IMPACT OF EMIRATIZATION
Prof Sidle
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Impact of Emiratization on Companies and Expatriates in the UAE
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Introduction
What is Emiratisation?
This is a United Arab Emirates government initiative that was developed with the sole purpose of getting most if not all of its citizens to get employed both in the public and private sectors in meaningful, clear and efficient ways. This process has positive and negative impacts that affect the social and economic aspects of the country and the need for the impacts to be highlighted both prior and after the implementation. (Castells, M. 2013).
The ultimate study is supposed to reveal how well this policy was accepted by both the locals and the foreigners. The company to be studied here is a Mondelez International (if it possible to change the company to another more popular company in UAE) and deals in Manufacturing & Production of Food products. It has employed a total of 157 employees and is in the process of implementing the Emiratization policy by trying to do away with the need to have too many foreign staff as employees.
It is therefore quickly training the locals to acquire the required skill for each field to avoid further hiring of foreign nationationals in the companies therein. The hiring of foreigners is quickly being avoided and the minimum requirements for the locals are being relaxed to enable the locals to be employed. This policy came into effect because of the sudden turn in the world economy and poverty levels being on the rise and the locals lacking jobs for the lack of appropriate education to match up with the market standards. (NJANIKE, K. 2013).
I will use the questionnaire method to conduct my research. This method will use existing template forms that will be filled by each and every interviewee. The form shall contain the necessary questions as with regard to the needs that are being assessed by the research for the purposes of achieving the final goal of the research. The different classes of persons to be interviewed will be the employed and the unemployed, locals and foreigners
Significance of the study
The significance of this study is to help analyze the pros and cons that are associated with the implementation of this policy. Further issues that will be looked at in this study are the success rates of this kind of policy. It will help the government asses the possible impacts of this policy and the effects it will have on non-nationals during their stay while in the United Arab Emirates. The study will also help reveal what other countries feels as to the implementation of this policy since it appears to be segregative or biased and doesn’t give consideration to the importance of the input of foreigners. (Ramady, M. 2013). (This is good as also there should be my own idea not from other source)
Importance of the research
I am doing this research to enable me create a bigger proposal in future that will help both the government and other agencies to be cautious on the approach they use in the design and implementation of similar ideas. This research will help them look at the social and economic impacts that the idea has on the county
The research is worth doing in that it helps the various companies to use caution and use checks and balances while implementing new ideas such as this Emiratisation. Many governments and private sectors bodies have always rushed in implementing ideas without taking a critical look at the consequences of the purportedly new and great idea and eventually lead either a success or failure of the idea
This study is therefore meant to benefit the entire community and the government in that the government will come up with policies that are fair or rational enough to have more pros than cons. The study will also benefit the persons who intend to come over to the UAE, since they will visit the country when they are well aware or informed about how this emiratization policy works
I hope to achieve having a well informed audience that is well aware of it’s the existing government policies and empowering them to know the potential impacts that these policies have on them. I will therefore use this research to help me attain my higher education qualifications since this study tries to justify and quantify all the reasons that appertain to the research question (Prabhu, C. S. R. 2013).
Methodologies
The sample involved a group of 50 persons all inclusive of the nationals and the foreigner who were employed in the company and also persons who were jobless and waiting and hoping to be employed some day in the future. This type of sampling was wide and managed to capture the opinions of all parties who live and work within the region of implementation of the policy
Conclusion
A majority of the interviewed persons felt that the UAE did not have the qualified manpower and persons to work in its industries and therefore still needed to review its attitude and speed towards fully implementing the policy. That is why the country is so full of expatriates and foreigners who work in most of their industries. Finally, this policy also has an impact on the foreign policies with other countries and has led to strained relations with other countries due to its prime objectives that appear sinister or suspect.
Referencing
Castells, M. (2013). Networks of outrage and hope: Social movements in the internet age. John Wiley & Sons.
NJANIKE, K. (2013). THE INVESTORS'GUIDE. Author House.
Prabhu, C. S. R. (2013). E-governance: Concepts and case studies. PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd..
Ramady, M. (2013). Gulf unemployment and government policies: prospects for the Saudi labour quota or Nitaqat system. International Journal of Economics and Business Research, 5(4), 476-498.
