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International Imperative
Why organizations expand internationally
To capture enhanced market opportunities that foreign countries may present To achieve economies of scale in production and administration by expanding scope and volume of operations to international markets Keeping up with industry leaders may require organization to enter foreign markets Acquiring ownership of foreign-based organization or foreignsubsidiary
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Power distance
Extent to which society is hierarchical, and how power is distributed among its members
Uncertainty avoidance
Extent to which society feels comfortable with ambiguity, and values and encourages risk-taking risk-
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Assessing Culture
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Space (distance)
Amount of physical distance individuals attempt to maintain between themselves & others
Material goods
Emphasis or inferences on possession of goods to signify power, success and status
Friendships
Importance of friendships in conferring status
Agreements
Considers how agreements are reached
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Tactical approach
Managing risk or failure factor of overseas assignment by providing paperwork assistance and modest amount of training
Strategic approach
Extensive support and coordination of international assignment, and strategized repatriation program at the end of the assignment
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Strategic Issues
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Strategic HR Issues
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Higher-of-home-orHigher-of-home-orhost method
Employees salary at home adjusted upward to account for higher cost of living (localization approach) Salary converted to host countrys equivalent when employee is on permanent assignment
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Polycentric approach
Allowing each location to develop own practices and policies
Regiocentric approach
Developing standardized practices and policies by geographic region
Geocentric approach
Developing one set of global practices and policies applied at all locations
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Repatriation
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Challenges:
Deployment in getting right skills to right place in organization, regardless of geographic location Knowledge and innovation dissemination and transfer, where all business units concurrently receive and provide information Talent identification and development of those employees with abilities and skills to function effectively in global organization
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Reading 14.1
Managing Global Workforce: Challenges and Strategies Strategies for managing global workforce
Develop aspatial careers for employees to provide rich contextual knowledge of environments and cultures. Provide specific awareness building assignments that develop crosscrosssensitivity in high potential employees in short time Utilize expert SWAT teams deployed on short-term basis for shortoperational problems technical projects Adopt virtual solutions by using electronic communication technologies to connect local employees to distant problems
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Reading 14.1
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Reading 14.2
Adapting to a Boundary less World 90% of companies base international selections on technical expertise, downplaying other areas Openness to profound personal transformation is most fundamental sign of expatriate readiness Personality aspects that impede adaptation
Authoritarianism Rigidity Ethnocentrism
Reading 14.3
Adapting to a Boundary less World Need to provide on-going, hands-on training, onhandsrather than just pre-departure awareness training pre Training is opportunity to provide social support Executives should learn to view identification with host as compatible with identification with parent culture Expatriates need to become aware of consequences that old repertoire of coping responses has in host culture
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Reading 14.3
Adapting to a Boundary less World Employer should facilitate integration into a local or regional network of other expatriates Delicate equilibrium among multiple stakeholders calls for skills similar to those possessed by political diplomats Parent organization should not create additional role conflict for the expatriate with policies that are insensitive to cultural differences
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Reading 14.3
Repatriation
Feeling that others do not share multicultural identification can create sense of isolation Frequent loss of autonomy Unrealistic expectations about being promoted upon return
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