MGMT2102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Acculturation
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Lecture week eleven: managing human resources in global. Major challenges in international human resource management (ihrm: enhancing global business strategy, aligning hr issues with business strategy, designing and leading change, building global corporate cultures, staffing organisations with global leaders. Reasons contribute to expatriate failures: selection based on headquarters criteria. Inadequate preparation, training, orientation: alienation or poor support from headquarters. Inability to adapt to the local culture: problems with spouse and children. Insufficient compensation and financial support: poor programs for career support and repatriation. Increasing pressure from local governments to hire locals. Most mncs start from their own pool of managers. Ihrm process to maximize effectiveness of expatriate assignments. A drive to communicate (especially with the locals, immersing in the language, interacting) Broad based sociability (not interacting just with other expats but with all levels of the local population) Cultural flexibility (exploring, experiencing, experimenting with customs and practices of the local culture)
