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International HR Practice: Assignment

   

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Leadership ManagementPolitical Science
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Running head: INTERNATIONAL HR PRACTICEPurpose and scope of human resource managementName of the student:Name of the university:Author note:
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1INTERNATIONAL HR PRACTICETable of ContentsIntroduction......................................................................................................................................2Task1................................................................................................................................................3Identification and discussion of the complexities involved in Microsoft’s global marketpenetration...................................................................................................................................3International development strategy..............................................................................................5Task 2...............................................................................................................................................6Report on United Kingdom’s future expatriates..........................................................................61. High context versus low context cultures............................................................................72. Collectivism versus individualism cultures.........................................................................73. Power distance.....................................................................................................................74. Masculinity and femininity..................................................................................................8Measures for preparing the expatriates for overseas assignment................................................8Conclusion and recommendations...................................................................................................9References and bibliography.........................................................................................................11
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2INTERNATIONAL HR PRACTICEIntroduction Human resource management is an important domain of the organizational issues. Itlooks into the utilization of the organizational resources by the personnel for carrying out theallocated duties and responsibilities. Management of this utilization helps the managers to assessthe progress in terms of estimating the time till when they can accumulate a greater share in themarket through the foreign market penetration (Brewster et al. 2016). The word “practice” in thetopic relates to the steps undertaken by the personnel for making efficient and effectiveproduction. Strategizing the organizational resources is crucial in terms of fulfilling the identifiedaims and objectives. Strategies prove effective for the personnel in terms of achieving efficiency in thebusiness activities. However, challenges are an inseparable part from which the personnel cannotescape. If the infrastructure is developed, the companies and organizations would not face anyobstacles in penetrating into the foreign markets. On the other hand, poor infrastructure meanssluggish economic growth. Therefore, infrastructure is the main ingredient, which helps inglobalizing the business (Reiche et al. 2016). This assignment considers Microsoft and theexpatriates of United Kingdom for assessing the effectiveness, appropriateness and feasibility ofthe undertaken steps. The major focus of the assignment is on training, which possessesflexibility towards preparing the employees as assets.
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3INTERNATIONAL HR PRACTICETask1 Identification and discussion of the complexities involved in Microsoft’s global marketpenetrationPenetrating into the foreign markets enhances the brand image of the companies andorganizations. Infrastructural development paves the way for penetrating into the foreignmarkets. On the contrary, poor infrastructure compels the personnel to encounter difficulties inexpanding their business till the threshold of the foreign countries. All these aspects seem truefor the multinational companies like Microsoft. Delay in adopting rational measures intensifiesthe challenges, making the process of carrying out the business activities, difficult(Microsoft.com 2018). The following are some of the challenges, which Microsoft faced in theprocess of penetrating into the foreign markets. If United States is considered, Microsoft lacked clarity of the proposed strategies.However, this was the case of 1990. The CEO anticipated the need for briefing the personnelabout the contribution of strategies on penetrating into the foreign market penetration. Accordingto the statements of CEO, Microsoft was trapped into a series of uncertainties, which was noteasy to overcome. Within this, one of the main challenges, which Microsoft faced was violationof the governmental rules and regulations to gain the trust of the customers. This reflectednon-complaince to the workplace ethics, stalling the path of foreign market penetration forMNC’s like Microsoft (Microsoft.com 2018). Great dependency on technology was another challenge, which Microsoft faced in termsof expanding the business. This dependence strained the creativity and innovation of theemployees, stalling their professional development. Countering this, technological dependence
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