Dr. Fathi El-Nadi: Management and Human Resources consultant - Sat, 2007-10-27 15:20 By Dr. Fathi El-Nadi
n the weeks following the September 11 terrorist attacks, Nicholas Santangelo of the Fire Department of New York spent days and nights searching for bodies at the site of the collapsed World Trade Center. Sleep was an afterthought for Santangelo and his fellow New York City firefighters as they tirelessly combed through the rubble of the Twin Towers 24 hours a day. read more »
n the weeks following the September 11 terrorist attacks, Nicholas Santangelo of the Fire Department of New York spent days and nights searching for bodies at the site of the collapsed World Trade Center. Sleep was an afterthought for Santangelo and his fellow New York City firefighters as they tirelessly combed through the rubble of the Twin Towers 24 hours a day. read more »
The Global Talent Race
Dr. Fathi El-Nadi: Management and Human Resources consultant - Sat, 2007-10-27 15:19 By Dr. Fathi El-Nadi
Global companies based in the developing world look much like their developed-world counterparts. They manage their employees with similar policies and pay practices. In this world of sameness, differentiating the employment brand requires a new focus on career development.
workforce management is an extreme sport in Hyderabad, India, a first-tier offshore hotspot where foreign multinationals compete with Indian companies for software engineers and managers. In the mad scramble to recruit and retain employees, annual salary adjustments have turned into quarterly raises. The average wage increase for 2006 will top 12 percent. read more »
Global companies based in the developing world look much like their developed-world counterparts. They manage their employees with similar policies and pay practices. In this world of sameness, differentiating the employment brand requires a new focus on career development.
workforce management is an extreme sport in Hyderabad, India, a first-tier offshore hotspot where foreign multinationals compete with Indian companies for software engineers and managers. In the mad scramble to recruit and retain employees, annual salary adjustments have turned into quarterly raises. The average wage increase for 2006 will top 12 percent. read more »
Influence of EI on Performance
Dr. Fathi El-Nadi: Management and Human Resources consultant - Sat, 2007-10-27 15:16 By Dr. Fathi El-Nadi
The Technical Manual for the Emotional Intelligence Appraisal™ reveals interesting findings from a study of more than 13,000 individuals worldwide. Employees from various job functions, in different organizations and countries, were asked to evaluate their emotional intelligence by answering 28 questions. Job functions included sales, marketing, finance, operations, customer service, human resources, information technology (IT), engineering, business development, manufacturing, and R&D.
The Emotional Intelligence AppraisalTM measures EQ in the four components from Daniel Goleman’s benchmark model. The Data Says: read more »
The Technical Manual for the Emotional Intelligence Appraisal™ reveals interesting findings from a study of more than 13,000 individuals worldwide. Employees from various job functions, in different organizations and countries, were asked to evaluate their emotional intelligence by answering 28 questions. Job functions included sales, marketing, finance, operations, customer service, human resources, information technology (IT), engineering, business development, manufacturing, and R&D.
The Emotional Intelligence AppraisalTM measures EQ in the four components from Daniel Goleman’s benchmark model. The Data Says: read more »
Even the US is Losing it Intellectual Capital
Dr. Fathi El-Nadi: Management and Human Resources consultant - Sat, 2007-10-27 15:16 By Dr. Fathi El-Nadi
The land to which people immigrated for its educational and employment opportunities is losing an increasing number of potential citizens. In 1991, 1.82 million people immigrated to the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Immigration Statistics. By 2000, that figure had dropped to 849,807. Although it was back up some to 1.06 million in 2002, it had dropped again to 705,827 by the end of the 2003 fiscal year. read more »
The land to which people immigrated for its educational and employment opportunities is losing an increasing number of potential citizens. In 1991, 1.82 million people immigrated to the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Immigration Statistics. By 2000, that figure had dropped to 849,807. Although it was back up some to 1.06 million in 2002, it had dropped again to 705,827 by the end of the 2003 fiscal year. read more »
Turning Knowledge Into Action
Dr. Fathi El-Nadi: Management and Human Resources consultant - Sat, 2007-10-27 15:15 By Dr. Fathi El-Nadi
Execute. Implement. Stop talking and do something. Actions speak louder than words. If you have a learning organization, it needs to be a doing organization too. No matter how you put it, the evidence is rolling in: The distinction between so called “old economy” and “new economy” companies are overblown. Regardless of industry, knowing what to do isn’t enough. Those companies and business units that dominate their competitors win by turning knowledge into action. read more »
Execute. Implement. Stop talking and do something. Actions speak louder than words. If you have a learning organization, it needs to be a doing organization too. No matter how you put it, the evidence is rolling in: The distinction between so called “old economy” and “new economy” companies are overblown. Regardless of industry, knowing what to do isn’t enough. Those companies and business units that dominate their competitors win by turning knowledge into action. read more »
Egypt's Telecom Market Intelligence Report
Dr. Fathi El-Nadi: Management and Human Resources consultant - Sat, 2007-10-27 15:13 By Dr. Fathi El-Nadi
Egypt's telecommunications sector is one of the fastest-developing markets in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region, despite the fact that the fixed-line market is effectively monopolised by the state-owned incumbent operator, Telecom Egypt. The same company has a stake in Egypt's second-largest mobile telephone company - Vodafone Egypt - and also has stakes of varying sizes in the country's many value-added and Internet service providers (ISPs). read more »
Egypt's telecommunications sector is one of the fastest-developing markets in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region, despite the fact that the fixed-line market is effectively monopolised by the state-owned incumbent operator, Telecom Egypt. The same company has a stake in Egypt's second-largest mobile telephone company - Vodafone Egypt - and also has stakes of varying sizes in the country's many value-added and Internet service providers (ISPs). read more »
Our real enemy!
Nah·det Masr - Mon, 2007-09-24 19:22 By Nah·det Masr
Take a deep breath and look at the map above and this table: We have always been bragging about how we are the cradle of civilization, and all the rest of that stuff, however, when you look at the map and the table, you find that Egypt is ranked 152nd in literacy percentage after Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste, Eritrea and Comoros!! In the Arab countries, we are only ahead of Yemen, and Iraq (I
Take a deep breath and look at the map above and this table: We have always been bragging about how we are the cradle of civilization, and all the rest of that stuff, however, when you look at the map and the table, you find that Egypt is ranked 152nd in literacy percentage after Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste, Eritrea and Comoros!! In the Arab countries, we are only ahead of Yemen, and Iraq (I
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