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This document provides an overview of the key topics and learning goals covered in Lecture 7. The lecture focuses on 1) the critical role of expatriates in managing host subsidiaries and transferring knowledge, 2) how international assignments help develop managers with global experience, and 3) designing programs to prepare, adapt, and repatriate expatriates and their families. Additional topics covered include using global management teams, the varying roles of women in international management, and understanding different host country labor relations systems.

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7 Lecture

This document provides an overview of the key topics and learning goals covered in Lecture 7. The lecture focuses on 1) the critical role of expatriates in managing host subsidiaries and transferring knowledge, 2) how international assignments help develop managers with global experience, and 3) designing programs to prepare, adapt, and repatriate expatriates and their families. Additional topics covered include using global management teams, the varying roles of women in international management, and understanding different host country labor relations systems.

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Lecture No 7

Chapter Learning Goals

1. Emphasize the critical role of expatriates in


managing in host subsidiaries and in
transferring knowledge to and from host
operations.
2. Acknowledge the importance of international
assignments in developing top managers with
global experience and perspectives.
3. Recognize the need to design programs for the
careful preparation, adaptation, and
repatriation of the expatriates and any
accompanying family, as well as programs for
career management and retention.
Chapter Learning Goals

4. Become familiar with the use of global


management teams to coordinate cross-
border business.
5. Recognize the varying roles of women
around the world in international
management.
6. Understand the variations in host-country
labor relations systems and the impact on
the manager’s job and effectiveness.
Opening Profile: The Expat Life

 What is it like to take an assignment


abroad?
 Would you like to be an “expat”
(expatriate)?
 Is it an adventure or a hardship?
 Experiences of those who have done a stint
abroad are mixed.
 Experiences vary by job type, and
especially by location.
Essentials of IHRM
Expatriate Career Management
Preparation, Adaptation, and Repatriation
Elements of Successful
Repatriation Programs
The Role of Expatriate Spouse
The Expatriate Transition Process

Exit from the home country

Entry to the host country


Entry transition
Adjustment (adaptation)
Exit transition

Entry back to the home country


Entry transition
Adjustment
Expatriates: “Handle with Care”?
The Role of Repatriation in
Developing a Global Cadre
Global Management Teams:
The Effects of Multicultural Teams
Operational Challenges for
Global Virtual Teams
Virtual Teams’ Future Needs

How to lead a virtual team meeting


How to coach and mentor virtually
How to monitor team progress
How to use communication technologies
How to manage team boundaries
Managing Transnational Teams
Management Techniques to Deal with the
Cross-Cultural Collaboration Challenges
Management Focus: The Role of Women in
International Management

Indra Nooyi—CEO, Pepsi

Soha Nashaat
Head of Barclays Bank, Middle East
Management Focus: The Role of Women in
International Management
Management Focus: The Role of Women in
International Management
The Role of Women in International
Management: Japan
 By tradition women are hired primarily for clerical tasks
and tea serving; they are known as “office ladies”.
 Could expanding women’s roles help end Japan’s 13-
year economic slump?
 Women’s lack of participation may shave .6 percent off
annual growth.
 Average profits are higher in companies comprised of 40
to 50 percent women.
 Population decline could cause huge labor shortages.
 Women are often illegally dismissed for pregnancy.
 Government officials complain declining birth rates are
due to the over-education of women.
 Women say the problem is lack of day care and very
long working hours.
Working Within Local
Labor Relations Systems
The Impact of Unions on Business
Organized Labor Around the world
Labor Systems
Convergence in Labor
Divergence in Labor systems
systems
 Forces for convergence:  Most MNCs still adapt
Merger of ICFTU and practices to national
WCL traditions
MNC desire for  The role of political
consistency and ideology, overall social
coordination structure, and history of
Increased monitoring of industrial practices
labor conditions
Political and cultural
shifts
Adapting to Local
Industrial Relations Systems
NAFTA and Labor Relations in Mexico
Comparative Management in Focus: Labor
Relations in Germany
Codetermination law The German model
(mitbestimmung) is holds that competition
coming under pressure. should not be based on
Union works councils
cost.
are “co-managers”. What is the value of
German unions are
increasingly willing to codetermination?
make concessions.
The influence of
Daimler-Chrysler and
the United States

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