General Info
- Geographic Info
The United Arab Emirates is located on the Arabian Peninsula. The country borders Oman to its east and Saudi Arabia to its south. Across the Persian Gulf from the UAE is Iran, Pakistan, and Qatar.
- Language
The official language of the United Arab Emirates is Arabic.
- Flag
The United Arab Emirates flag is one vertical red rectangle and three horizontal rectangles that are green, white, and black. These colors are the Pan-Arab colors that symbolize Arabian unity. Although this is the federal flag for the United Arab Emirates, each of the individual emirates has its own flag except for Fujairah, which has chosen to use the federal flag of the United Arab Emirates as its own instead.
- Religion
Islam is the official religion of the United Arab Emirates. The UAE has always expressed a view of freedom of religion. Religion is a critical component of the society of UAE and its ideals can be seen throughout their political system, culture, and way of life. Being that the official religion of the UAE is Islam, about 76% of the population’s religion is Islam, Other religions (such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Judaism) make up about 15% of the population and are mostly practiced by non-nationals, and 9% of the population practices Christianity.
- Economy & Industries
The United Arab Emirates economy is the 30th largest economy in the world and the 2nd largest of the Arab nations behind Saudi Arabia. In 2012, the UAE had a gross domestic product of $377 billion. Contrary to popular belief, 71% of UAE’s GDP is derived from non-oil sources. A major portion of the UAE’s revenues comes from tourism.
The United Arab Emirates is a member of the World Trade Organization and the Organization of...
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...ociety makes decisions with a focus on the near future or the long term result. A culture that has a long term orientation embraces a long term commitment to traditional values or goals. The long term orientation has a respect for tradition that is coupled with a work ethic that believes that the hard work of today will be enjoyed tomorrow. In short term oriented cultures, change can happen more rapidly because there is less fixation on tradition.
Even though Hofstede did not originally give a score on long term orientations for many Arab cultures, including the United Arab Emirates most third party sources reasonably assume that a culture like the United Arab Emirates has a more long term orientation. This can be seen by the United Arab Emirates commitment to tradition and their devotion to their long term goals, whether they be economic, political, or cultural.
Cultures are unique in many ways; it is irregular to see cultures that are exactly the same as another. While some may borrow parts from neighboring countries or villages, all in all, their unique differences are what make each culture significant. One of the things about the Saudi Arabia and the culture is how derived it is around history, faith, marketing, control, and how westernization affects the country. Other things that will be discussed about the country Saudi Arabia relates to what is important not only to me, but also the way we as Americans culturally identify ourselves with the women of the country.
Saudi Arabia and Qatar are both independent, Middle Eastern nations located on the Arabian Gulf peninsula. They share the same religion, same ruling style and same ruling religion. They are both Islamic monarchies where Wahhabism—a fundamentalist sect of Islam—is the primary faith among their people and the faith of their ruling families. Their economies follow nearly identical paths, as oil wealth is the primary sector of both of their Gross Domestic Products (GDPs) and largely controlled by the government. Both Saudi Arabia and Qatar are economically oil-driven Wahabist kingdoms; however, Qatar 's lack of reliance on Wahhabism coupled with its acceptance of its own ephemerality has
The United States flag bears three different unique and patriotic colors significant to the United States of America. These colors include; red, blue, and white. The stripes alternating between red and white. There are 13 stripes in total symbolizing the 13 British colonies that became free from the Kingdom of Great Britain. The red stripes also represent the 7 continents of the world. Moving onto the upper left side of the flag, you will see a blue square which symbolized the Union. Inside, there are 50 stars which exemplify the 50 states in the United States. The flag is used to show the patriotism shown in the United States of America. Recognizing the independence we had gained and the freedom and liberty we have created. Usually many American citizens will fly their flags year round inside their private homes, but its most widespread during holidays like Memorial Day, Veteran's Day, Flag Day, Independence Day, and President’s Day.
They increase the spending on connectivity and human resources (Saudi Arabia Emergence Innovation Kingdom, 2014). Saudi Arabia is the largest economy in the Middle East and the richest Arab country. The economy of Saudi Arabia is entirely based on oil (Smetoolkit.org, 2014). Saudi Arabia is the 19th largest exporter and the 20th largest import market in the world (Saudiembassy.net, 2014). Exports now in the kingdom include all economic sectors.
The composition of GDP by Industry is 66. 9% in Saudi Arabia, which is four times greater than the United States as the GDP by industry in the United States is just 19. 1%. The per capita Gross Domestic Product in Saudi Arabia is $22, 939. 18, whereas, in the United States, it is $ 45, 759.46 per capita. Thus, the per capita GDP in the United States is twice as much as the per capita GDP of Saudi Arabia. The GDP by purchasing power parity is $ 883. 70 in the Saudi Arabia, whereas, it is $ 16. 24 in the United States, which is 18 times greater than the GDP by purchasing power parity of the Saudi Arabia (CIA,
...egregation between the national and non national and could be a tool to expand and express the national economic powers and emphasis Emirates economic status (Al Mury,2010).
Adaptive culture v rigid culture: In a learning organisation each member of the work force is regarded as a valuable contributor to the imposed strategy as opposed to the current top-down approach in which the lower level official seldom has a role to play. Accordingly the empowered workforce to the strategy will also see the big picture and how various parts fit together. This participative culture encourages openness and equality, and it is geared toward continuous improvement (Allen and Sawhney,
His Highness Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, founder of the United Arab Emirates, or UAE, stated, “The greatest use that can be made of wealth is to invest it in creating generations of educated and trained people.” From its conception, the United Arab Emirates was founded on the importance of education. Since it’s founding in 1971, the small country’s population has risen to over nine million people. This dramatic rise in population was a cause for the dramatic investment the countries government has put into its education system. In 1975, the rate of adult literacy was 54% among men and 31% among women, while today, literacy rates f...
The Arab world consists of twenty-two countries encompassing all of North Africa and much of the Middle East. The Arab people number over 360 million and while they share a common language, there is a surprising degree of diversity among them, whether in terms of nationality, culture, religion, economics, or politics. (McCaffrey, 3) Most inhabitants of the Ar...
Culture can be defined as “A pattern of basic assumptions invented, discovered or developed by a given group as it learns to cope with its problems of external adaptation and internal integration that has worked well enough to be considered valid, and therefore to be taught to the new members as the correct way to perceive, think and feel in relation to those problems”. Schein (1988). Organizational culture can be defined as a system of shared beliefs and values that develops within an organization and guides the behavior of its members. It includes routine behaviors, norms, dominant values, and feelings or climates. The purpose and function of this culture is to help foster internal integration, bring staff members from all levels of the organization closer together, and enhance their performance.
Both countries have nearly identical scores in the dimension of masculinity. This exhibits the driving cultural forces of competition and achievement, with success held in high regard over other values. With Uncertainty Avoidance, the country is once again polarized. With the USA's relatively low score, the culture exhibits acceptance for new ideas with an emphasis on innovation and toleration. On the opposite end of the spectrum, Saudi Arabia maintains rigidity in belief systems and acceptable behaviors and ideas, valuing security over uncertainty.
Their flag has 4 colors: black, white, red, and green. The flag contains of horizontal stripes black, white, and green in that order and it has a red triangle on the left side of the hoist. In the triangle is a seven-pointed star. The flag of Palestine is much similar to the flag of Jordan but the only difference is that flag of Palestine doesn’t have a star (Advameg, Inc., 2014).
The UAE is a small country that situated the Middle East. It consists of seven emirates: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Ajman, Sharjah, Ras alkhaimah, Fujairah, and Umm alquaiwan and Sharjah. UAE population has rapidly increased from 468,287 on 1975 to 8,263,070 due to 2010.UAE population divided on to five different groups: 16.6% of the total population are emirate, 23% are Arabs, 42% are from south of Asia and 6% are expatriates. Turkey situated on Asia continent. It has an area of 783,562 Km2. Population in Turkey steadily increased. According to the statistics in 2003 the total population was 66.87 million compared to 75.81 million in 2013.
UAE became known internationally for its multinational guests & visitors as well as employees who are Sent from their organizations.
UAE consists of seven emirates : Abu Dhabi ,Dubai , Sharjah, Ajman, Fujairah , Ras Al Khaimah and Umm Al-Quwain which is a federal state. Sheikh Zayed is one of the foundations of the Union on the second of december 1971 , where the Sheikh Zayed converts Emirates of empty desert into a green paradise . Consists state emblem is a science that combines four colors red , white , green and black . National anthem is the anthem Emirates National , which echoes in every morning in most government and private institutions . Abu Dhabi is the capital of the United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi is one of the most world cities sophisticated in terms of modern infrastructure fit its position as a hub economic and political to the United Arab Emirates are They combine its role as a destination for business and tourist destination from shopping in shopping malls Superior to swap in traditional markets as well as enjoy the miles of sand golden beaches to break in one of the public parks in the city and dine at five-star hotel to the safari distinctive and enjoyable , and famous Emirate and the largest in terms of area is Dubai . Arabic is the official language of all the people of the United Arab Emirates . System of government is a federal system known from time immemorial . The head of state , Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan , who is also Ruler of Abu Dhabi , who succeeded his father, Sheikh Zayed , the Minister is the Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum . Emirates has an area of approximately 83,600 km 2 ( 116 ) and estimate the proportion of water in which 1.1 percent , also the population of the United Arab Emirates to a 8.264 million rate of a million that have been counted in 2011 before 3 years . The population density of t...