Many people may not know much about this country. I am not going to pretend that I know everything about it or even a lot, but I do know a little bit and I know what I have read. Some of you may be asking how I can relate the actions of this King to anything in an Organizational Behavior class. Everything that you may read about this president sounds horrific. He has been the king since 1996, and officially since 2005 and has been known to be a peacemaker in the region. If you Googled his name you will find out that he has a great relationship with the United States, and with the Bush family. He has done things for his country such as establish libraries in different locations. Yes many of the things you would read about him are good. However he also has one of the most oppressive systems against women in the world. Women's rights in this country are so restricted. They much ask a male's permission to do almost anything such as work, marry, travel, and even to go outside. When they do go out of the house every part of their body must be covered except their hands and eyes and must have a male guardian accompany them.
You still may not understand what any of this has to do with Organizational Behavior, but it has a lot to do with it. When I first started learning about things in this class we studied a chapter about cultural diversity. Through Organizational Behavior I have learned that there is a great power distance in the Saudi Arabia culture. A great deal of women would like to lower the power distance but have a high uncertainty avoidance because of the repercussions they feel they would face. As Americans most of us have an ethnocentrism when it comes to other cultures and this is no different. When polled I bet most people would believe that our country does better and is better because of the injustice the Saudi women face. King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud in my opinion should be helping women become more independent and encouraging it. He looks like a poor leader because of this. However does this one injustice outweigh all of the good he has done as a leader as well.
What do you think?
Posted By: Amy Beagles
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