| | | WORD COUNT: 2050 | [hrm 307 – international human resource management] | Research Question: It has been suggested that global companies ‘are chartacterized by geographical dispersion‚ demands for rationalization and differentiation‚ and cultural diversity.’ (Bratton & Gold‚ 2012) What challenges do these factors present for international HR directors when designing core HR functions such compensation‚ training‚ recruitment and selection? Do these challenges suggests that
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2000) Different levels of analysis can provide a framework for analyze and evaluate the IHRM practice‚ resource allocation or leadership style in making response to the internationalization process. For the global level analysis‚ it is based on the geocentric approach which is perceived as a worldwide stance which the best policies and the most qualified individuals to staff the operations.(Dowling and Schuler‚ 1990) Because of the increased complexity and operation scope with global operations‚ good
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Introduction The globalization of Business has had a significant impact on human resource management. The rapid expansion of global trade & geographical diversification are forcing organizations for the change in their management structure and human resource management. Another factor driving the need for international assignments is the global merger & acquisitions. Acquisitions of new business in an international context creates the need for appropriate staffing and allocation of human resources
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company’s response to global business opportunities depend greatly on management’s assumptions or beliefs –both conscious and unconscious – about the nature of the world. The worldview of a company’s personnel can be described as ethnocentric‚ polycentric‚ regiocentric‚ and geocentric. Management at a Q2. Explain the role of political environment scanning in international marketing. What is political risk? Answer. Environmental scanning is the communication of external information about facts that could
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is the very basic stage of global marketing. Approach of marketer in this stage is said to be ‘ethnocentric’ because although he is selling goods to foreign countries‚ product development is totally based upon the taste of local customer. So‚ focus is still on domestic market. Stage 3 : International Marketing Now‚ company starts selling products to various countries and the approach is ‘Polycentric’ i.e. making different products for different countries. Stage 4 : Multinational Marketing
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Which is the most attractive approach and why? The 3 types of staffing policies are ethnocentric‚ polycentric‚ and geocentric. Ethnocentric approach fills key management position with parent-country nationals. Advantage: * Overcome the lack of qualified manager in host country * Unify corporate culture. * Transfer parent-country nationals’ core competency to host-country operation. Polycentric approach requires host-country nationals to manage subsidiaries and parent-country nationals
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL MARKETING SUMMARY A company that engages in global marketing focuses resources on global market opportunities and threats. Successful global marketers such as Nestle‚ Coca-Cola‚ and Honda use familiar marketing mix elements – the four Ps – to create global marketing programs. Marketing‚ R&D‚ manufacturing‚ and other activities comprise a firm’s value chain; firms configure activities to create superior customer value on a global basis. Global companies
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disadvantages of the ethnocentric‚ polycentric‚ and geocentric approaches to staffing policy? What is each approach appropriate? “An ethnocentric approach to staffing policy fills all key management positions in an international business with parent-country nationals” (p. 531). The advantages of the ethnocentric approach are: Overcomes lack of qualified managers in host country‚ unified culture‚ and helps transfer core competencies. The disadvantages of the ethnocentric approach are: Produces
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procurement‚ and the marketing mix. Whether a company chooses to standardize or adapt its operations depends on its attitudes toward different cultures. These attitudes are defined by three orientations toward foreign culture: ethnocentric‚ polycentric‚ and geocentric. Ethnocentric Model Ethnocentrism has a socio-psychological dynamic that is broadly used to describe human behavior in and between contradistinctive cultures. The roots of ethnocentrism stem from a sociological construct explaining “majority”
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strategies 3 2.1.1 Ethnocentric staffing 3 2.1.2 Polycentric staffing 3 2.1.3 Geocentric staffing 3 2.1.4 Regiocentric staffing 4 2.2 Personnel recruitment 4 2.2.1 Internal recruitment 4 2.2.2 External recruitment 5 2.3 Personnel selection 5 2.3.1 Selection criteria 6 2.3.2 Final selection process and instruments 6 3. Contractual conditions of the employment abroad 7 3.1 Objectives of a contract 7 3.2 Compensation 7 3.2.1 Ethnocentric compensation policy 7 3.2.2 Regiocentric compensation
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