Case Analysis: Doing Business Abroad As businesses grow to the point that they operate globally‚ it becomes important for the personnel within the company to understand the cultural differences between the home office and the overseas operations. Every region of the world has its unique cultural idiosyncrasies. These idiosyncrasies can prove to be challenging if a manager is not prepared to deal with the cultural differences in a respectful‚ appropriate way. Some of the specific ways that
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International Human resources management Contact Author Start Your Own SelectedWorks Notify Me of New Work Available at: http://works.bepress.com/rakesh_yadav/7 International Human resource Management. Rakesh Yadav Research Fellow‚ He has worked both in industry and academics for 10 years‚ have presented and published papers in the seminar as well research journals in the areas of general management. He holds Masters in management‚ law and research from Mumbai‚ India. E-mail: rakeshssyadav@gmail
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composed of expatriate managers and local employees‚ there is an underlying cross cultural communication barrier for both the management and their employees. It is evident that the cross cultural barriers are leading to problems in all areas and operations of the hotel; four of which resolution is critical for success. First‚ there is a high level of expatriate turnover. Secondly‚ there is a remarkable increase in the number of guest complaints. Third‚ a strong tension between the expatriate at local
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International Recruitment‚ Selection‚ and Training Strategies The world has been rapidly transforming due to the changes in technology‚ innovations‚ and the reduction of trade barriers into and out of countries which have permitted globalization. Due to globalization human resource management has been forced to take a more international approach‚ and has demonstrated that a more effective management of human resources internationally is imperative for the success of companies in international business
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have gained by approaching the plant with greater cultural understanding? Some of the costs of not understanding diversity are as follows: · Poor of communication between expatriates and the local workforce. This can cause misunderstandings‚ effecting job performance‚ a lack of respect from the workforce‚ the expatriates inability to motivate the workforce‚ etc. in turn‚ the workforce would demonstrate poor performance and productivity‚ effecting profits and possibly even costing the organization
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units" (Pigors 1973: 690). According to Pigors (1973: 690) there are three different sources of employees with whom an international company can be staffed. First‚ the company can send employees from its home country‚ which are referred to as expatriates‚ expats or home country nationals. Second‚ it can recruit host country nationals (natives of the host country)‚ and third‚ it can hire third country nationals who are natives of a country other than the home country or the host country. When
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It is assumed that expatriates can manage subsidiaries more efficiently. This is because expatriates are more informed about the company’s goals and objectives‚ strategies compared to the local managers. This method is used when expanding globally and there is need of good communication‚ cooperation and control of activities. Consequently‚ PCNs are assigned to top management positions who implement strategic decisions coming from headquarters. Hence‚ the selection of expatriates will depend on the
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to the company? The steps that an IHRM department can take to maximize the effectiveness of the expatriate’s assignment and create a long term benefit to the company are to necessitate plans for retention of expatriates during and after their assignments. Support programs for expatriates should include information from and contact with the home organization‚ as well as career guidance and support after the overseas assignment. The company need to: 1). Maximize long -term retention and use of international
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non-sustainability in the Russian hotel market. Situation: Although this four-star hotel is recognized for its high quality service and strong reputation and has talented expatriate leaders (strength)‚ the reality is that the uncommitted‚ demanding (yet highly paid) Russian employees have caused the need for more expatriates and a continuous lack of productivity (weakness). Under current HR circumstances‚ it cannot mitigate the threat of a competitor establishing a more sustainable model in the
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