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Thursday 4th of August 2016
TUNISIA AT RIO OLYMPCS 2016. ALL THE BEST TO OUR GOLD MEDALISTS: OUSAMA MALLOULI AND HABIBA GHRIBI AND HOPEFULLY FEW MORE
Tunisia is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This will be the nation's fourteenth appearance at the Olympics, with the exception of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of its partial support to the US-led boycott.
Tunisian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event) Seven athletes were named to Tunisia's track and field team for the Games, with Habiba Ghribi looking to defend her Olympic title in the women's 3000 m steeplechase.

Thursday 28 July 2016
وراء أي رجل ناجح هناك امرأة /Derrière tout homme qui a réussi il y a une femme / Behind any successful man there is a woman
المرأة ( أرق الكائنات وأصعبها تعاملا" لدرجة أن وردة ترضيها، وكلمة تقتلها
كن حذرا" أيها الرجل فهي خلقت من ضلعك ليس من قدمك لتمشي عليها ولا من رأسك لكي تتعالى عليها ..ولكن خلقت من ضلعك كي تكون بجانبك ومن جانب قلبك كي تحبها (♡)
رائعة هي الأُنثى ♡
في طفولتها تفتح لأبيها بابا" في الجنة
وفي شبابها تُكمل دين زوجها وفي أمومتها تكون الجنّة تحت قدميها.
أحلى تحية لكل إمرأة أحترم المرأه لأنها امي واختي وزوجتي وبنتي وخالتي وعمتي وستي !

ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE MANAGEMENT ( OCM): Implementing Culture Change

One of the most difficult things for an organization to do is change the way it does business. Implementing change is much more than issuing an edict and expecting everyone to follow your lead. Managers must lead their organization through the culture change process. Change is hard for both managers and staff. For some people it is almost impossible. And yet, organizations must change to survive.

WHAT SHOULD HILLARY CLINTON DO TO TRUMP DONALD?

In my opinion if she gets in the gutter with Trump, he’ll win. He knows the gutter; he’s lived there off and on for years. If I were she I would do what she’s doing, namely to just ridicule his attempts at slander. Just wave her hand and say the equivalent of “same old, same old.” She does have to combat his lies and distortions, but I would do this non-defensively: Don't criticize him for his nonsense about her, just respond in a dignified way — truth mode. Stay as positive as she can — focus on her own message. I’d hand off any attacks on Trump to others; her husband should do this well.
If she and her people are going to attack him pick just two or three areas. He’s vulnerable on refusing to make public his income taxes — “what’s he trying to hide”. He is probably vulnerable on various parts of his financial history — maybe Atlantic City, Trump U. bragging about bankruptcies. And someone, not necessary the candidate, needs to point out dispassionately all the false statements he make. He’s made a lot of false claims made on made-up data. I probably wouldn’t try to get in a pi***ng match with him over immigration and Muslims. People who respond to those arguments aren’t likely to change. What she can do is to make sure that whatever intolerance he brings to the table is dismissed on a factual basis.

Clinton has to be very careful. There are plenty of men and a non-trivial number of women who resent strong women and she can’t afford to become the bitch candidate. In some cases this is out and out sexism, but for many it’s just unfamiliarity. Consider a man (or woman) in a small town in the Midwest, who has really never encountered that many women who are in positions of authority. It needn’t be that they resent her, but just that they’re nervous. And keep in mind that a number of voters have still not reconciled themselves to the “strangeness” of Obama. A lot of prejudice is not based on hatred but anxiety about the unfamiliar. Fortunately most of the people who feel that way are conservatives anyway, but she has to be careful.

Wednesday 22 June 2016
HABIB ESSID AS SCAPEGOAT TO THE FAILURE OF THE QUARTET PARTIES LED BY THE TURMOIL IN NIDA TUNIS
Essid’s ousting had long been a consideration for the executive; However, the bombing of the Presidential Guard in Tunis last November and the insurgency at Ben Guerdane both in March led to any final decision on Essid’s future being deferred. Whether Essid is in post, or they bring in someone new entirely, many of the problems facing the government are unlikely to go away. Really, Essid is looking more and more like a scapegoat. Essid won’t be remembered with either much fondness or much criticism. Essid has not been particularly unfair to anyone, and there has never been any suggestion of corruption. However, his tenure as Head of Government has seen the country undergo economic crisis and two of the worst terrorist attacks of its history.

L’ UGTT c’est La honte
Ben Guerdène : L’interception de véhicules de contrebande en provenance de Libye déclenche des protestations Mais ce sont les responsables syndicaux qui défendent les contrebandiers. cette action rentre-t-elle dans le cadre de la défense des droits des ouvriers? L'UGTT cherche la ruine du pays et faillite du tissus économique et industriel du pays. Il est grand temps de mettre ces semeurs de désordre à leur véritable place et de les empécher de nous conduire à l'abîme

Monday 25 April 2016
UGTT IS WORSE THAN DAESH (ISIS) ON TUNISIA FUTURE PROGRESS
هل اصبحت تونس رهينة النقابات ورهينة الاحتجاجات والاعتصامات هل اصبح الشارع هو من يتحكم في البلاد اليوم الاتحاد فرحان بنجاح الاضراب العام في النفيضة وبعد هذا الا يعتبر هذا الاضراب عبارة على رسالة مضمونة الوصول للمستثمرين الاجانب بعدم التفكير في القدوم الى تونس هذ العمل سيزيد من تعميق الازمة وخاصة البطالة الم يمضي الاتحاد مع الحكومة اخيرا سلم اجنماعي لمدة عامين الان اصبح كل شئ بالمكشوف وخاصة تصريح بعض النقابيين انهم لا يريدون السلطة وتصريح العباسي اليوم انه لا يجب الفصل بين السياسة والعمل النقابي اذن ماهو و الفرق بينكم وبين الخوانجية هم يتاجرون بلاسلام من اجل الوصول للسلطة وانتم تتاجرون بالعمل النقابي من اجل تدمير البلاد ومن اجل مصالحكم الشخصية والتي لا تخفى على احد والثراء الفاحش الذي تنعمون به والاموال الطائلة التي تصلكم عبر الاقتطاع من رواتب العمال دون دفع ولو مليم لخزينة الدولة ولا لتعويض ايام الاضرابات وين الفلوس وين الفلوس نعم لهذا السبب والخوف من المحاسبة انتم تاججون الاحتجاجات

Sunday 6 March 2016

DONALD TRUMP IS NO ABRAHAM LINCOLN

While Lincoln claimed that a house divided cannot stand, Trump believed that a house united cannot win. Lincoln freed the slaves, united America and ended the civil war. Trump bullied his political rivals and isolated America from the rest of the world way before becoming President
Abraham Lincoln is regarded as one of America's greatest heroes due to both his incredible impact on the nation and his unique appeal. His is a remarkable story of the rise from humble beginnings to achieve the highest office in the land.
The world according to Trump
Because each additional Trumpism seems a bit less shocking than the one before, there is a danger of becoming desensitized to his outbursts. To recap, he has referred to Mexicans crossing the border as rapists; called enthusiastically for the use of torture; hinted that Antonin Scalia, a Supreme Court justice, was murdered; proposed banning all Muslims from visiting America; advocated killing the families of terrorists; and repeated, approvingly, a damaging fiction that a century ago American soldiers in the Philippines dipped their ammunition in pigs’ blood before executing Muslim rebels. At a recent rally he said he would like to punch a protester in the face. This is by no means an exhaustive list.
Almost the only policy Trump clearly subscribes to is a fantasy: the construction of a wall along the southern border, paid for by Mexico. What would he do if faced with a crisis in the South China Sea, a terrorist attack in America or another financial meltdown?

Wednesday 24 February 2016

Beji Caid Essibsi Claim to Restore the Dignity to Tunisia is consigned to the Garbagebin of History

The 89-year old president seems to be more at ease hobnobbing with the likes of Barack Obama, François Hollande and the King of Sweden than with the young people of Kasserine. Beji Caid Essebsi has not endeared himself to many members of Nidaa Tounes, the political coalition he founded three years ago, by openly backing the claims of his unworthy son, Hafedh ­– whose sole claim to fame is that he managed a liquor store – to take over the party. Twenty-eight deputies have left the party to found a new one, thus handing over the role of lead party in parliament to Nahda, whose philosophy and policies are faithful to the Khilafah Salafia . His claim to restore the dignity of Tunisian government is now consigned to the dustbin of history. Beji Caid Essebsi was never close to the founder of modern Tunisia, Habib Bourguiba, but to his second wife, Wassila. As minister of the interior and foreign affairs, he followed Bourguiba’s instructions faithfully but never held a portfolio which focused on the economic or social development of his country.

Monday 18 January 2016

FAMILY FIRMS: TO HAVE AND TO HOLD FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION

Far from declining, family firms will remain an important feature of global capitalism for the foreseeable future. Family businesses make up more than 90% of the world’s companies and 80% of the global economy. Families have always been at the heart of business. Family companies are among the world’s oldest. The Hoshi Ryokan, an inn in Japan, has been in the same family since 718. Kongo Gumi, a Japanese family construction firm, was founded even earlier, in 578, but went bust in 2006. The Antinori family has been producing wine in Tuscany since 1385 and the Berettas have been making guns since 1526. Family companies played a starring role in the development of capitalism: think of the Barings or the Rothschilds in banking or the Fords and Benzes in car making.
Family companies are ideally suited to the early stages of capitalism. They provided two of the most important ingredients of growth, trust and loyalty, in a world where banking and legal institutions were often rudimentary and poor communications made far-flung activities hard to control. It was easier to raise money from kinsmen than from strangers. And it was safer to send a relative than a hired hand to expand the business abroad.
Serious thinkers have given surprisingly little thought to the family dynamics behind the early stages of capitalism. Novelists are a better guide to this subject than classical economists. In “Dombey and Son” Charles Dickens describes how Dombey wants to pass his business on to his son but is frustrated by a scheming manager. Thomas Mann’s “Buddenbrooks” is about the children of a great business founder turning their backs on the bourgeois virtues that built the family’s fortunes.
Business gurus have also given family firms short shrift. Alfred Chandler, the doyen of business historians, regarded family companies as relics of an earlier era that found it hard to muster the capital and talent needed to compete. The real engines of modern capitalism were public companies, owned by diverse shareholders and run by professional managers. Peter Drucker, the doyen of management theorists, reckoned that the drivers of these great engines were professional “knowledge workers”, not business patriarchs and their families.
Chandler was right that public companies made enormous advances in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as capital-intensive businesses turned to public markets for funds. But he was wrong in his prediction that they would push family companies to the margins of the modern economy. Even in the Anglo-Saxon world, where public companies gained the most ground, families held on to some of the most prominent businesses, such as Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, and Ford, one of the largest car companies. In continental Europe public companies remained the exception.
Thirty-eight years after Chandler published his paean of praise for the public company, “The Visible Hand”, family companies still provide many of the necessities of life. You can get your news from the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal; your car from Ford or Fiat; your smartphone from Samsung or LG; and your groceries from Walmart or Aldi. In a scholarly book, “Dynasties”, the late David Landes of Harvard University demonstrated that you could write a respectable history of capitalism through the lens of family histories. You could write an equally respectable survey of the state of modern capitalism by telling the story of a dozen family firms.

Wednesday 13 January 2016

After five years, the Arab Spring turned into the Arab Dark Ages

The only thing left in our minds is the lyrics sung by the beautiful voice of Amel Mathlouthi when she said: “I AM the free and fearless. I am secrets that never die. I am the voice of those who will not bow…” Will this dove of peace sing again after the eclipse of the Arab dark ages?
The decline of the Roman Empire has led to a power vacuum and gave birth to the Dark Ages of Europe. Chaos abounded as roaming warlords and violent bands of warriors circulated throughout Europe. From the 5th century through the Middle Ages, the continent was dominated by bitter warfare, crude violence, and the erratic whims of weather and disease. No longer organized around a unified empire, territory was up for grabs, and power was often seized by despotic rulers and their armies. This downshift in progress left Europeans more susceptible than ever to the ravages of natural disaster and disease. Waves of warfare together with famine, plague, erratic weather patterns and persecution led to a centuries-long era of economic, political, and cultural disaster.
Just like the bitter history of European Dark Ages, and after five years of its birth, the Arab Spring has become the Arab Dark Ages. Dreams of the Arab youth turned into nightmares. Post revolution governments became more corrupted than the old dictators. The Specter of the radical Islamism is threatening the newly born democracy. With political chaos, a power vacuum and violent Daesh bandits roaming through the Middle East and North Africa lynching men, ra**ng women and steeling the wealth of the Arab nations, the Arab spring has become a time bomb to the Arab society as well to the international community.
There were six Arab countries in which massive peaceful protests called for hated rulers to go in the spring of 2011. None of the uprisings came to a happy end. Libya and Yemen have imploded, their central states replaced in whole or part by warring militias, some backed by foreign powers, some flying the flags of Daesh. Tunisia is still shaking and lost its political compass. Egypt is now yet more autocratic, in some ways, than when the protests began. And Syria has descended into an abyss. Half its cities lie in ruins, much of its fertile land has been abandoned; millions have been displaced within the country, millions more have fled beyond it; hundreds of thousands have died; there is no end in sight.

Saturday 28 November 2015

IN THE NAME OF THE FREEDOM

The wave of the fast occurring events since the dawn of the revolution, have led to a total chaotic behavior in the Tunisian society. After a quarter of a century of one man show and a total paralysis of the human rights abolishing the basic freedom of speech to the right to vote, Tunisians woke up from a total dictatorship regime to a post revolution democratic nation. The sudden radical change was too much to swallow for a Tunisian society with very little experience in political and leadership skills. From eleven million slaves to the dictator Ben Ali to eleven million free citizens who have opinions in everything from political debates to the invisible hand of the market economy. This overdose of freedom has led to the infamous analysis paralysis theory of self-destruction society. Today, from TV shows to coffee shop gatherings, Tunisians from all ranks of the society have their opinions about the terrorism legislation to the black hole. A wise word from a good Samaritan for all the Tunisians is to go back to work, enjoy your free rides but also engage into your duties as good citizens and let the government do its job to fight the tsunami of Daesh. Stop in the name of Tunisia your daily fights over who is right and who is wrong. For the sake of your children’s future help the government with your patience and your social peace and allow each one to do his duties with passion and genuine commitment. This is the only way to keeping your cherished freedom or Tunisia will be another Al Raqqah in few months.