By recognizing exceptional management performance, an award would develop a critical mass of trained and experienced managers to guide the region’s development.

1. The Arab Management
Excellence Awards
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2. The Arab Management Excellence Awards will develop a critical mass of trained and experienced
managers to guide the development of a knowledge based economy in the Arab World and Region
Why does the Arab World need the Arab Regional Indicators
Management Excellence Awards?
 Approximately 95% of businesses in the
Middle East are family run, only 30% have strategic
plans, 5% are going concerns by the third generation.
Morocco
Morocco
Tunisia
 More than 50% percent of the Arab workforce is
Lebanon employed in agriculture , yet value added agricultural
Iraq
Iraq output accounts for 10% of Arab GDP.
Algeria
Algeria
Libya
Libya Jordan
Jordan
Kuwait
Kuwait
 Spending on research and development does not
Egypt
Egypt
Bahrain
Bahrain
Qatar exceed 0.02% of GDP while in developed countries R&D
Saudi
Saudi spending reaches 2.5-5%.
Arabia
Arabia Oman
Oman
United
United
Arab
Arab
Emirates
Emirates
 The Arab World needs 80m jobs over the next 20 years
Sudan
Sudan  The Middle East attracted $43.3bn in FDI in 2006,
Yemen
Yemen
China alone attracted $63 bn
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3. By recognizing exceptional management performance, the Arab Management Excellence Awards will
build management capacity and catalyze social transformation in the Arab World and Region
Award components are catalysts for change at the individual and societal levels
Platforms for Monetary Award to Management Mass Media Strategic Knowledge Publications
MBRF Publications
Cooperation Scale Best Practices Best Practices Engagement Diffusion Partnerships and Website Content
The Arab Management Excellence Awards lead to increased regional dialogues amongst critical
stakeholders that support collective action towards a knowledge based society
Government Officials Educators Community Leaders Students
Researchers Business Community
Individual Change Social Change • Youth inclusion and leadership
• Workplace professionalism
• Increased R&D
• Leadership development • Social responsibility
• Human capital development • Regional cooperation
• Management development • Global-mindedness
• Increased social participation • Instills culture of learning
• Entrepreneurship • Knowledge based contributions
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• Social cohesion • Cultural respect and awareness
• Reinforces continuous to further management field
• Innovation • Women empowerment
learning and education
• Increased literacy • Improved justice and safety
Regional Impact towards a knowledge based society • A continuous dialogue amongst critical stakeholders, enhancing
knowledge development/dissemination and scholarship
• A life-long learning society • Improved quality of educational systems and institutions
• Broad interest and commitment to knowledge future
-led • Technological tools that make knowledge accessible
• Community engagement in research and production of high - • Innovation in public policy making and governance
technology goods and services • Cultural awareness and mutual understanding
• National and regional innovation -production systems • Improved healthcare and social services
• Job creation and investment promotion • More robust SME sector spurring entrepreneurship
• Integration into international networks of knowledge production
, • Rural development
diffusion, utilization, and protection
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4. • For Further Information About This Initiative ‫ﻟﻠﻣﺯﻳﺩ ﻣﻥ ﺍﻟﻣﻌﻠﻭﻣﺎﺕ ﻋﻥ ﻫﺫﻩ ﺍﻟﻣﺑﺎﺩﺭﺓ‬ •
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complement or diversify those of potential ‫ﻭﺧﺑﺭﺍﺗﻧﺎ ﺍﻟﻔﻧﻳﺔ ﻟﺗﻛﻣﻳﻝ ﺃﻭ ﻟﺗﻧﻭﻳﻊ ﻣﻬﺎﺭﺍﺕ ﻭﺧﺑﺭﺍﺕ ﺷﺭﻛﺎﺋﻧﺎ ﺍﻟﻣﺣﺗﻣﻠﻳﻥ‬
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Schwalje at wes.schwalje@tahseen.ae wes.schwalje@tahseen.ae ‫ﻭﻳـﺯﻟﻲ ﺷـﻭﺍﻟﻳﻳﻪ ﻋﻠﻰ ﺍﻟﻌﻧﻭﺍﻥ‬