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COMPONENTS OF HRM Recruitment Selection Training & Development Performance Appraisal Compensation Labor Relations
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INTERNATIONAL HRM (IHRM) Basic HRM issues remain Must choose a mixture of international employees How much to adapt to local conditions?
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EMPLOYEES IN MULTINATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Host country nationals Expatriates Home country nationals Third country nationals Inpatriates
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MULTINATIONAL MANAGERS Host country or expatriate?
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USING HOST COUNTRY MANAGERS Do they have the expertise for the position? Can we recruit them from outside the company?
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USING EXPATRIATE MANAGERS Do parent country managers have the appropriate skills? Are they willing to take expatriate assignments? Do any laws affect the assignment of expatriate managers?
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IS THE EXPATRIATE WORTH IT? High cost High failure rate
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EXHIBIT 11.1 PAYING FOR THE EXPATRIATE MANAGER
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REASONS FOR U.S. EXPATRIATE FAILURE Spouse fails to adapt Manager fails to adapt Other problems within the family Personality of the manager Level of responsibilities
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Lack of technical proficiency No motivation for assignment Reasons for expatriate failure, continued
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MOTIVATIONS TO USE EXPATS Managers acquire international skills Coordinate and control operations dispersed activities Communication of local needs/strategic information to headquarters
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KEY EXPATRIATE SUCCESS FACTORS Professional/technical competence Relational abilities Motivation Family situation Language skills Willingness to accept position
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PRIORITY OF SUCCESS FACTORS Depends on : –assignment length –cultural distance –amount of required interaction with local people –job complexity/responsibility
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EXHIBIT 11.3 SHOWS A DECISION MATRIX USED TO SET PRIORITIES OR DIFFERENT SUCCESS FACTORS DURING SELECTION
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EXPATRIATE TRAINING
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TRAINING RIGOR The extent of effort by trainees and trainers required to prepare the trainees for expatriate positions
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LOW RIGOR TRAINING Short time period Lectures Videos on local culture Briefings on company operations company operations
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HIGH RIGOR TRAINING Lasts over a month Experiential learning Extensive language training Often includes interactions with host country nationals
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EXHIBIT 11.4 SHOWS VARIOUS TRAINING TECHNIQUES AND THEIR OBJECTIVES AS THE RIGOR OF THE CROSS- CULTURAL TRAINING GROWS
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CHALLENGES OF EXPATRIATE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL Unreliable data Complex and volatile environments Time differences and distance separation Local cultural situations
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STEPS TO IMPROVE THE PROCESS 1. Fit the evaluation criteria to strategy. 2. Fine tune the evaluation criteria 3. Use multiple evaluators with varying periods of evaluation
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EXHIBIT 11.6 Shows several sources of information a superior or the HRM professionals may use to evaluate an expatriate managers
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EXPATRIATE COMPENSATION
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THE BALANCE SHEET APPROACH Provides a compensation package that equates purchasing power
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BALANCE SHEET COSTS Allowances for cost of living, housing, utilities, furnishing, educational expenses, medical expenses, club memberships, and car and/or driver expenses
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OTHER APPROACHES Parent country wages everywhere Wean expatriates from allowances Pay based on local or regional markets Cafeteria selection of allowances Global pay systems
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THE REPATRIATION PROBLEM Difficult for many organizations "Reverse culture shock" Expatriates must relearn own national and organizational culture Includes whole family
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STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESSFUL REPATRIATION PROVIDE: A strategic purpose for repatriation A team to aid the expatriate Home country information sources Training and preparation for the return Support for expatriate and family
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WOMEN EXPATRIATES: TWO IMPORTANT "MYTHS" Myth 1: women do not wish to take international assignments Myth 2: women will fail in international assignments because of the foreign culture's prejudices against local women
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SUCCESSFUL WOMEN EXPATRIATES Foreign not female –emphasize nationality not gender The woman's advantage –strong in relational skills –wider range of interaction options
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MULTINATIONAL STRATEGY AND IHRM
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IHRM ORIENTATIONS Ethnocentric Polycentric Regiocentric Global
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IHRM ORIENTATION AND MULTINATIONAL STRATEGY Early stages of internationalization = ethnocentric IHRM Multilocal strategies = ethnocentric or regiocentric Regional strategy = closer to the global
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International strategy = ethnocentric or polycentric IHRM Transnational strategies = a global IHRM
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CONCLUSIONS HRM functions IHRM challenges Expatriate managers The role of women in multinational organizations Multinational strategies and IHRM orientations
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