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IHRM Module-3

Recruitment,

Selection andStaffing in

InternationalOperations



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Expatriate roles:agent of direct control

agent of socialization

language nodenetwork builder

boundary spanner

Approaches to staffing: impatriatesexpatriates

flexpatriates

Assignments: short-termextended

traditional

commuter

rotationalcontractual

virtual

ethnocentric polycentric

geocentric regiocentric

ROI approach

Terms



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Ethnocentric

• few foreign subsidiaries have any autonomy and strategic

decisions are made at headquarters

• key positions in domestic and foreign operations are held

by headquarters‟ personnel

• subsidiaries are managed by staff from the home country

(PCNs).



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Geocentrism

• a global approach to its operations, recognizing that each

part (subsidiaries and headquarters) makes a unique

contribution

• world wide integrated business; nationality is ignored in

favour of ability.



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Transferring Staff for International

Business Activities

HRM implications

• reasons for using international assignments

• types of international assignments

• role of expatriates and non-expatriates

• role of inpatriates



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Short-Term Assignments

• take up to three months

• usually for troubleshooting, project supervision, or a

stopgap measure



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Language Nodes

• many MNEs operate through language standardization –

or corporate language, usually English.

• employees competent in other languages may be the

person in which other country representatives preferred to

conduct queries from the MNE.



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Various Roles of Corporate

HR

Discussion Questions



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1. Outline the main characteristics of the four approaches to

international staffing.

2. Which factors determine the choice of a staffing approach?

Would a MNE choose the same staffing approach

worldwide? Place your arguments in the context of themodel outlining determinants of staffing choices.



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6. As a newly appointed Project Manager of a research team,

you consider that you will be able to manage the project

virtually from your office in London, even though the other

six members are located in Munich. This will solve your personal dilemma as your family does not want to be

relocated. The project has a six-month deadline. What

factors should you need to consider in order to make this

virtual assignment effective?

Case: RBC Dexia Investor



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Services

Questions PART A

1. When two international companies like Renault and

Nissan partner up in a joint venture many positions are

double occupied. From a HR perspective how wouldyou approach this problem? What are your options to

solve this problem?

2. What are some of the other key HR challenges in an

international partnership such as Renault from Franceand Nissan from Japan?




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Services

Questions PART A

3. What are your options to fill the 300 additionally

required jobs in the present Merger?

4. What kind of impression could the sudden and

justification lacking announcement of changes at the

top management level have on employees?




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Questions PART B

1. Based on the message from this note what are the

consequences for employees wanting to move betweenRBC to RBC Dexia?

2. With regard to service history, pensions and benefits,

what are the options for HRM to help employeeswanting to move from RBC to RBC Dexia?

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