at Coca-Cola 8/16/2013 1. What is Coca-Cola’s staffing policy for managerial position: ethnocentric‚ polycentric‚ or geocentric? Does this policy make sense? I believe Coca-Cola’s staffing policy for managerial positioning is primarily polycentric; however‚ I also believe it involves many characteristics of both ethnocentric and geocentric staffing policies as well. According to Dowling‚ et al‚ a polycentric staffing approach involves the multinational enterprise treating each subsidiary as a distinct
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_______________ of its $2.5 billion in annual revenues are outside of the United States. A. 25 percent B. 45 percent C. 65 percent D. 75 percent E. 85 percent 2. Molex‚ according to the opening case‚ can be best described as having a A. geocentric policy. B. polycentric policy. C. multidomestic policy. D. global policy. E. transnational policy 3. The activities an organization carries out to utilize its ____________ effectively is referred to as human resource management. A. customers B. external stakeholders
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Chapter 1 Introduction to Global Marketing § What is Global Marketing? Global Marketing is the process of focusing the resources and objectives of a company on global marketing opportunities. It means widening the business horizons to encompass the world when scanning for opportunity and threat. This decision to entering new markets depends strongly on the company’s resources‚ managerial mindset and the nature of opportunity and threat‚ which not every company is able to. In the 1990s‚ the
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1. Strategic IHRM frameworks and their application. The description and use IHRM‚ with a SIHRM framework to identify IHRM opportunities and challenges for international organisations operating simultaneously in countries experiencing different economic environments. When organisations go global‚ International HRM (IHRM) strategies are critical for success. IHR should participate in strategic decision making at the highest level. Strategic human resource management (SHRM) integrates an organisation’s
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Gamescorp in China ENU Wei Bingxue Content 1.0 Cultural differences between China and British 3 2.0 Significance of different culture on HRM approach 6 3.0 Orientation of the organization 7 4.0 Practices and polices for the recruitment and selection 9 5.0 Conclusion 11 References
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others.The ethnocentric attitude is found in many companies that have many nationalities and culture groups working together. It is a natural tendency for people to act ethnocentrically because it is what they feel comfortable with.IT is based on past experiences and learned behaviors and norms. The ethnocentric attitude is seen often when home nationals of various countries believe they are superior to‚ more trustworthy and more reliable than their foreign counterparts. Ethnocentric attitudes are
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International Business‚ 14e (Daniels et al.) Chapter 20 International Human Resources 1) Why is management of international human resources more difficult than directing human resources at the domestic level? A) the complications that arise from political‚ cultural‚ legal‚ and economic differences between countries B) the challenge posed by managers in other countries that aim to achieve global objectives for the company no matter the costs imposed on national objectives C) the greater similarity
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International Staffing Policies Ethnocentric is a staffing policy that is used in companies that has primarily international strategic orientation. This policy is generally adopted by headquarters by sending employees from the home or parent countries to the host country. This approach is used best in some situations such as‚ a team is sent from the home country to help setting up a new plant as well as train subsidiary personnel to use new system. The benefit of having staffs from home country
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An ethnocentric approach to staffing policy is one in which key management positions in an international business are filled by parent-country nationals. The polycentric approach is a staffing policy that the host country nationals are recruited to manage subsidiaries in their own country‚ while parent country nationals occupy the key positions at corporate headquarters. The geocentric approach is a geocentric staffing policy that the best people are sought for key jobs throughout the organization
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Management at Coca-cola. Question 1:- What is Coca-Cola’s staffing policy for managerial positions: ethnocentric‚ polycentric‚ or geocentric? Does this policy make sense? Answer:- .: I think Coca-cola staffing follows a polycentric for managerial positions as they have to do that because they “think globally and act locally” and on this basis their policy is combination of ethnocentric as well as geocentric. Yes this policy makes sense because this is aligned with their global strategy in global expansion
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