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