International Human Resource Management INTRODUCTION

International Human
Resource
Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................4
HOFSTEDE CULTURAL DIMENSIONS.....................................................................................4
Power Distance Index.............................................................................................................4
Individualism vs Collectivism................................................................................................5
Masculinity vs Femininity......................................................................................................5
Uncertainty Avoidance Index.................................................................................................5
Long versus short term Orientation........................................................................................6
Indulgence versus restraints...................................................................................................6
TROMPENAARS & HAMPDEN-TURNER CULTURAL DIMENSION....................................6
Universalism vs Particularism................................................................................................7
Individualism vs Communitarianism.....................................................................................7
Neutral vs Affective ..............................................................................................................7
Specific vs Diffuse.................................................................................................................8
Achievement vs Ascription....................................................................................................8
Sequential time versus synchronous time...............................................................................8
Internal direction vs external direction...................................................................................8
GLOBE STUDY DIMENSION OF CULTURE.............................................................................9
Power Distance.......................................................................................................................9
Individualism and Collectivism..............................................................................................9
Masculinity versus Femininity.............................................................................................10
Uncertainty Avoidance Index...............................................................................................10
Long versus short term Orientation......................................................................................10
Indulgence versus restraints.................................................................................................10
Performance Orientation......................................................................................................11
Humane orientation..............................................................................................................11
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
Prochile is an agency under Ministry of Foreign affairs of Chile that promotes exports of
products or services. The small and medium size organisations takes advice and suggestions
from Prochile to expand their trade. It also spread the information of Foreign Direct Investment
and promote tourism in the country. Prochile have its offices in various countries, they have 57
offices across world and 16 exports centres in Chile. The office established in different countries
helps to boost the export sector and make Chile to recognise in International Market. Recently,
the agency has opened a new office in Houston, the aim of launching is to promote Chilean
products to Houston and it allow the government agency to find out needs and requirements of
the local importers and buyers. Prochile acts as a trade facilitator for International Consumer,
they help to provide a wide range of product or services from most diverse sector. It improves
the quality of life and development among the millions of people by providing them business
opportunities. They have representative in different countries and there main objective is to focus
on promotion efforts in those cities by considering their growth that can be enhanced by the
businesses that improve the knowledge of Chilean Products (Aburumman and et. al., 2020).
Prochile develop product or services with high or unique quality which makes the export
more attractive with suppliers. They are looking for the traders, consumers, partners and
distributors in International market who are interested in Chilean products and want to expand
their business. Prochile provides an advice for the qualities of Chilean products and give
information on investment opportunities in Chile. They also elaborate about the wonderful
tourist attractions in Chile. The Country have varieties of locations, landscapes and climates
which attracts the people and make them to visit the locations. The Economy is continuously
developing and progressing in building relationship with other countries as it is attractive place
to establish business and have reliability among foreign Investors(Adla, Gallego-Roquelaure and
Calamel, 2019).
Prochile plays a various roles for their International buyers or visitors, if the buyer want
to contact Chilean products or services they help them in identifying and developing the working
relations, it creates a new business opportunities for buyers. It also builds a successful trip for the
visitors who are coming for the business purpose, they contact the suppliers and schedule the
meetings. They make sure that the visitors and buyers may have a good experience while visiting
in Chile. Prochile also provide the practical information about the export product and its strength

that have an advantage in establishing business in Chile. The agency mainly work for three
sector they are service sector, manufacturing sector, Agro and food sector. Chile is working on a
new system of manufacturing, The quality of Chilean products and services met the expectations
of the International buyers. The Agro and food quality of the products is good due to its soil
advantages and unique climate in Chile. International Trade Centre and Prochile have merged
together to Increase the promotion services which is provided by the Prochile, they both work
together to make Chilean industries more reputable and strong in the International Market
(Brewster, 2017).
The strength of Prochile is to provide a genuine advice to the foreign investors and make
them feel comfortable in establishing their business in Chile. Weakness of agency is that they
have to improve more institutional strength and operational effectiveness of the organisation.
The opportunities for the organisation is to renew cooperation, to better support the small and
medium size business to organised their business in Chile. Threat for the agency is its
competitors and a situation where investors are not getting influenced in expanding their
business in Chile . The ultimate mission of the organisation is to make Chile one of the most
competitive economies in the region by providing business opportunities to various international
buyers. The objective of Prochile is to boost Export sector and make Chile position in the
International Market. Its approach towards the human resource is that it helps to increase the
human capital as the new company will be established in the country it requires a number of
employees to work. If Prochile also launches a new office in other country they need employees
without them the agency cannot run smoothly and efficiently (Edwards, Schnyder and
Fortwengel, 2019).
TASK 1
HOFSTEDE CULTURAL DIMENSIONS
Hofstede model is based on the research which helps to understand the cultural
differences. There are Six cultural dimensions they are-
Power Distance Index
This dimensions states that all the individuals are not equal in the societies. Power
distance reflects that the low powerful person or country has accepted that the power is
distributed among people are unequal . A High Power Distance Index shows that the society has