Faculty-Business, Al Ain Higher College of Technology for Women, Al Ain, UAE, email manishankar@gmail.com
Online published on 15 February, 2019.
Al-Yalia is a diversified corporate enterprise with their headquarters in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The company is engaged into hospitality, healthcare, retailing, higher education and the manufacturing of automobile spare parts. The 150 year old enterprise had its origin as a family business, when the founder, Ali Al Maskeri (Ali), after graduating from the Harvard Business School decided to venture out on his own. From a humble beginning with a hotel in downtown Abu Dhabi, Al-Yalia group became a conglomerate spanning across sectors, with offices all around the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), South Asia, Australasia, Continental Europe and the Americas. The company has been successful in carving out a niche for itself all across the globe and notably in the GCC region, owing to its benchmarked HR practices drawn from various industries. Customizing and implementing the best Human Resource practices has been the hallmark of the corporate entity. The parent company is presently headed by the eldest son of Ali, Mubarak, while the HR operation is donned by Ali's younger sibling, Abdulla. The group has a total of 4987 employees spread over all the Strategic Business Units (SBU) and offices in different parts of the world.
Strategic human resource management, talent management, people management
