نشأة و أعمال شعبة الأبحاث في شركة الزيت العربية الأمريكية (أرامكو)‎ - القسم الأول : 1946 - 1956 م

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The research handles part of The American Arabian Oil Company (Aramco), by shedding light on one of its departments, “Arab Research Division”, whose responsibility is to carry out geographical, historical and cultural studies about Arab peninsula and the Arabian Gulf to the company’s men in charge and decision makers.

Its duties include follow up to the economical and political incidents in the Arab World and the Middle East, watch and analyze their contents and forecast its impact on the company’s work progress.

The research began with a preface which handles the “thinking centers” phenomenon in the United States, its beginning, objectives and importance in providing information to the decision makers, in the American organization, whether common sector or private sector, since the late nineteenth century.

The phenomenon kept spread out, especially after the World War II, with the increase of its influence until the present time, where the information availability culture by specialized parties concerned with this task became necessary, and provide expertise and consultations to set up the multi choices before the men in charge and the decision makers in the organization.

The research centers - under multi titles - an essential body in the American official and private sectors, including companies and other bodies, which served in turn to establish these centers which carry out studies in the fields that concerns the company, and provide opinion and advices, of which is (Aramco) Company, which was known as (Arabian Research Department), which takes over this task with the greatest degree of precision.

The research may handle - within its chapters, the history of the research department emergence at Aramco and its works during (1946-1956), stating the reason that made the company to establish it and display its duties and parties within.