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Internal constraints on the process of industrialization in Gaza |
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| Authors: | Majed El‐Farra Alan Wakelam |
| Institution: | 1. Assistant Professor in the Department of Business Administration , The Islamic University , Gaza;2. Part‐time lecturer in the Centre for Leadership Studies , University of Exeter , UK |
| Abstract: | This paper examines the internal constraints on Gaza's manufacturing sector during the Israeli occupation. Manufacturing development was constrained by the Israeli occupation, but the authors chose to look at the situation from Gaza's point of view, and examine the attitudes and the effects of the lack of industrial experience on manufacturing. Internal constraints include the ‘lack of an adequate skills base’, ‘a misunderstanding and distrust of marketing’, ‘unsophisticated attitudes towards finance and the value of time’, ‘price being seen as more important than quality’ and ‘authoritarian attitudes to management practice’. Local education and training are struggling to remedy aspects of this situation but they presently lack the resources. There was a widespread lack of understanding of the concept of a company as a separate entity. |
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