BUSI 2702 Chapter Notes -Acculturation, Culture Shock, Management Development
5 Jan 2015
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Long term assignments: integrate local operation, enhance management control over subsidiary, fill positions or skill gaps, develop managers. Short term assignments: project based, coordinate activities across multiple locations, troubleshooting, retain high skilled talent that does not want a long term, assignment, expand talent pool for global assignments, management development, facilitate communication and coordination. Motivations to go include: experience, adventure, career opportunitites, learning, money. Adapting to local culture: psychological adjusment: develop a way of life in the new country that is personally satisfying, happiness, socio-cultural adjustment: your ability to interact competently with the host culture, behave like locals. Personal considerations: motivation to go, was he talked into it or did he want to go, physical and emotional health, maturity and relational abilities: can they work in a group/independently, language capabilities. Family considerations: spouse job, school for kids, losing contatc with family & friends back home, being away from family.
