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Americana and Structural Unemployment in the MENA Region: A Dilemma for a Major Company (A)

Gentile, Mary; El-Bassiouny, Noha; Farrag, Noha; Abdurrahman, Rana; Karara, Mouchera; Ammar, Nesma; Melika, Mourad

OB-1135 | Published February 28, 2015 | 4 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

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This case is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum, please visit http://store.darden.virginia.edu/giving-voice-to-values. Giving Voice to Values (GVV) is an innovative curriculum for values-driven management and leadership, designed to be integrated across the core business curriculum as well as to stand alone. This case concerns a company's struggle to find the right talent within the Egyptian labor force. An HR manager wants to help educate the labor force, but struggles with what his company’s responsibility truly is and how to get buy in to get involved.