You are an IHRM professional who has been asked to create an IHRM plan for the development of expatriate employees who will open and manage a major facility employing 5,000 people in a foreign country. You know that the preparation of expatriate employees is key to the success of this international operation. It is critical that the expat be able to address cultural differences and to meet the expectations of the local population.
Identify a home country culture and a foreign country culture that you wish to research and use as the situational basis for your project. For example, the home country culture could be the United States, and the foreign country culture could be China.
Use ProQuest, the database found on the Ashworth College website, the Internet, your textbook, and the Lecture and Research Updates to research cultural similarities and differences between the two countries’ cultures for work place issues that might arise for expatriates. If possible, interview individuals from each of the two countries’ cultures that you’ve chosen to use in your project. Try to find people who have similar work experience. Use the information you gather to provide the following:
1. Describe the type of company that you work for by industry, age, financial health, and reason for wishing to expand overseas. Also, use Hofstede’s dimensions to describe the home national culture.
2. Describe the national culture where the new subsidiary will be established in terms of age and financial health, as well as motivation to create an alliance with the acquiring company. Also, use Hofstede’s dimensions to describe the new national culture.
