Advantages And Challenges Of Omanization

Introduction

Omanization is the policy taken by the Omani government to replace expatriate work forces with Omani people. Omanization policy is concentrated on both the public and the private sector. My research topic is about AOU Business Students perception on Omanization in the private sector. There are many reasons that make this topic important. First, the increasing number of job seekers. Second, the increase the percentage of expatriate works in the country.

Three questions will be answered in this research project, these are:

1. How do AOU business students think about Omanization in the private sector?

2. What are the challenges of Omanization in the private sector?

3. How can Omanization help in in the development of

The discovery of Oil led to an increase in the economic activity of these countries, which led to an increase in the number of expatriate workers Gulf .In the context of the increase of expatriate Workers in the Middle East, the population has increased significantly. Where they adopted the idea of Emiratisation and the provision of jobs for Citizens and is known in Oman Omanization. Oman is one of the countries attracting foreign Workers from Asian countries such as India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri lank. Omani Society is a young society and many Omanis have the ability and the power to enter the market but have problems in how to find a suitable job and the problems of lack of education and experience. The Omanization policy was implemented in 1988.Omanization has many

1. Fiancé, insurance and real estate (45%)

2. Industrial (35%)

3. Hotels and restaurant (30%)

4. Wholesale or retail trading (20%)

5. Contracting (15%) There are several reasons for the implementation of Omanization policy and the most important:

Allow the sultanate to rely on Self-resources in human resources, which requires the been of women from the workforce and this gives them an important role in society. Omanization in private Companies in Muscat reached 8.6%

In 1995 the policy of Omanization led to a shortage of expatriate Workers. The proportion of Spending in The private Sector fell to (81.66-85.2) between 1995 and 1998.

Many of the government ministries have already reached 100% Omanization

And the highest percentage in the government sector is the Al Dakhiliyah government where the rate of Omanization where 24%

Omanization rate in the Dhofar government sector was 6.6%

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Data analysis

Table 1 Female Male Total

Number 5 5 10

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