Rawabi Holding Newsletter Issue 21

Rawabi’s 3rd... (cont. from page 1)Ahmed Bu Mhriz, Akram Al Attiyah, Al AbbasOmer, Alaimi Mohammed...Ali Ahmed Alshagan, Ali Hassan Al Hamood,Ali Hssan Al Basha, Ali Salem Al Marri,Aminul Islam, Aneez Munower Meeran,Ashraf Abdulhakim, Bandar Al Qahtani,Ehab Wagdy, Emad Ghussaini, Fadel Manasif,Fahad Al Faihany, Fathi Murdhi AlHamoud, Ganesh Kattel, Habib Ali, HabibHassan Zainudin, Haitham Bou harfouche,Hani Abdullah, Hasan Mofleh Al Hajri, HassanAhmed Ahbail, Hassan Ali Al Maddi,Hossain Mohammad Al Brahim, Hussain AlEbrahim, Jafar Abdullah, Jean Kanaan, JosephL. Saldana, Khalid Al Khatteb, KhalifaAl Rawabi SaudiBritish AwardsFr o m Left: Pr o f. Heaton, Sh. AlTu r k i,Mr. & Mrs. Br o m a g e, Sir Al a n Mu n r oThe annual Al Rawabi Awards hosted bythe Saudi British Society was held on January20 th , 2010 at the Institute of Directors,in London, United Kingdom. The event wasattended by Rawabi’s Group Chairman Sh.Abdulaziz AlTurki, Rawabi Group CEO, Mr.Osman A. Ibrahim, Executive Director ofRawabi Trading & Contracting Mr. Salem O.Hussein, and Coprorate CommunicationsOfficer, Mr. Mohammed AlTurki.Sh. Abdulaziz AlTurki presented this year’sawards to:1. Professor Nigel Heaton: a well-knownLiver Transplant Surgeon who is also theHead of the Transplant Unit at Kings UniversityHospital, Denmark Hill, London. Hehas been awarded for his contribution topromoting exchange in the field of cancerresearch, liver and pancreas transplantthrough the Saudi Cancer Foundation andthe recently formed Saudi Charitable Foundationfor Promoting Organ Donation.2. Colonel Nigel Bromage:Colonel Bromage’s relationship with SaudiArabia roots back to 1963, when he wassent to Saudi to set up the British MilitaryMission to the Saudi Arabian NationalGuard (SANG). He was later advanced toOBE for his work with SANG. Nigel stayedin the Arabian Peninsula for most of the restof his service. After his military service, Nigelwas retained by Saudi Officials as a loyalAl Hussein, Kholman Shrestan Otue, Loay AlSajed, M. Mohamed Ayob Khan, M. TousifAlam, Mahdi Bahrani, Maher Al Ismail, MaherBader, Mahmod Kadhem Al Magdad,Manoj Kumar, Manoj M. Cherian, Mohammad,Mohammad Al Alumed, MohammadAl Eid, Mohammad Al Haghmi, MohammadAl Khalaf, Mohammad Al Khalil, MohammadAlumi, Mohammad Ibrahim, MohammadKhalaf, Mohammad Shabeeb, MohammadYousif Al Sulaiman, Mohammed AbdulBasith, Mohammed Al Amah, MohammedAl Dawood, Mohammed Faizulla Baig, MohammedHassan, Mohammed Hassan AlMarhoon, Mohammed S. Al Obaid, MohandasK.K., Mohd. Ashfaq Siddiqui, Mohsinfriend of the Kingdom. He has massaged, ina typically understated way, Saudi-British relationsover many years, in such a way thatboth have profited.Al Rawabi Awards started in 2007 with amission to recognize British citizens withoutstanding contributions to Saudi-Britishrelations in different fields such as education,medicine, history, etc. Every year, theSaudi British Society chooses two winnersfrom among a list of candidates of highmerit nominated by members of the Society.15 th Annual CharityRun“SupportingVolunteerism”Ar t i cl e by SIRAJ WAHAB | ARAB NEWSPu b l is h e d: Ma r 19, 2010ALKHOBAR: It was carnival time along theAlkhobar Corniche on Thursday evening,with nearly 10,000 Saudis and expatriatesof all age groups taking part in the 15th AnnualCharity Run.A brainchild of philanthropist and prominentbusinessman Abdul Aziz Alturki, theevent attracted a large number of youngSaudis from all over the Kingdom. Theyal Salem, Muaiyed Al Khabbaz, MukhtarIsmail Khalitey, Muneer Saeed Shali, MustafaKhalithi, N. Balachandran, Najeeb Ali,Nasser Al Shibrawi, Praveen Kumar PM, R.Ganesan, Rabie Al Dawood, Raid Al Reda,Rashed Al Nassar, Rashid Ali, Rashinkantha,S. Lakshmanan, Saeed Mazrouq Ahmed,Sahil Ali, Salah Abdullah Al Ibrahim, SalahAl Aqqad, Saleem Ellabakidi, Salman AliHarisi, Sami Bouri, Saud Al Anazi, ShaikhZahid Hussain, Shakil Ahamad Ansari, SufianSharaf, Syed Azhar Hussain Shah, TalebMohammed Aloufi, Teodorico Tabora, UddhabBhandari, Wael Taha, Waleed Al Brahim,Waseem Al Dawood, Wissam Abbas,Zakaria Saleh Al Sayhaticame from as far as Najran and Baha. Filipinos,Indians, Pakistanis, Americans andBritons all played an active part.”It was anextraordinary feeling,” said former SaudiAramco executive Bidah Mejdal Al-Gahtani,who took part in the 70 plus category andbagged second prize.“The weather was excellent. Though thesun shone brightly, there was a cool breezeblowing across the vast Arabian Sea, makingthe entire experience exhilarating andmind-blowing.”Children below the age of 15 were seencracking jokes and having fun while sprintingalong the well-developed and picturesqueAlkhobar beach.”It was a fun time,”said Nasser Ibrahim Al-Hajri, a tenth grader.“We don’t get to see such events in theKingdom. My parents brought me from Riyadhto take part in this marathon. I knewI wouldn’t win but then winning was notwhy I was taking part in it. I wanted to experiencethe fun. And I did. I made manyfriends as well.”Thursday’s weather conditions were insharp contrast to those on Wednesday.“It was humid and unbearable yesterday.There was no breeze and we were prayingfor good weather today and Alhamdullilahour prayers were answered,” said one ofthe organizers.The event was open to all nationalities. Afee of SR50 was all that was needed tobecome the organization’s member andtake part in the charity run. Included in themembership fee was a white T-shirt that ev-ery participant had to wear. The proceedsfrom the event will support charitable organizationsin the region.According to the organizers, the responsewas overwhelming. “We will have thecomplete statistics in the next three or fourdays. All the details are yet to be compiled.We will then have the complete picture asto how many people took part in each category,”said Al-Gahtani.Rawabi Holding Company,ISO 9001:2008The charity run was divided into six categories,from 15 and below, to 70 and aboveAs the sun went down, winners in the differentcategories received prizes and trophiesfrom two prominent guests of honor— Khaled Al-Sultan, rector of the King FahdUniversity of Petroleum and Minerals, andAlkhobar Gov. Sulaiman Al-Thunayan.Congratulations to Rawabi Holding Company for being recently accreditedas an ISO 9001:2008 certified company! Thank you to each team memberswho has contributed to this accomplishment. To more success!Team ContributionsThe Doctrine ofCompleted Staff WorkAu t h o r d e ta il s: Un k n o w nAr t i cl e Suggested by Ray m o n d I. Te o d o c i o,Ex e c u t i v e Se c r e ta r y, Co r p o r at e Co m m u n i c at i o nsCompleted staff work is the study of aproblem, and presentation of a solution, bya staff member, in such form that all thatremains to be done on the part of the bossis to indicate approval or disapproval of thecompleted action. The words “completedaction” are emphasized because the moredifficult the problem is, the more the tendencyis to present the problem to the bossin a piecemeal fashion.It is your duty as a staff member to workout the details. You should not consult yourboss in the determination of those details,no matter how perplexing they may be. Youmay and should consult other staff members.The product, whether it involves thepronouncement of a new policy or affectsan established one, when presented to theboss for approval or disapproval, must beworked out in a finished form.The impulse which often comes to the inexperiencedstaff member, to ask the bosswhat to do, recurs more often when theproblem is difficult. It is accompanied bya feeling of mental frustration. It is easy toask the boss what to do, and it appears tooeasy for the boss to answer. Resist the impulse.You will succumb to it only if you donot know your job.It is your job to advise your boss what she orhe ought to do, not to ask your boss whatyou ought to do. The boss needs answers,not questions. Your job is to study, write,restudy, and rewrite until you have evolveda single proposed action--the best one ofall you have considered. Your boss merelyapproves or disapproves.Do not worry your boss with long explanationsand memos. Writing a memo to yourboss does not constitute completed staffwork. But writing a memo for your bossto send to someone else does. Your viewsshould be placed before the boss in finishedform so that the boss can make them his orher views simply by signing the document.In most instances, completed staff workresults in a single document prepared forthe signature of the boss without accompanyingcomment. If the proper result isreached, the boss will usually recognize it atonce. If the boss wants comment or explanation,she or he will ask for it.The theory of completed staff work doesnot preclude a rough draft, but the roughdraft must not be a half-baked idea. Itmust be complete in every respect exceptthat it lacks the requisite number of copiesand need not be neat. But a rough draft...Continue on Page 4...2 Rawabi News | January-March 2010, Issue 21Rawabi News | January-March 2010, Issue 21 3