chp 7- hrd- future trends & challenges
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HRDChallenges & Future Trends
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New Challenges in the Changing Workplace
Managing Knowledge Workers
Employee who is of value because of the knowledge that he or she possesses
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New Challenges in the Changing Workplace
Contingent Worker
Employee hired on something other than a full-time basis to supplement an organization’s permanent work force
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New Challenges in the Changing Workplace
Managing Workforce Diversity
Range of workers’ attitudes, values, and behaviors that differ by gender, race, and ethnicity
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Challenges
• What HRM strategies are appropriate at different stages of internationalization?
• How is the best employee mix (host-country and expatriate) determined?
• Why do international assignments fail?• How are returning employees re-
integrated into the firm?
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Expatriate:
A citizen of one country living and working in another country
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Stages of a Global Organization
• Domestic• International• Multinational• Global or Trans-national
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Managing an International Subsidiary
• Ethnocentric Approach• Top management and key positions filled by
people from home country
• Polycentric Approach• International subsidiaries managed/staffed by
personnel from host country
• Geocentric Approach• Nationality deliberately downplayed • Firm searches worldwide or regionally to hire
best people to fill key positions
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Why International Assignments Fail
• Career blockage• Culture shock• Lack of pre-departure cross-cultural
training• Overemphasis on technical qualifications• Getting rid of a troublesome employee• Family problems
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Upon Return
• Lack of Respect for Acquired Skills
• Loss of Status
• Poor Planning for Return Position
• Reverse Culture Shock
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Selection of Employees for International Assignments
• Emphasize cultural sensitivity as a selection criteria
• Establish a selection board of expatriates• Require previous international experience• Explore possibility of hiring foreign-born
employees to serve as “expatriates” at future date
• Screen candidates’ spouses and families• Cross cultural training• Compensation structure
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Future trends & Implications for HRD
• Increased concern by organizations on HRM
• Removal of termination as a threat• Creation of a bimodal workforce• Dual Career Couples• Working at home• Matching the environment to the
employees• Decline of Unions
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HOORRAY!!!!!
WITH THAT WE END THE SYLLABUS FOR HRM
THANK YOU
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