Aspects of management attitudes, beliefs, and business culture on the West Bank

[摘要] This study is designed to explore and examine the various aspects ofmanagement attitudes, beliefs, and business culture on the West Bank. Itinvestigates top managers personal, organisational and societal background.Within this general framework, the study aims to investigate the variousaspects such as: managers characteristics, exogenous and endogenouspressures facing managers, attributes expected of managers, managers wayof obtaining their present jobs. Their decision making styles, ways ofhandling functional problems, managers view of an ideal employee,managers nervousness, managers attitudes towards time, life insurance,mediation, nepotism, bribes, the employment of women, customs andtraditions, an increase in business automation and technology, and attitudestowards jobs and various managerial functions and themes. Moreover, thisstudy aims to explore the role of women as managers in the West Bank aswell as to examine respondents needs and need satisfaction. A comparisonof the major findings with other findings of relevant research will also bedrawn in this study.It is believed that in order to understand managers attitudes, beliefs andbehaviour, one should first understand the background which created suchattitudes and beliefs. As a result the researcher opened this study with ageneral overview of the West Bank environment. The opening includes adiscussion of the population and the geographical, historical, political,social, educational and economic environment in that region.The data for the research were gathered by interviewing a sample ofl77 topArab managers from 177 organisations in the West Bank. The averageinterviewing time was 40 minutes.All statistical analysis were perfonned using the statistical package for socialsciences (SPSSx). The Chi-square test of association (X2)was perfonned so as to search for association between the various variables and questions.The Multivariate Discriminant Analysis (MDA) was also used for theattitudes and beliefs sections.Some of the outcomes emerging from the analysis include:1. West Bank managers on average are highly educated2. West Bank managers are working under enormous pressures and as aresult over half of them sometimes feel nervous at work.3. The majority of West Bank managers obtained their jobs through normaljob placement methods.4. The consultative style of decision making is the most pervasive style inthe West Bank.S. Although the vast majority of West Bank managers believe thatmediation, nepotism, and bribes are widely used in the West Bank, thevast majority of managers are against the use of such practices.6. West Bank managers have a high appreciation of time and they also puta great deal of emphasis on communication and the importance of goodrelationships with employees. Yet the findings indicate that West Bankmanagers are not pro planning and forecasting.7. As for women managers surveyed it was found that their major role insociety is national and patriotic. 8. The majority of West Bank managers are pro change. They would liketo see an increase in the number of working women, an increase infreedom from cultural customs and traditions and in increase in businessautomation and technology.9. Although social need was considered the managers most importantneed, it was also found to be their most satisfied one.Finally, the study includes fruitful suggestions and recommendations forfuture research. All suggestions are aimed at enhancing the knowledge ofWest Bank management in particular and of human behaviour in the Araband the business world in general.

[发布机构] University:University of Glasgow;Department:Adam Smith Business School

[关键词] HD28 Management. Industrial Management