Human resource management in Saudi Arabia

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 1155
Author(s):  
Sunil Ramlall ◽  
Hani Al-Amri ◽  
Nadia Abdulghaffar

As companies seek ways to compete more effective, HR becoming more entrenched in business strategies, and comparative strategies are studied, this paper provides a comparison of HR practices in Saudi Arabia and the United States. Using the established literature on HR in the United States as a means to compare HR practices, the authors surveyed HR leaders in Saudi Arabia gathering highly valuable information. The results highlighted current practices and also where emphasis could be placed in aligning HR strategies to core business practices.


2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 167
Author(s):  
Naif Fawzi

This study aims to explore how the Saudi public sector exercises the activities of human resource management. The sample of this study consists of the Ministry of Labour and its offices in the Northern region of Saudi Arabia. Data were collected from books and related literature. The researcher then conducted semi-structured interviews with a number of managers and employees in the Ministry of Labour offices in the Northern region. The results of the study indicate that the practice of human resource management activities in the offices of the ministry and the ministry itself suffers from severe weaknesses.


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