Issue 6, April 2010 – Human Capital and Talent Management

Although we would like to think so, it is difficult to transmit values and business ethics from one family generation to another, and one can easily see how building a family governance structure can...

Image Source: Pixabay via Pexels A Must or an Oxymoron? In the Arab world, family businesses are the backbone of most economies owing both to their economic contribution and to their socio-political impact. Accordingly, the sustainability...

Q&A with Prof. Abbas Ali Talent Management is the process of discovering, deploying, motivating, and energizing the workforce within an organisation to effectively achieve objectives and enhance the competitive position in the marketplace. Best practice...

Anees Redha Qamar Sultan, Head of Marketing Development, W. J. Towell & Co. LLC, Oman One of the greatest challenges in human capital management for family businesses is the integration of the next family generation...

While many studies refer to the driving role that family businesses play in economic growth and wealth creation, there is also convergence on their regular 'failure' to manage the transition to the third generation....

Insights from Hussein Shobokshi, Director of SHOBOKSHi Development and Trading The history of family businesses in the Arab world has been a turbulent one. Bearing incredible success stories as well as human tragedies, Arab family...

Interview with Salah Al Wazzan The Nafais Holding Company (KSCC) and its subsidiaries in Kuwait employs more than 2500 people in different areas, ranging across healthcare, education, construction, electronics, retail, financial services and real estate....

Insights from Inji Abdoun, Head of Corporate Human Resources, EFG Hermes Middle East In the most basic, theoretical terms, Talent Management (TM) is an integration of all the various initiatives, programs and processes that contribute...

Challenges and Opportunities Work organisations in the GCC countries have been facing unique and complex challenges around the development and management of human capital for the last three decades. These challenges have been ranging from...

Insights from Prof. Shirley Zinn, Professor of Economics and Management at the University of Pretoria While the natural reaction by the vast majority of organisations to difficult economic times is to go into ‘lockdown’ mode...

Interview with Deem Al Bassam, Founder of Switch Restaurant When you walk into Switch restaurant, you momentarily forget that you are in Dubai Mall. The س- shaped walls and the Arabic design lighted with bright...

When life is abundant with opportunities and you are motivated by the will to learn and passion to lead, you will reach many achievements. Then, age will not be measured in years, but rather...