Human Resource Management Staffing a Company EnsuringProductivity

International Human Resource Management Training and Development Managing Compensation Accommodating Expatriates

EthnocentricPolycentric Geocentric International Staffing

International Managerial Transfers Reasons for staffing with locals Most managerial positions in both headquarters and foreign subsidiaries are filled by locals Foreign managerial slots are difficult to fill with expatriates because: –many people are not inclined to move –legal impediments to using expatriates Local managers more useful when operations require local adaptations Hard to recruit locals if expatriates hired into most of the better jobs Local managers cost less

International Managerial Transfers (cont.) Reasons for using expatriates Shortage of competent local managers –determined by country’s level of development –determined by the need to transfer technology Managers learn foreign operations –acquire understanding of overall corporate system –people transferred to headquarters learn the headquarters way Home-country versus third-country nationals Third-country nationals sometimes might have more compatible technical and personal adaptive qualifications than do home-country expatriates Language

Recruiting and Selecting Human Resources Recruiting and Selecting Human Resources PlanningSelectingRecruiting

Culture Shock Reverse ExpatriateFailure SpecialChallenges for Managers

Training and Development EnvironmentalBriefings CulturalAssimilation LanguageTraining CulturalOrientations SensitivityTraining FieldExperience

Employee Compensation ManagerialEmployeesNon-ManagerialWorkers