International Staffing
CheckPoint – International Staffing
HRM 240 - Human Resource Management
October 23, 2010
International Staffing
This paper was written for the purpose of exploring the cultural variances in international business and geographical locations of home offices, and remote locations in different countries. Currently organizations are realizing the significance challenges of working in a diverse and challenging environment. “Staffing a site internationally can add new responsibilities to human resource manager 's duties” (Franklin, p. 1, 2008). A culturally diverse labor force supplies many opportunities for individuals and companies. The use of innovative technology has enables the global market to increasing at a rapid pace and one of the changes is in the boundaries between nations changing. Because of the cultural and language barriers, many large organizations are implementing action plans in management and the human resources department. International human resource management is a plan of action to take any measures or capabilities of a human resources department and executing the data and knowledge into the international world. Cultural differences are a critical element for organizations with staffing in international business and can involve numerous problems. The unique challenges of international staffing will be discussed to understand better problems one may run across in other Countries.
Global business operations among organizations have increased in the last decade and the establishment of the North American Free Trade Agreement made the rise in global business more assessable.“Implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) began on January 1, 1994” (United States Department of Agriculture, p. 1, 2010). Competition among small and large businesses, locally, and internationally has increased. With the increased competition, an increased cultural dissimilarity came into existence. The established practices
HRM 240 - Human Resource Management
October 23, 2010
International Staffing
This paper was written for the purpose of exploring the cultural variances in international business and geographical locations of home offices, and remote locations in different countries. Currently organizations are realizing the significance challenges of working in a diverse and challenging environment. “Staffing a site internationally can add new responsibilities to human resource manager 's duties” (Franklin, p. 1, 2008). A culturally diverse labor force supplies many opportunities for individuals and companies. The use of innovative technology has enables the global market to increasing at a rapid pace and one of the changes is in the boundaries between nations changing. Because of the cultural and language barriers, many large organizations are implementing action plans in management and the human resources department. International human resource management is a plan of action to take any measures or capabilities of a human resources department and executing the data and knowledge into the international world. Cultural differences are a critical element for organizations with staffing in international business and can involve numerous problems. The unique challenges of international staffing will be discussed to understand better problems one may run across in other Countries.
Global business operations among organizations have increased in the last decade and the establishment of the North American Free Trade Agreement made the rise in global business more assessable.“Implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) began on January 1, 1994” (United States Department of Agriculture, p. 1, 2010). Competition among small and large businesses, locally, and internationally has increased. With the increased competition, an increased cultural dissimilarity came into existence. The established practices
References: Bohlander, George W., Snell, Scott, 2007, Expending Human Resources Management Horizons, Retrieved October 22, 2010, http://books.google.com/books?id Franklin, Ricky, 2008, A Look at the Difficulties that Human Resource Staff Can Face in Staffing Abroad, Retrieved October 21, 2010, from the website, Associated Content. http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/782451/international_staffing_abroad_challenges.html United States Department of Agriculture, 2010, North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Retrieved October 21, 2010, from the website, http://www.fas.usda.gov/itp/policy/nafta/nafta.asp