1.0 Executive Summary The purpose of this assignment is to highlight the issues and challenges that are faced by expatriates in managing highly diversified cultural teams and the need for cultural intelligence to overcome these challenges that occur in their assignments. Also‚ the cost of failure of assignments‚ which result in lost opportunities for Multinational companies (MNC’s) in the particular country they operate in. These failures have resulted in the need of repertoires that can be used
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internationally mobile expatriates‚ especially expatriate managers (Downes and Thomas‚ 1997; Shackleton and Newell‚ 1997;
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everyone who might be interested. Expatriate Training & Support Michael Beitler‚ Ph.D. www.mikebeitler.com By necessity‚ much of the responsibility for success in international markets falls upon expatriate managers. Expatriate managers are managers working in countries other than their home countries. Successful implementation of a global business strategy requires expatriate managers with cross-cultural management skills. High Failure Rates Expatriate managers‚ especially U.S. managers
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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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Expatriate failure is defined as a posting that either ends prematurely or is considered ineffective by senior management. Mr. Tinu should be concerned about expatriate Failure because of the following factors resulting in Failure/ Non-completion of Cross border assignment:- Family Stress Most expatriate managers are challenged and excited to be in their new postings. They need to spend a lot of time at work since they are under pressure to adapt to the new culture and their overall responsibilities
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THE 21ST CENTURY OFFERS MANY ALTERNATIVES TO THE TRADITIONAL CONCEPT OF ENGAGING IN THE EXPENSIVE AND FRAUGHT RIDDEN ACTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH EXPATRIATE STAFF. CRITICALLY EVALUATE THIS ISSUE GIVING YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO AN ORGANISATION CONSIDERING ABANDONING ITS EXPATRIATE PROGRAMME‚ CITING APPROPRIATE MODELS AND EXAMPLES TO SUPPORT YOUR KEY ARGUMENTS. INTRODUCTION The world economy is moving away from the traditional economic system where national markets were considered as distinct entities
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Compensating Expatriates One of the greatest challenges of managing expatriates (A person who lives outside their native country) is determining the compensation package. Most organizations use a balance sheet approach to determine the total amount of the package. This approach adjusts the manager’s compensation so that it gives the manager the same standard of living as in the home country plus extra pay for the inconvenience of locating overseas. After setting the total pay‚ the organization
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AN EXPATRIATE An expatriate (in abbreviated form‚ expat) is a person temporarily or permanently residing in a country and culture other than that of the person ’s upbringing or legal residence. The word comes from the Latin ex (out of) and patria (country‚ fatherland). During the latter half of the 20th century expatriation was dominated by professionals sent by their employers to foreign subsidiaries or headquarters. Starting at the end of the 20th century globalization created a global market
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moving aboard also brings many challenges to the expatriate and his entire family. A Human Resource (HR) manager must consider these challenges before selecting and relocating a manager to Japan in order to avoid the expatriate shifting from an initial honeymoon phase into a cross cultural shock (Cuevas et al. 2011‚ p. 45). Cross-cultural adjustment therefore is important for expatriates. This concept describes “the level of ease or difficulty expatriates have with various issues related to life and
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Executive Memorandum Re: Expatriate Success and Failure Under thriving globalization the success of expatriates is more crucial today than ever before. Even though exact expatriate failure rate is not available‚ it is essential that every expatriate succeeds on foreign assignment due to incurred cost for transfer‚ accommodation‚ salary‚ and trips home. Additional opportunity cost includes loss of future business and reputation in foreign community. The expatriate failure means either premature
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