International Staffing Policies Ethnocentric is a staffing policy that is used in companies that has primarily international strategic orientation. This policy is generally adopted by headquarters by sending employees from the home or parent countries to the host country. This approach is used best in some situations such as‚ a team is sent from the home country to help setting up a new plant as well as train subsidiary personnel to use new system. The benefit of having staffs from home country
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The Pros and Cons of International Staffing 1. Introduction There has been a rapid pace of internationalization and globalization over the last decade. Expanding business operations beyond national boundaries while continuing commitment to local markets requires more complex business structures. One of the most critical determinants of an organization ’s success in global ventures is the effective management of its human resources. The purpose of this paper is to summarize the advantages
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that‚ when successfully done‚ it drives the company’s strategy. When poorly done‚ it ruins careers and decreases profitability. Heenan and Perlmutter (1979) have provided four approaches to international staffing: polycentric‚ ethnocentric‚ geocentric and regiocentric. In ethnocentric approach managerial positions are filled by staff from the parent company. Ethnocentrism is based on a belief that the home culture is superior. This means that the organisational culture will mirror that of the home
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An ethnocentric approach to staffing policy is one in which key management positions in an international business are filled by parent-country nationals. The polycentric approach is a staffing policy that the host country nationals are recruited to manage subsidiaries in their own country‚ while parent country nationals occupy the key positions at corporate headquarters. The geocentric approach is a geocentric staffing policy that the best people are sought for key jobs throughout the organization
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Management at Coca-cola. Question 1:- What is Coca-Cola’s staffing policy for managerial positions: ethnocentric‚ polycentric‚ or geocentric? Does this policy make sense? Answer:- .: I think Coca-cola staffing follows a polycentric for managerial positions as they have to do that because they “think globally and act locally” and on this basis their policy is combination of ethnocentric as well as geocentric. Yes this policy makes sense because this is aligned with their global strategy in global expansion
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Between the Company and the Foreign Cultures Shadow (何莹影) Student ID: 201030500489 School of Business Administration South China University of Technology Question 2: Would you describe Green’s and Martin’s attitudes as being ethnocentric‚ polycentric‚ or geocentric? What factors do you think have influenced their attitudes? Abstract Hydro Generation (HG)‚ a U.S. based company built the power plant in Uganda which was its first project in Africa. James Green‚ vice president of HG‚ employed
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setting up an international operation. Firstly ethnocentric; this policy is adopted by headquarters who sends expatriates to parent country nationals (PCNs) to fill manger positions in host country nationals (HCNs). This approach is based on that subsidiaries can be managed more effectively by expatriates as they are more informed of company’s goals‚ objectives‚ policies and strategies compared to local managers. The Second approach is Polycentric‚ this is where locals which are known as Host country
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| b. joint venture | | | c. strategic alliance | | | d. franchising company | | Question 5 Marks: --/1 A ________ attitude is characterized by parochialism. Choose one answer. | a. acculturated | | | b. geocentric | | | c. ethnocentric | | | d. polylinguistic | | Question 6 Marks: --/1 The European Expansion (Scenario) You have been hired by a company to look at the ways to best move the company into the European market‚ but you have to first determine
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to give its “customers the industry’s most efficient flash storage platform.” In order to better identify which staffing is best fit for Numble’s Storage company we must better understand the four cultural concepts of ethnocentric‚ polycentric‚ regiocentric‚ or geocentric. Ethnocentric “involves staffing the most important positions in the foreign subsidiaries with expatriates from company’s home country”. Expatriates are selected from the current companies country and then transferred to the companies
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three stages. Taken the firm Siemens as example‚ if the company claims that electronics made in Germany are the best and it markets itself as “a German company”‚ then it may‚ in the first stage‚ called home country attitudes‚ which is also called ethnocentric attitude. Companies in the first stage are pervasive. The second stage is the stage of host country
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