(Doc) Interview Report - Assignment

Running head: INTERVIEW REPORT
Interview Report: One Industry, Multiple Countries
Name of the student:
Name of the university:
Author note:

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Executive summary
The paper summarizes the interview conducted with a site head on a construction company in
Saudi Arabia. The person has had an experience of 7 years working in India. The interview has
helped me to understand many ore things, which I was not aware with. The paper has
summarized some important points such as political, economic, social and cultural differences in
between India and Saudi Arabia. Moreover, the paper has helped its readers to understand some
of the opportunities and the challenges that are present in the global countries at the workplace.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Comparison between India and Saudi Arabia.................................................................................4
Ans1.............................................................................................................................................4
Ans2.............................................................................................................................................5
Ans3.............................................................................................................................................6
Ans4.............................................................................................................................................7
Ans5.............................................................................................................................................7
Ans6.............................................................................................................................................8
Ans7.............................................................................................................................................9
Ans8.............................................................................................................................................9
Reflection.......................................................................................................................................10
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................11
References......................................................................................................................................13
Appendix........................................................................................................................................14
Questions:..................................................................................................................................14

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Introduction
There exist ample of differences between two countries in regards to varied factors such
as the culture, the human resource management, the political scenarios, the ethicalities and many
others like such. The differences do also affect the working practices of employees and the
higher management. There are hundreds of countries across the globe where many countries
differ to each other in the mentioned regards or many other factors like such. The differences can
be accredited to the policies of the local government of the respective countries or the citizens
who are living in such countries. Human resource management does also play a very important
role in such differences. The differences are expected; however, it appears to be problematic
because it makes thing challenging for people living across the different cultures. They find this
problematic because they face challenge to communicate with the people from different cultures
(Patrick & Kumar, 2012).
In this paper, it shows a comparison between the two countries India and Saudi Arabia in
regards to different factors such as human resource management, infrastructure, local
government policies, economic capability etc. The assignment progresses on the interview taken
with a site head of a construction company based in India. The HOD has served the company for
seven long years. Now, the HOD Mr. Rehab Kazim is working in a construction company Al
Fouzan Trading & General Construction Co. based in Saudi Arabia. It has been three years ever
since the person has joined the company. Mr. Rehab Kazim used to supervise the proceedings at
the sites. The HOD used to take care of a team of 100 members. The company where Mr. Kazim
is working takes care of the building construction works. The HOD has also handled many
popular projects in the country. Their customers were the clients looking for constructing the