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A mentor program to monitor the expatriates career path while abroad and upon repatriation As an alternative to the mentor program, the establishment of a special organizational unit for the purposes of career planning and continuing guidance for the expatriate A system of supplying information and maintaining contacts with the expatriate so that he or she may continue to feel a part of the home organization.
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Exit 15. Considered for transfer or repatriation 16. Withdrawal 17. Orientation, career counseling Success Failure
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Entry 18. Departure and travel 19. Arrival and initial confrontation 20. Orientation and briefing 21. Reverse culture shock or new culture shock Adjustment 22. Monitoring and support 23. Acculturation, adaptation
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The term global management teams describes collections of managers from several countries who must rely on group collaboration if each member is to experience the optimum of success and goal achievement.
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International Teams
Cosmopolitan HQs teams; strategic development teams; HQs subsidiary teams; technology transfer teams; coalition (joint venture) teams
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Do the members recognize the impact of their own cultural programming on individual and group behavior? Do they deal with, not avoid, their differences in order to create synergy? Does the team have fun? (Within successful multicultural groups, the cultural differences become a source of continuing surprise, discovery, and amusement rather than irritation or frustration.)
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Avoid assuming that a female executive will fail because of the way she will be received or because of problems experienced by female spouses Avoid assuming that a woman will not want to go overseas Give female managers every chance to succeed by giving them the titles, status, and recognition appropriate to the position as well as sufficient time to be effective.
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Family situation
Workforce Diversity
Culture
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Set up a broad, diverse pool of talented people to be trained and eligible for job promotion or selection; but let it be known that the best person will get the job and stick by that. Set up regular training programs with the goal to gradually change the corporate culture by educating workers about employee similarities as well as differences and the value those differences bring to the firm.
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GE Diversity Practices
Top management commitment and involvement Integrated diversity strategy Campus recruiting Hires expanded at top level to signal commitment and provide role models Career management Management of work/family issues (e.g., child care and flextime) Diversity education and training Communications Community outreach
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Labor Relations
The term labor relations refers to the process through which managers and workers determine their workplace relationship. This process may be through verbal agreement and job descriptions, or through a union written labor contract which has been reached through negotiation in collective bargaining between workers and managers.
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Global competitiveness MNC presence or consolidation initiatives Political change New market economies Free-trade zones: harmonization (EU), competitive forces (NAFTA) Technological standardization, IT Declining role of unions Agencies monitoring world labor practices
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