Training in the Middle-East is a big boon

Training the students of the Middle East is a challenge cum opportunity for a trainer/teacher. This is one of the best exposure which could have been there for a trainer/teacher willing to scale up in his/her career. It is because the teaching and training in the gulf calls for maintaining a perfect balance between contents and simplification while presentation. While, there is no compromise on quality and the contemporary nature of the contents being taught, one should also keep a tab on the simplicity quotient and this is where a trainer can increase his professional lexicons with simplified substitutes for the more complex jargons. This can be a one word substitution or a sentence so as to explain a jargon or a concept related to the domain area. Trainers/Teachers may complaint saying that the students are not up to the mark, however, that is nothing short of taking the underscoring the challenge and opportunity offered by this region. Once the approach sinks into the delivery system of the trainer, one can devise novel ways of achieving the objective. I devised many novel training mechanisms after training the students or the executives of the Middle East, which I could not fathom while handling the trainees/students in the Indian subcontinent. On the other hand I am able to localize my illustrations and examples thereby enhancing my knowledge pertaining to the dynamic business enviornment of the Middle East, not to forget the case studies, I am authoring for the local companies. All these when assimilated together from the perspective of the end-user(read students/trainees)can not only make the target audience a thrilled lot, but also enable the trainer to innovate and research for new ways of explaining the difficult concepts. It is important for all the trainers to understand and appreciate the cultural benefits as it allows the students/trainees to understand every concept faster. Something which may be acceptable in the European, American or even Indian markets may be a strict NO-NO over here and on minute observations after relating with the external and internal enviornmental factors, one can safely say that its a boon for the local market.

Understanding the worldclass Dubai Model

I have tried to understand and analyze the unqiue Dubai model, which has catapulted the destination from nowhere into a famous shopping and tourism spot. All my last five visits including the latest one in November 08 made me realize the sincerity with which the administrators and citizens including the expatriates have contributed towards achieving this goal.Unlike many other GCC countries who sort of try to intertwin the business model around the petroleum sector, Dubai has hovered everything around travel and tourism by putting in place landmarks like the Dubai Mall(biggest mall in the world),Burj-Al-Arab(State-of-the art Worlds first seven star hotel),Burj tower(tallest tower in the planet) and a host of shopping malls, hotels and other places of entertainment, recreation which draw tourists and business travellers from all across.An event like the Dubai shopping festival is known to all shopping geeks all over the world.The concept of integrated management where everyone is having defined roles and responsibilities with a demarcated deadline and sincere work ethic looks to be the success formula.The credit goes to all the stakeholders, and emerging economies like India in particular can draw lot of lessons from their middle-east neighbour, who have created a hub out of sand.Hats off to you.......Dubai.Indeed a case study which can be discussed not only with the management students, but also with national administrators who are responsible for building models of their respective nations.