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This study investigates the meaning of'culture'and the various implications of this concept in the context of Arabian culture. A special attention has been paid to the religious and heritage features of Arabian culture and their implications for managers of organizations in the Arabian world. To achieve this objective, a theoretical review has been carried out to earlier literature. Reviewing relevant literature provides good evidence that the'culture'and its implications have noteworthy effects on how employees behave, deal and interact with management according to different managerial practices. Given its popularity in culturerelated research, Hofstede's model has been adopted in order to explain cultural variations among nations and to help better understand the influential national cultural features of some Arabian communities. The analytical review also shows that the characteristics of Arabian culture differ from those of Western communities, and thus different managerial theories and practices need to be applied in Arabian organizations albeit these organizations’ continuing tendency to adopt pure Western theories and practices. This study also addresses the managerial problems of Arabian organizations and recommends that managers of Arab organizations need to be aware of own cultural aspects and the vitality of employing their awareness to avoid negative consequences on the performance of their organizations.