1. What are the steps a company's Human Resources Department can take to maximize the effectiveness of an expatriate's assignment and the long-term benefit to the company?
2. Discuss the role of reverse culture shock in the repatriation process.
a. What can companies do to avoid this problem?
b. What kinds of skills do managers learn from a foreign assignment, and how can the company benefit from them?
c. What role should repatriation play in a company's global competition strategy?