Global Human Resource Management

Global Staffing

This competency assessment assesses the following outcomes:

MT220M5-5: Use the appropriate strategic approach for an international business scenario.

PC-4.3: Apply concepts of cultural competence to become an agent of change.

In the Module 5 Assessment, you will have the opportunity to apply research to recommend a course of action for a given business scenario related to global staffing considerations. When an organization opens facilities in foreign locations, many decisions must be carefully considered and confirmed to ensure its overall strategy is reflected in staffing policy. Part of this policy’s development will involve familiarization with the foreign country’s legal requirements regarding remuneration and work environment. Another area that requires attention is creating an environment where the corporate culture established at headquarters in the host country can be successfully introduced and supported in the subsidiary location.

Scenario: As the owner of a U.S.-based coffee distributor, you have recently acquired a competing coffee processing facility based in another country (use the same country you selected for a previous assessment from the list: Germany, France, Spain, Poland, Greece, Italy, Sweden, Belgium, Norway, or Portugal. There is a very small existing staff, but you need to expand operations rapidly, which will require hiring more employees. After researching how cultural and legal differences might impact HRM in this nation, you must recommend to your management team what approach the company should take to staff this growing facility.

For this assessment, use the reading in Chapter 19 of the text and any additional relevant research sources to develop an informative essay addressing the checklist items below.

You can access the links to some resources for this assessment in the .

Checklist:

• Identify two areas where differences between the U.S. and your selected country regarding legal requirements might impact your HRM approach.
• Specify two areas where differences between the U.S. and your selected country regarding cultural norms might impact your HRM approach.
• Explain the three forms of global staffing policy (i.e., ethnocentric, polycentric, geocentric).
• Note one advantage and one disadvantage to each form of global staffing policy.
• Describe how differences in this country’s legal requirements and cultural norms would factor into your recommendation for a staffing policy, including Hofstede cultural dimensions (see the Learn area for Hofstede resources.)
• Summarize your final proposed staffing approach to your management team. Include support to detail why this approach is most appropriate in your selected country.
• Utilize at least three external sources as part of your research. Sources might include your textbook or any other academically credible resource found in the university library. Only sources cited within the body of the paper should be included in the reference list.
• Your should be a minimum of 500 words and include a title page, introduction, main body, conclusion, and APA-formatted reference list. For assistance writing a paper or formatting a reference list in APA format, please see the “Academic Writer” link under “Academic Tools.”

Minimum Submission Requirements

• Proper notification of any resubmission, repurposing, or reworking of prior work per the .
• This assessment should be a Microsoft Word (minimum 500 words) document and include a title page, introduction, main body, conclusion, and APA-formatted reference list. Respond to the questions in a thorough manner, providing specific examples of concepts, topics, definitions, and other elements asked for in the questions. Your submission should be highly organized, logical, and focused.
• Your submission should provide a clearly established and sustained viewpoint and purpose.
• Your writing should be well-ordered, logical, unified, original, and insightful.
• Your submission must be written in Standard English and demonstrate exceptional content, organization, style, grammar, and mechanics.
• A separate page at the end of your submission should contain a list of references in APA format. Use your textbook, the Library, and the internet for research.
• Be sure to include references for all sources and to cite them using in-text citations where appropriate. Your sources and content should follow current APA citation style. Review the writing resources for APA formatting and citation found in Academic Tools. Additional writing resources can be found within the Academic Success Center.
• Your submission should:
• include a title page;
• be double-spaced;
• be typed in Times New Roman, 12-point font; and
• be free of spelling or punctuation errors.