The study is aimed at exploring Saudi female students’ attitudes toward studying medicine. The current study sample consisted of 105 randomly selected female students at Qassim University. The study is based on a questionnaire prepared for this purpose which comprised of 37 questions including the demographic information. Regression analysis reveals that anticipated salary, desire to learn new things, and having a good job are significant explanatory variables. The regression also shows that female students from high income families are more likely to choose medical profession. Factor Analysis Technique is used to identify the factors most important for explaining the motivation for pursuing medical profession. The factor analysis reveals that factors titled as human capital creation, social capital acquisition and social environment are the most important in explaining variation in the motivation for choosing the medical profession.

This study aimed to discover the impact of organizational inertia on organizational performance of employees in the Jordanian Ministry of Health, and the study was applied on (349) people working in the Jordanian Ministry of Health, and developed a questionnaire to measure the consisting variables of the study were (34) items, including (28) items to measure organizational inertia and (6) items measuring organizational performance, were verified and proved that the questionnaire indicated an acceptable validity and reliability. The study results showed the presence of an impact of the nature of the promotion system, the capabilities and potential of the ministry, the level of skills and abilities of the individual worker, the policies adopted in the ministry promotion system, the culture of the ministry and the working conditions on the organizational performance of their staff members. In light of the results this study provided a set of recommendations including: the need to prepare training programs for employees of the various administrative levels, and work to bring about some changes in the civil service system, especially articles pertinent to promotion , and not to be only restricted to the seniority factor.

The research aims to identify the current situation of the agricultural bilateral trade in the Arab world, and the factors influencing its development possibilities.This is done by studying the most important inter-Arab agricultural trade indicators and the competitiveness of the most important Egyptian agricultural exports in the most important Arab markets, as an indicator of the potential of inter-Arab trade and agricultural development. The research problem can be posed in terms of the following question, "How do we develop inter-Arab agricultural trade and increase the competitiveness of the most important Egyptian agricultural exports in the Arab markets?". To achieve the goals of the research, the researchers used the descriptive and applied analytical methodology for the variables studied, and estimated some price elasticity for exports such as own-price elasticity, price Cross elasticity, spending elasticity, as well as estimating the Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS) for the commodities under study. The research indicates that the Arab agricultural production is still unable to achieve the fundamental objectives, which are focused on meeting the basic food needs in the Arab countries. Through the Almost Ideal Demand Systems for rice in the Libyan and Lebanese markets, potatoes and onions in the Saudi market, the research model showed the possibility of increasing the competitiveness of these crops in the Arab markets. The research recommends the adoption of price policies, that take into account the competitive prices set by the countries competing in those markets, as well as the income ratios earmarked for spending on these commodities in the importing Arab countries, in a way that increases the efficiency of inter-Arab agricultural trade, at the expense of the imports of those goods from non-Arab countries.

The study aimed at analyzing the effect of information system quality on strategic flexibility in Saudi travel and tourism companies operating in Jeddah. To achieve the objectives of the study, a questionnaire was developed for data collection. The sample study consisted of (230) participants, (198) participants responded which constituted (86%) of the original sample. The study revealed the following results: (1) Some of the respondents' perceptions towards the level of availability of information systems quality in Saudi travel and tourism companies operating in Jeddah for all dimensions were high and others were average, while perceptions to the level of strategic flexibility in all its dimensions were medium, (2) There is a statistically significant effect of the dimensions on information systems quality (ease of use, readiness, response time) in strategic flexibility of Saudi travel and tourism companies operating in Jeddah. The study recommends managers of researched companies to have more concern about the views of the users of information systems when updating systems designed to improve systems adaptation dimension, and urge researchers to conduct further studies on the quality of information, information system services and strategic flexibility to explore the elements of information systems effectiveness.