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International Human Resource Management Policies and Practices For Multinational Enterprises 5th Tarique Solution Manual
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International Human Resource Management Policies and Practices for Multinational Enterprises
Discussion Questions:
1. Are there any training techniques that are culture free? Why or why not?
• My opinion is: probably not. However, some (maybe many) managers (and
about a new technology or software, training about a new corporate policy. But
neutral, the chapter tries to make it clear that the language and presentation style
of the training must take into account the values of the trainees’ culture.
2. How would you design a training program (e.g., to use a new software for tracking
sales) for Malawi? What would it look like? Who should deliver it? How should it be
delivered? What language and cultural variables would you take into consideration?
content of the proposed training. Such a team effort ought to be able to address the
other questions more effectively, such as what the training should look like, who
should deliver it, how it should be delivered, and any language and cultural issues.
Often this is the responsibility of HR, to put such a team together and to chair the
them.
Case 10.2: Competitive Advantage from Global Talent: The Case of Adel
Discussion Questions:
1. How does an executive like Adel Zakaria give John Deere global competitive
advantage?
• John Deere is over 170 years old and has been international for most of those
years. However, global competition has become stronger in recent years. Deere
has learned that, in order to gain and retain competitive advantage on a global
like Zakaria give them that edge: born in another country, educated in a technical
countries, etc.
workforce can (at least partially) also learn cultural sensitivity—even without
living in foreign countries. Zakaria says in the case that “when native-born
employees pay close attention to the overall process of acculturation, which they
can learn from foreigners and recent immigrants—they don’t necessarily have to
travel abroad to acquire this sensitivity—they could learn more about the specifics
of what works and what doesn’t in doing business in other countries and what
products are desirable, with which groups, and why. And then, when they needed
International Human Resource Management Policies and Practices for Multinational Enterpri
countries—they’d already have some practice.” This is the kind of mindset that
firms like John Deere want to develop through their global talent management and
Adel Zakaria.
2. How can a firm purposefully develop such managers and employees? Is this an IHRM
responsibility?
• As the case discusses, John Deere recruits people with global technical education
and experience and integrates them throughout the firm as well as using
seen as a responsibility that begins at the very top. CEOs in such successful firms
see executive development as one of the most important responsibilities they have.
Indeed, they spend a significant amount of their time on this issue. And HR is a
• High performance employees are identified early in their careers and put on career
this case, in a firm like John Deere, the international experience is critical to an
advantage—and thus all necessary steps are taken to hold on to that experience
and expertise.
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