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Human Resource Management: Benefits and Limitation

   

Added on  2021-04-21

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Leadership ManagementProfessional DevelopmentLanguages and Culture
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Running head: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENTHuman Resource ManagementName of the Student:Name of the University:Author’s Note:
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1HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENTTable of Contents1.0 Introduction................................................................................................................................32.0 Task 1.........................................................................................................................................3a. Complexities in Entering a Global Market..............................................................................3Cultural Barriers......................................................................................................................3Communication Style..............................................................................................................4Time and Distance...................................................................................................................4Issues in Organizational Cultural Orientation.........................................................................4b. International Development Strategy........................................................................................5Benefits and Limitation of Strategy in UK..............................................................................5Affect on HR Function............................................................................................................5Benefits and Limitation of Strategy in Japan..........................................................................6Affect on HR Function............................................................................................................63.0 Task 2.........................................................................................................................................7a. Evaluation of UK using Hofstede's model of Cultural Dimensions........................................7Power distance index...............................................................................................................7Individualism vs. collectivism.................................................................................................7Uncertainty avoidance index...................................................................................................8Masculinity vs. femininity.......................................................................................................8Long-term orientation vs. short-term orientation....................................................................8
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2HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENTIndulgence vs. restraint............................................................................................................9b. Issues of ‘cultural shock’ and Measures to Motivate Expatriate Employees..........................9Honeymoon Stage and Measures to Motivate Employees......................................................9The Frustration Stage.............................................................................................................10The Adjustment Stage............................................................................................................10Adaption Stage.......................................................................................................................114.0 Conclusion and Recommendation...........................................................................................11Reference List................................................................................................................................13
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3HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT1.0 IntroductionMicrosoft Corporation is the most popular and renowned American MultinationalTechnology Company. The organization was established in the year 1975. It develops,manufactures, support, licenses and sells consumer electronics, personal computers and devicesand computer software. The most popular software products of this organization are windowsoperating system and internet explorer (Microsoft.com 2018). Microsoft has wide level ofinternational expansion, where it operates its international business in almost 646 countries.Moreover, the organization has established its international business through various ways likefully ownership, license, lease, merger acquisition and many more.This study will discuss the possible complexities associated with entering in foreignmarkets. The study will also develop one possible strategy of international development for twocountries namely UK and Japan. The strength and limitation of this strategy and the impact ofthis strategy on HR function will be discussed in this study. On the other hand, the study willevaluate the culture of United Kingdom through Hofstede’s model for the future expatriates ofMicrosoft. Furthermore, the issues of cultural shock for the expatriates and the motivationalstrategies to overcome these shocks will be discussed in this study. 2.0 Task 1a. Complexities in Entering a Global MarketCultural BarriersDifferent countries around the world have different types of culture, where the people arehaving different types of values and norms. According to Jackson, Schuler and Jiang (2014), the
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