Assignment Instructions/ Description
MGT-560: Leadership Development 13728-Riyadh-Males Module 03: Discussion ForumWith Saudi Vision 2030, “Saudi Arabia is moving aggressively to diversify its economy and implement important reforms,” according to Stephen A. Schwarzman, co-founder of the private equity company Blackstone Group (Sorkin, 2017, para. 6).
Identify a business leader in Saudi Arabia and explain which characteristics of leadership that person espouses. Find research that speaks to leadership characteristics and their importance. In what ways will the leadership of your chosen person allow for a more diverse economy in the Kingdom? You should justify your position with research you found regarding leadership characteristics and how they apply to your subject.
For example: Rami Abu Ghazaleh, CEO of AlBaik, is a leader who builds trust with customers and employees (Usman, 2018). Trust is a leadership characteristic which may be supported with research and one example of his building trust is that he did not raise prices for his products when food prices went up. Be specific about the leadership characteristic and find an example of that person exhibiting it.
Embed course material concepts, principles and theories (including supporting citations) along with at least one current, scholarly, peer-reviewed journal article. You may find that your discussion of leadership characteristics is easily supported with such current scholarly research, while the information about how your chosen leader exhibits those leadership characteristics is supported by popular research.
Keep in mind that current scholarly references can be found in the Saudi Digital Library by conducting an advanced search. Current research means published in the last five years.
You are required to reply to at least two peer responses to this week’s discussion question and/or your instructor’s response to your posting. Your replies need to be substantial and constructive in nature. They should add to and evaluate/analyze the content of the post answer. Normal course dialogue doesn’t fulfill these two peer replies, but is expected throughout the course. Answering all course questions is also required.
References
Sorkin, A. R. (2017, October 23). In the Saudi Desert, world’s business leaders follow the money. New York Times. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/23/business/dealbook/in-the-saudi-desert-worlds-business-leaders-follow-the-money.html
Usman, O. (2018, September 5). 3 prophetic leadership lessons from the CEO of AlBaik. Retrieved from https://www.ibnabeeomar.com/blog/3-prophetic-leadership-lessons-from-the-ceo-of-albaik
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