Barriers and areas of considerations (East vs West)
Barriers
Areas of consideration
Rule based system
Obey
Break
Bend
Group based system
Tribal
Not Westerm
Power of Princes/Princesses/Social Hierarchy
High level
Low level
4Star Families
Unleaded families
Power imbalance
Negative approaches
Slow acting on issues
No bad news allowed
Nothing happens on time
No Western calender
Social dictates over technological
Perceptions allowed to and from the Riyal Family
Practical vs possible
Lack of planning
Committees within hospitals (400)
Relationships
Binary (friend or enemy)
Gender imbalance
Isolated women at home
No shaking hands with women
Work meetings away requiring chaperones
Women leave work if required at home- no questions asked
14 layers of management
Cultural differences
Navigation required
Issues
How to raise them?
Delivering results against socially expected behaviours
Relationship building
Voting systems to create change
Ascribed power
Changes do not happen quickly
100 days challenge
Changing structure
Consensus co-ordinators not decision makers
Create bureaucracy to get things done
Chaos management
Expect things to go wrong because they do
Continuous improvement
Creates trust
How to influence change
Collectivism over individual innovation
Gender
Adapting from western culture back to eastern
High level jobs are available and filled with good women
Etiquette differences (East vs West)
Segregation (i.e. in meetings and forums)
Adaptability
Cultural intelligence (Accept the normal)
Patience
Influence differently
Manage from bottom to top
Experience in junior positions