Best practices are defined as : ” Methods and techniques that have consistently shown results superior than those achieved with other means, and which are used as benchmarks to strive for” (1). These practices are developed under certain environment to fit into certain procedure or process, making it more efficient.
Mostly these best practices are developed in the western countries with certain factors shaping them to be as present. And we see that these practices are exported to countries like here in Saudi Arabia, where some companies adopt them. Now, no wonder that failure rates are high, because these practices are implemented in different conditions from where they shaped. It’s like a plant, that grow in an organic soil and you what to grow it in a dry soil !!. It would die.
We can say that the conditions that form the best practices differ from one county to another. Some of them might be:
- Organizational behavior & management practices.
- Cultures.
- Economy.
- Government regulations & politics.
- Others.
When one of these conditions are changed, the best practice has to be adjusted to fit the situation or become obsolete. Not always the transportation of thoughts or ideas from anywhere grantees the success even if they were the best in their origins.
References:
(1) http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/best-practice.html.
(2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_practice
