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Outline: Introduction International human resource management strategy. Understanding the culture environment. Wages and conditions in foreign plants. Understanding the political and legal. environment. General human resource in international business. Toyota wants only the best.

Introduction Moving production to foreign factories to capitalize on lower labor costs. fewer benefits , fewer regulations and tariff- free When GM moved to Mexico they experienced a very high turn over.

Global issues in international human resources management 1- the development of an international human resources management strategy. 2- developing an understanding of the cultural environment of human resources management. 3- developing an understanding of the political and legal environment of international business

International human resources management strategy Ethnocentric staffing model Polycentric staffing model Geocentric staffing model

Developing an international human resource management strategy Developing an understanding of the culture environment of human resource management Developing an understanding of the political and legal environment of human resource management

Definition of culture: is the set of value, symbol, beliefs, and language that guide human behavior within that culture. Cultural beliefs and values. Culture differences. Language is another is another important culture dimension that could affect international human resource management practices.

According to a Dutch scholar he defined five dimension of culture: Power distance. Individualism vs. collectivism. Masculinity vs. femininity. Uncertainty avoidance. Time orientation.

Political legal issues Economic communication government stability Trade incentives Political legal issues Economic communication government stability Trade controls

Wages and conditions in foreign plants point Counterpoint . Lower labor cost. . Wages are lower in these countries. . Living is lower in these countries. .wages paid better than alternatives. . Providing jobs. . Leads to problems of unemployment. . U.S. companies could become a source of change. . Work under appalling conditions. . Social responsibility.

Understanding the political and legal environment Government stability. Trade incentives. Trade controls. Economic communities.

Differences in culture, level of economic development and legal system International business Working condition compensation, and cost of living Determination of the most appropriate source of employees

Toyota wants only the best Toyota faced real challenges in staffing the facility in USA. The firm of Toyota initially had over 100,000 for 2,700 production jobs. Toyota did not stack off in hiring rigor.