INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS B. Sebastian Reiche & Anne-Wil Harzing Version September 2008 Published in A.-W.K. Harzing‚ & A. Pinnington (Eds.)‚ International Human Resource Management (3rd ed.). London: Sage. Copyright © 2007-2010 Sebastian Reiche and Anne-Wil Harzing. All rights reserved. B. Sebastian Reiche‚ PhD Assistant Professor IESE Business School Department of Managing People in Organizations Ave. Pearson‚ 21 Barcelona 08034‚ Spain Tel: +34 93 602 4491 Fax: +34 93 253 4343 E-mail:
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Product and Brand Decisions Basic Product Concepts -A product is a good‚ service‚ or idea -Tangible Attributes‚ you can touch it -Intangible Attributes‚ feeling you have from it -Product Classification -Consumer goods -Industrial goods Product Types -Buyer orientation -Amount of effort expended on purchase -Convenience-Gum @ a convenience store -Preference- You know what you like and what you want to get -Shopping -Specialty- anything
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6 Uncertainty Avoidance Index 7 Long-Term Orientation 7 2.1 - Coca-Cola in Brazil 7 2.2 - Corporate Organization 9 2.3 - The Organization of Coca-Cola Brazil 10 2.4 - Diversity and Human Capital 11 2.5 - Leadership at Coca-Cola 12 Geocentric Leadership and Human Capital 12 3.1 - Challenge #1 – Brazilian Tax System 12 3.2 - Challenge #2 – Potential for Changing Government Relations 13 3.3 - Challenge #3 – Recruitment of Transnational Managers 14 3.4 - Challenge #4 - Labor Relations
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compensation‚ how quickly decisions are made and treatment of women in workplace The process for getting approval on deals was slower and more difficult than before Ethnocentric attitude: To go global nomura believes its own ethnics are the best choice to run foreign operations. Simply giving preference to its own people than others. Geocentric attitude: there are mix of nationalities in Europe and Asia. 3. Do some cultural research on Japan and the United States.
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MGT B240 TMA1 Q2： (a)(i) I think managers can improve both efficiency and effectiveness simultaneously. But I think managers should improve the effectiveness first than efficiency if the managers cannot improve both efficiency and effectiveness simultaneously. Improve the efficiency and effectiveness simultaneously is not conflict. Efficiency is getting the most output from the least amount of inputs in order to minimize resource costs‚ which is called “doing things right”. Effectiveness
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Chapter 1 Technology -Increasing demand for knowledge workers with the skills to fully use technology -Wal-Mart: global leader of information technology innovation In 1983 Wal-Mart began to use bar codes and in 2005 they started using radio frequency identification tags because it was more efficient since they don’t have to scan physically Wal-Mart can reduce costs and can benefit and grow as a company because of technology * Ethical expectations for modern businesses * Wal-Mart’s
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Assignment 1: Q1: Discuss‚ how you would measure the effect of HRM on surplus of Business. Q2: Discuss the implications of a least two different HRM-approaches. Q3: Discuss‚ the two perspectives of diversity and finalize you discussion with a statement of what perspective you will use if you were a manager. Answers: Q1: A significant amount studies are supportive of the idea that HRM has a positive impact on the surplus of the company but this effect is dependent on how coherent and
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Global Marketing Management‚ 5e Chapter 1 Globalization Imperative Chapter Overview 1. Why Global Marketing is Imperative 2. Globalization of Markets: Convergence and Divergence 3. Evolution of Global Marketing 4. Appendix: Theories of International Trade and the Multinational Enterprise Introduction * Products have been traded across borders throughout recorded civilization‚ extending back beyond the Silk Road that once connected East with West from Xian (China) to Rome (Italy)
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Give examples (at least two). 2. a) Describe MEC’s journey into internationalization. b) Where would you classify them now in terms of their phase of int’l development? c) And how would you classify their managerial mindset (parochial? Ethnocentric? Geocentric?)? Give historical examples (& contrast w/r/t the company’s tenets of globalization) to support your answers (to each of a‚b‚c above). 3. As of the late 1990’s (post KM’s death)‚ how well has corporate management succeeded in propagating
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CHAPTER 14 GLOBAL MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS DECISIONS II: SALES PROMOTION‚ PERSONAL SELLING‚ SPECIAL FORMS OF MARKETING COMMUNICATION SUMMARY Sales promotion is any paid‚ short-term communication program that adds tangible value to a product or brand. Consumer sales promotions are targeted at ultimate consumers; trade sales promotions are used in business-to-business marketing. Sampling gives prospective customers a chance to try a product or service at no cost. A coupon is a certificate that
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