Introduction Unilever‚ a multinational organisation‚ are geocentric in their approach to globalisation and have recently taken over a factory in China. This factory has had no previous relations with any international corporation and operates solely through a regiocentric style of management. Unilever wish to bring the Chinese factory into line with their current practices and to assist in the transition of the factory from a regiocentric to a geocentric approach a group of proficient managers will be selected
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1. What is the staffing policy that Lenovo is pursuing? A: Staffing policy is concerned with the selection of employees for particular jobs. At one level‚ this involves selecting individual who have the skill required to do particular jobs. At another level‚ staffing policy can be a tool for developing and promoting the desired corporate culture of the firm. The goal was to transform Lenovo into a truly global corporation with a global workforce. Lenovo made an effort to create a firm that was neither
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1. (Chapter 2) What is the difference between a polycentric‚ ethnocentric‚ and geocentric approach to international management? What key factors should a firm consider before adopting one of these approaches? Polycentric approach to international management is the policy involved hiring and promoting employees who are citizens of the country that host and operates the company. The polycentric approach is best used in order to maintain low hiring costs. Communication is easier and companies run
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Good evening lady & Gentleman. I’m ________‚a HR manager ‚well today I will explain a HR concept. For the begin‚ we are a HR department. So we need to planning and finding the workforce that effective knowledge for our firm. So you have to understand what workforce happen. For example education‚ workforce lifestyle‚ and population structure. Also and then we need to plan about appropriate wage &welfare for attract the people to interested our firm and would like to be our company
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Lenovo: The Leading Chinese Computer Company Enters Global Competition Questions: 1- How did Lenovo make such a great change so quickly? Lenovo is a manufacturer of computers‚ tablets and smart phones. Its headquarters is located in Raleigh‚ North Carolina‚ United States‚ home of IBM ThinkPad group and in Beijing‚ China. It is also incorporated in Hong Kong. The company was founded in 1984 by a group of 11 engineers. In terms of weakness findings‚ Lenovo has shortcomings of late entry
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Dr. Howard V. Perlmutter is a world authority on globalisation and pioneer on the internationalisation of firms‚ cities and other institutions. Trained as a mechanical engineer and as a social psychologist‚ Perlmutter joined Wharton’s faculty in 1969. He specialised in the evolution of multinational corporations (MNCs) making predictions to how their viability and legitimacy would change. Perlmutter is the first academic who identified distinctive managerial orientations of international companies
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best g gy enable Lenovo to efficiently maximize its total brand portfolio equity‚ which had been driven p q y mainly by Asia market perceptions of innovation and quality‚ and minimize p q y potential brand dilution from relatively low Lenovo brand understanding throughout the rest of g g the world? Key Brands in the Portfolio Alternative Branding Strategies 1. 2. 3. 4. 4 5. Lenovo as the ‘master brand’ Focus only on sub-brands sub brands Lenovo Think-- synergy Product
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program on governance China’s Competitiveness Myth‚ Reality‚ and Lessons for the United States and Japan Case Study: Lenovo January 2013 CHARTING our future Authors Nathaniel Ahrens Yu Zhou a report of the csis hills program on governance China’s Competitiveness Myth‚ Reality‚ and Lessons for the United States and Japan Case Study: Lenovo January 2013 CHARTING our future Authors Nathaniel Ahrens Yu Zhou About CSIS—50th Anniversary Year For 50
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The report of Lenovo ’s marketing strategy Author:Zhaofei(20095137) Niuyue (20095132) Grade and class: 2009-7 Time:10th‚May‚2012 Submitted to: Professor Yu contents SUMMERY-----------------------------------------------------------3 BRIEF INTRODUCTION----------------------------------------3 FINDINGS-----------------------------------------------------------3
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Smartphone Business 1. Marketing channel for Lenovo computer business in China 1) Development of Lenovo computer’s marketing channel Phase 1: before 1994 Direct sellingPhase 2: 1994-1998 Agents and distributors Phase 3: 1998-2004 Intensive DistributionPhase 4: after 2005 Integrated Distribution In phase 4‚ Lenovo divided its computer business into two parts‚ Mode Trading for individual costumers and Mode Relationship for commercial clients. Lenovo clarified its integrated policy on channel
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