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Human Resource Management Assignment

1. When a U.S. company expands from domestic markets by exporting, what are some of the HRM challenges the company faces? What challenges will be presented when a company changes from simply exporting to operating as an international company? When an international company becomes a global company? Use examples from current news stories or articles to support your answer.
2. Read "Taking Responsibility: BP Australasia's Sustainable Workforce" at the end of chapter 15 and answer the following questions and support your answer:

   a. Discuss some of the challenges Waterman faces as an American leading an Australian company.

   b. What are the differences between HRM at a U.S. company and at BP Australasia?

   c. Identify the diversity initiatives at BP Australasia that would be effective in a U.S. company.

3. What are the elements of a high-performance work system? Which of these elements impact human resource management, and why?
4. If deception can win a company customers, employees, and investors, how can high performance be impacted by ethical behavior?
5. In addition to cultural differences, what other issues can impact human resource management in a company with operations internationally?
6. In your opinion, what trends will challenge organizations in the future? Explain how and why the trends will affect business.