Organizational Culture in the Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia

The concept is a process, and the team or project manager should follow several steps for the change process to be successful. The paper asses the cultural elements that might impact the development of change strategies and implementing the change plans of organizations in the KSA. The paper will begin by explaining more about the strategies for change in an organization. According to a Crawford (2013), an excellent strategic plan must first outline its goals that hold the firm's strategy and direction. A strategic plan must also explain what the change to be implemented is and how it will be applied. The first cultural element that is common in most organizations in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the issue of gender.

In Saudi Arabia, women are not treated the same way as men. Saudi Arabia is a masculine country. This belief means that Saudi Arabia believes more in characters and behaviors of men than those of women. Employees are motivated to work for them to be masculine and not feminine. The Saudi Arabia culture keeps rigid codes of belief and acts. There is also is also an emotional necessity for rules even if they are not working, terms and conditions and regulations are maintained and implemented (Eid, 2018). Most managers have the culture of not introducing any changes in organizations. The best way to handle with this problem is by communicating early, letting workers understand the advantages of the change before starting the change process.

The team should also allow the members to freely express their fears individually and make them understand the positive impacts of the changes this will see less resistance from them. In other words, power distance means a culture where the workers believe in the hierarchal order of power which clearly defines corporates levels and structures. Saudi Arabians believe in the ranking of workers; they believe that everyone in the office has a place and does not require any justification. They believe in centralized decision making, where the top-ranked manager in the organization has the final say. Subordinates are expected to follow the boss without questioning, they also fear and respect the boss. The people at the top are more privileged than the rest of the employees (Eid, 2016).