My passion and motivation for business management arose since when I was 16 years as I worked for my father’s company. I used to help him organize business meetings and also in drawing business strategies. The combination of knowledge and skills that I got from the company’s management enabled me to score high in secondary school, enabling me to secure a chance to study Bachelor of Business Management at Trent University, here in Canada. At the university, the study of organizational behavior and theories enabled me to figure out the relationship between good management practices and organizational success.

The first quarter of the year 2013 was the downfall of our family company. The financial problems are related to limited availability of revenues and cash-on-hand due to bill-overdue. At the height of the downfall, my father called me back home to go help with the management of the company. I had to call off a semester in order to attend to such a noble call of duty. The activities of re-inventing the business were a learning experience for me. I met with people of different professions including lawyers, accountants and other business people. Interactions with them enhanced my communication, management and people-management skills, as I also knew more of the businesses in the area. Throughout the five months of activity, I was able to integrate the theoretical knowledge I had learnt at the university into real business management. I applied the online marketing skills I had acquired in school to establish e-marketing for our business and the results were very positive. It is through such experiences that I came to appreciate the value of practical as opposed to theoretical learning as supported by Adekola and Sergi (2012).

I am glad that, in August 2014, the ministry of higher education in Saudi Arabia accepted my application for a full educational scholarship in masters of business administration. I enable me to rebuild our company and serve my country as a model business practitioner.

My goal in life is to influence the people and the environment around me. As the Quran verse goes: “Allah will not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves,” I believe in effecting societal change through touching the life of an individual. The verse is simple, yet it carries a big meaning. I believe that the chance you will give me will be an avenue towards influencing a whole society.

Reference

Adekola, A.P., & Sergi, B.P. (2012). Global business management: A cross-cultural perspective. Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing Ltd.