Oman Cables: Achieving Growth and Innovation in the Electric Cable Industry

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Management

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Executive summary
Oman Cables is one of the biggest electric cable industries that manufactures as well as
market those in various countries including Oman and Middle East. It has undertaken various
new projects that helped the Company in achieving remarkable growth. Oman Cables also
invest in various new projects that are started by government for the welfare of the
community. Creativity as well as passion in the leader has also helped in a greater way to the
Company. “Advanced Testing Laboratory initiative has helped the Company in providing
great quality products to the customers. It also takes the creative measure to thank its
customers. It uses promotional box to thank its customer for maintaining trust relationship.
However, it also faces the issue related to oil prices that sometimes prove to be weakness for
the Company.

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Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Choice of Oman Cables Company as an entrepreneurial growth Company..............................4
Leadership traits and qualities of Oman Cable Company founder............................................4
Innovation and creativity done by Oman Cable that will help in sustainable growth...............5
Internal weaknesses in the availability of resources and competencies in Oman Cables..........6
Opportunities available for accelerated and sustainable growth for Oman Cables Company...6
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................7
References..................................................................................................................................8

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Introduction
Oman Cables was founded in the year 1984. It has headquartered in Rusayl, the Sultanate of
Oman. It manufactures, develops and market the integrated range of conductors and electrical
cables in the Middle East, the Sultanate of Oman, North Africa as well as internationally. The
company also offers the low voltage power, medium voltage power cables, pilot cables,
control cables, low smoke and fume building cables, and lead the sheathed low and medium
voltage cables, and overhead line conductors. It also sells and manufacturers the aluminium
rods. The facilities of manufacturing are situated within the biggest industrial complex in
Muscat. Its factor and offices are presented by occupying the area about 135000 sqm by
doing the future expansion.1 It also has equivalent facilities in the Sohar at its manufacturing
facility of Aluminium. It also has the capacity of copper of more than 120,000 MT yearly. By
undertaking all the successful and innovative steps, the choice of this entrepreneur growth
company has been made. In an entrepreneur, it is also required to have certain leadership
quality and traits that can make it successful. All these leadership skills or traits has been
described in the report. Besides this, the internal weaknesses related to competencies as well
as resource has been depicted.
In recent time, competition has been increasing to a greater phase that requires the industries
or companies to bring some creative idea. Oman Cable has also taken certain innovations and
creativity that has led the Company to successful. Therefore, the discussion is carried on the
innovative and creativity of Oman Cables that will help it in bringing sustainable growth. At
the end of the report, the discussion is carried on the opportunities that can accelerate the
growth in Oman cables.
1 Oman Cables. (2017) Annual report 2017. [online] Available from:
http://omancables.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/OCI-Annual-Report-2017-English.pdf
[accessed 29/01/2019].