BU354 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Recognition Of Prior Learning, Macromedia Homesite
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Chapter 17: managing human resources in a global. Workforce mobility: the focus on managing the recruitment, relocation, and retention of employees who complete work related tasks and activities outside of the core or primary head office or region of the company. Enabled by technology, globalization, tight labour markets, and customer demands. Disjointed management of mobility programs results in employee confusion, aggravation, frustration and disengagement. Expatriate: employees who are citizens of the country where the parent company is based who are sent to work in another country. Immigrant: person residing in canada who was born outside of canada (excluding temporary foreign workers, canadian citizens born outside of. Canada, and those with student or work visa); 1 in every 5 people in canada are immigrants. Cultural factors: need to adapt hr practices (training and pay plans) to local cultural norms; hr staff in foreign subsidiaries should have someone from the country. Legal systems: labour laws vary considerably around the world.
