Cross-cultural communication problems in "Expatriation: An American Working in Japan" case. I decided to choose this topic because in the modern world‚ where globalization takes over the economy‚ the cross-cultural communication is becoming increasingly important subject to address for organizations and especially for its Human Resource Management. Whether it is a multinational company with subsidiaries all over the world‚ or a manufacturing company with distribution network across continents
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manager from Australia to manage a local branch of an Australian organisation based in Tokyo. | HRMT20022 | | Alicia Ettlin | Student No. 0244463 | 1 August 2013 Lecturer: Patrick Goh Course Coordinator: Gordon Stewart Word count: 2197 1 August 2013 Lecturer: Patrick Goh Course Coordinator: Gordon Stewart Word count: 2197 BRISBANE CAMPUS BRISBANE CAMPUS Identify and discuss the issues that a HR Manager would have to consider when relocating a manager from Australia
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In its broadest sense‚ an expatriate is any person living in a different country from where he or she is a citizen. In common usage‚ the term is often used in the context of professionals sent abroad by their companies‚ as opposed to locally hired staff. The differentiation found in common usage usually comes down to socio-economic factors‚ so skilled professionals working in another country are described as expatriates‚ whereas a manual labourer who has moved to another country to earn more money
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Managing MNC Expatriates through Crises: A Challenge for International Human Resource Management Abstract ------------------------------------------------- International crises experienced by multinational corporations include both the premature return of expatriates due to failed assignments and the poor retention of returned expatriates due to failed repatriation. To reduce the direct and indirect costs inherent with expatriate failure‚ multinational corporations are striving to improve their
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Author: Teodora G. Nikolaeva Study Program: BscB(IM) Supervisor: Sérgio André Cavalcante The Challenges of Expatriation & Repatriation Department of Management Aarhus School of Business Aarhus University 2010 Bachelor Thesis Teodora G. Nikolaeva Abstract The current study analyzes the challenges of expatriation and repatriation. After introducing the main aspects of expatriation and analyzing the main challenges the human resource managers face during this process an introduction and
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Expatriates What are some of the risks that an organization faces when stationing an expatriate overseas? I think the greatest risk that organizations face when stationing an expatriate overseas mostly deals with money. The organizations undergo major financial risk when sending an employee overseas. The organization spends a great deal of money compensating the employee to pack up and move to a foreign country with their family. All the money spent‚ and there is no guarantee that the
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impact of cross cultural training on expatriate performance Executive Summary The aim of this report was to discuss and argue issues regarding managing expatriates in relation to ICHRM (International Comparative Human Resource Management). The main discussion was to see whether CCT (Cross-Cultural Training) has any effect on expatriate performance. The arguments that were drawn here‚ resolved around - issues involving the high failure rates of expatriates‚ - whether companies were doing something
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In its broadest sense‚ an expatriate is any person living in a different country from where they are a citizen. In common usage‚ the term is often used in the context of professionals sent abroad by their companies‚ as opposed to locally hired staff. The differentiation found in common usage usually comes down to socio-economic factors‚ so skilled professionals working in another country are described as expatriates‚ whereas a manual labourer who has moved to another country to earn more money might
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technical and post requirements‚ technical and tactical knowledge‚ bio data-type factors such as: language skills‚ and international experience. * Soft Competences: personality traits‚ knowledge skills and abilities to adjust to living and working in an international‚ inter-cultural context. However‚ selection practices have often been criticised for emphasising “hard” technical skills and neglecting “soft” and tactical success factors. * Soft: The crucial role played by such competencies
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO EXPATRIATE MANAGEMENT The world is becoming more and more global and to be successful‚ many companies have to compete on the global playing field. This is due to the fact that costs associated with the development and marketing of new products are too great to be amortized only over one market and production costs can be cheaper elsewhere around the world. This globalization of companies is making it more important than ever to understand how multinational enterprises
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