INTB 1203 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Astrazeneca, Cirque Du Soleil, Human Resource Management
16 Dec 2016
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Human resource management (hrm): activities an organization conducts to use its human resources effectively. Expatriate manager: a national of one country appointed to a management position in another country. Staffing policy: strategy concerned with selecting employees for particular jobs. Corporate culture: the organization"s norms and value systems. Ethnocentric staffing policy: a staffing approach within the mne in which all key management positions are filled by parent-country nationals. Polycentric staffing policy: a staffing policy in an mne in which host-country nationals are recruited to manage subsidiaries in their own country, while parent-country nationals occupy key positions at corporate headquarters. Geocentric staffing policy: a staffing policy where the best people are sought for key jobs throughout an mne, regardless of nationality. Helps build strong cultures and informal management networks. Expatriate failure: the premature return of an expatriate manager to the home country. Expat failure rates: us & european firms inability of spouse to adjust.
