Sheikh Mohammed Case Study

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Question 1:
Discuss Sheikh Mohammed achievement and whether the outcomes match his intent, and whether the local Emirati was better or worse off from Sheikh Mohammed's leadership. In order to answer the above question, the following section will be divided into the positive and negative outcomes of Sheikh Mohammed’s leadership and some of the outputs that led to these outcomes. In fact, according to transformation model the outputs categorized to three types primary, secondary and tertiary. "The primary outputs are related more to the main objectives and intensions as it create values specially to customers. The secondary outputs are waste and depleted resources. The tertiary outputs are the new knowledge about the process" (Bettley, A 2007).
Starting with the primary positive outcomes, the first positive outcome of his leadership is that more people enjoyed raised living standards one that was one of the highest GDP/Capita of over $120,000.149. The high living standards were experienced because of the increased tourism and economic development. This was one of the Sheikh's main …show more content…

In addition to that, he also set up the free trade zones, and tax exemption for 50 years to encourage foreign investments
Despite the many positive outputs and outcomes, Sheikh Mohammed’s leadership also had a number of secondary or negative outcomes. One of the negative outcomes was that most people who were originally from Dubai lost their cultural identity and statistics have shown that the Emirati people represent only 17% of the general population. The rest of the people are foreigners who have come and introduced their foreign cultures to the people of Dubai. Scholars have indicated that modernization in Dubai has contributed to giving the city an artificial identity, hence changing the cultural

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