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A29501 International Human Resource Management

   

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2INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT A29501Table of ContentsIntroduction.................................................................................................................................................3Factors to consider for the success of multinational organization..............................................................3Conclusion...................................................................................................................................................9Bibliography...............................................................................................................................................10

3INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT A29501IntroductionIn the present day, many national organizations are steadily becoming global in a bid to look fornew markets to deliver their products and services. The organizations which have gone global tomust have expert and competent employees working for them in the global new markets tosucceed. However, a criterion has to be adopted to choose the best expatriates who are going torepresent the organization and bring a competitive advantage. However, despite the competencyof the selected individuals, the oversea jobs sometimes are challenging, and the employees maynot perform as per the organization's expectation. It is important to look at some factors thatshould be considered to increase the success of these international expatriates. Factors to consider for the success of multinational organization Apart from the financial assets that an organization requires to go global, the human resource andintellectual capitals are important too. However, in the present day, there are less qualifiedmanagers than there are jobs (Quelch and Bloom, 1999) and the success of these multinationalorganizations, highly depend on how skilled the expatriates are. A good human resourcemanager(s) in a global organization is the one who can choose the right people to do the right jobin the right place and at the right time with the minimum possible cost (Quelch and Bloom,1999). If a multinational company through its managers is not able to communicate and coordinate thecorporation's activities in the international scenes, this could lead to its failure internationally(Chew, 2004). The failure of MNCs globally could be caused by failed assignments among otherissues. The failures are caused by challenges faced by the expatriates who sometimes cause an

4INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT A29501early return to their home countries before their assigned job is done. Although the host countrycan create some of these challenges faced by the expatriates, poor expatriate management is alsoa cause. Skill issue Selection of managers who are less experienced or untalented when it comes to global humanmanagement can create Poor expatriate management. This issue is very common in multi-naturalcompanies which are new to the global scene and getting an intelligent and trustworthy managerto enhance the success of the company in the global markets is a big challenge. However, it iswise for the new or unsuccessful multinational corporations to follow closely what othersuccessful MNCs like Unilever are doing when it comes to recruiting, training and retaininggood expatriates (Quelsh and Bloom, 1999).One of the important factors that a multinational company should consider to increase thesuccess of expatriates is chosen qualified human resource manager(s) in terms of globalmanagement. These HR managers will, however, be able to recruit and train the right personnelfor the global assignment and this is one of the reasons for the success of Unilever globally. Fora long time, its priority has been on human resources (Quelsh and Bloom, 1999). A humanresource manager in Unilever has priorities such that they even have a seat on the board'sexecutive committee. Language and Family issuesMany expatriates are unable to perform their duties as expected by the multinational companyare because of the challenges they face. To increase their success in these assignments, it is,

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