2. How would you describe the respective attitudes of Martin and Green: ethnocentric‚ polycentric‚ or geocentric? What factors do you suspect of having influenced their respective attitudes? Charles Martin has a geocentric attitude while James Green’s attitude is ethnocentric. While in college‚ Martin majored in African studies. Upon graduation‚ he served in the Peace Corps in Kenya. During this time‚ he became accustomed to business procedures in Africa. He really enjoyed working in Kenya
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1. (Chapter 2) What is the difference between a polycentric‚ ethnocentric‚ and geocentric approach to international management? What key factors should a firm consider before adopting one of these approaches? Polycentric approach to international management is the policy involved hiring and promoting employees who are citizens of the country that host and operates the company. The polycentric approach is best used in order to maintain low hiring costs. Communication is easier and companies run
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Case study 2-Charles Martin in Uganda 1) Describe Ugandan cultural attributes that might affect operations of a foreign company operating there? Uganda is a country of lacking infrastructure and lots of bureaucratic hoops to jump through. Governmental and Political corruption make it hard to do business without handing out bribes. The native language of Swahili‚ and few speak English. The many religions of Uganda also make foreign company’s respect them in order to avoid discrimination in the
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Case Study-1 Course: International Business (MGT 372) Section: 5‚ 6 Case: Charles Martin in Uganda Faculty: Ms. Samira Rahman (Smi) Submitted by: Group 10 |No. |ID |NAME |SECTION | |1 |072 349 030 |Nusrat Amin |6 | |2 |073 522 030
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1. Why do individuals and organization have to become less ethnocentric and more polycentric when operating in an international context? Brewster‚ Sparrow and Vernon (2007) claim that there is a significant debate between those who believe that the world is getting more globalized and therefore all aspects of management‚ including HRM‚ are becoming more alike‚ and those who believe that each country continues to have its own approach to management in general and human resource management in particular
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Charles Martin in Uganda Charles Martin‚ a 29-year-old American who had worked for Hydro Generation (HG) for 2 years before embarking on the Ugandan damn project. Martins’ educational experience‚ a degree in African Studies from the University of Wisconsin as well as a MBA from the University of Maryland coupled with his experience working through the Peace Corps made Martin uniquely qualified to work for HG in their new venture in Africa‚ a hydro-electric damn in Uganda. During Martins tenure
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Charles Martin in Uganda: What to do When a Manager Goes Native International Business Case Study Assignment Date: 23rd September‚ 2012 Name: Sana Submitted to: Sir Micheal Question 1: Define Ugandan cultural attributes that might affect operations of foreign companies there? * Nepotism (favoritism granted to relatives regardless of merit) is the norm‚ and the government is considered one of the most corrupt in the world. * Paying extra for everything and because of such low GDP
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who identified distinctive managerial orientations of international companies. "The more one penetrates into the living reality of an international firm‚ the more one finds it necessary to give serious weight to the way executives think about doing business around the world". These organisational world views are shaped by a number or factors such as the circumstances during which the company was formed‚ the CEO’s leadership style‚ its administrative processes‚ the organisational myths and traditions
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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 abroad is that employees may gain
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Ethnocentric staffing approach Word number:973 Executive summary In today’s global world Human Resource (HR) practices and polices have become very significant for further development of multinationals organizations. In order for multinationals companies to be competitive‚ it is necessary to have adequate international staffing approach. Management of employees in foreign subsidiary is a complex job. Nevertheless‚ Human Resource managers need to manage people across
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