Having working from a consultant and watched these things in action in the GCC I can sadly say these caricatures are fairly accurate. Sad thing in places like Qatar is that as soon as the find a capable Qatari they promote him too quickly in order to keep Qataris in charge and for want of better candidates so that sooner or later he is out of his depth. In these conditions these caricatures are rampant.
I agree britexpat.
Having working from a consultant and watched these things in action in the GCC I can sadly say these caricatures are fairly accurate. Sad thing in places like Qatar is that as soon as the find a capable Qatari they promote him too quickly in order to keep Qataris in charge and for want of better candidates so that sooner or later he is out of his depth. In these conditions these caricatures are rampant.