International training and development
International training process is one of the most important parts of overall successful company's and employees’ implementation into new area. The process usually consist certain and specific stages which help to achieve the best result in adopting and transferring knowledge and competence among different units of the company. Figure 1 represents the stages of preparation for international assignments and directly shows the connection between recruitment/selection and training/development which is crucial for successful expatriation. Training stage is usually divided into few most common parts which are pre-departure training, short-term international assignments and development of an employee’s tasks.
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Training goals
The most important goals of training for international assignment is to prepare the potential expatriate to successfully adapt into new culture and acquire the objectives set by organization. In other words training goals are achieved not only when the company is able to organise it’s business profitably in the hosting country, but also manages to create certain values and conveniences for assigned expatriates. In case of Ayala company, the professional preparation for expatriation should be taken in consideration very seriously as the cultural and business differences starting from organisational structure to government’s position between Philippines and Australia are quite visible even that Australia is considered one of the top countries for international businesses. However, Ayala is recognized to be one of the best company in management of organization and this could only state that it would be able to successfully prepare employees for expatriation to Australia.
Training needs
Considering the training needs for expatriation it is a must to perform certain analysis such as persons and specific requirements need analysis. Persons analysis would conclude what type of employees