GMS 520 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: U.S. Route 3, Sensitivity Training, Extraversion And Introversion
4 Jun 2016
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Factors specific to subsidiary, e. g. duration of foreign ops, technology, production and marketing techniques. Host country factors, e. g. economic, technological development, political stability, ownership and staffing laws, sociocultural setting. Choice also often depends on availability of qualified managers in host country. Ethnocentric = results in higher level of authority and decisionmaking to hq rather than in polycentric approach. **all phases of ihrm should support desired strategy of firm. Initial phase of setting up criteria for global selection = consider which overall staffing approach/es most support strategic approach, transpartriates and inpatriates for global strategy. Flexible approach: consider if position can be suitably filled by hcn. More rigor in process means lower failure rate. Selection process decision tree next stage of selection depends on assessment of critical factors re: job/candidate. Simplest process = local because less training in culture/local biz practices but more training in mnc process, tech, culture.
