Human Resource Selection and Development Across Cultures.
Firms conducting international business need to be particularly concerned with human resource management issues – including selection, training, and development – to better prepare their personnel for overseas assignments.
Instructions: Answer the following questions with 10 sentences for each response.
Company: US Company E&J Gallo Winery
Expansion/Employees: from Hong Kong
1. What selection criteria are most important in choosing people for an overseas assignment? Identify and describe the four that you judge to be of most universal importance, and defend your choice.
2. What are the major common elements in an expat’s compensation package? Besides base pay, which would be most important to you? Why?
3. What kinds of problems do expatriates face when returning home? Identify and describe four of the most important. What can multinational companies do to deal with these repatriation problems effectively?
4. What should your organization (E&J Gallo Winery) do to meet the needs of expatriate employees both in preparing them for their overseas assignment and their eventual return home?