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COVENTRY UNIVERSITY

AUSTON INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY

MASTERS IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

[INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS]

AUSM 62 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

TERM: MARCH 2009

CROSS CULTURAL MANAGEMENT:

A CASE STUDY OF ERICSSON

STUDENT: KHAIRUDDIN BIN ABDUL HAMID ALI

STUDENT NUMBER: 07123007

SUPERVISOR: DR. WILLIAM

WORDCOUNT: 4835

THE ASSIGNMENT DETAILS

The nature of this task was to identify a specific HRM issue and develop a proposal which shall invite examiners and readers towards the imploration of:-

✓ The Company Background and Issues pertaining to the organization within the HRM module.

✓ The improvements that are necessary and justification of its rationale and necessity

✓ The benefits that are projected to be achieved once implementation is complete.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Sincere acknowledgements to the following person for the supportive lectures and supervision of this assignment. For that reason, my sincere gratitude goes out to the below-mentioned contributors.

Lecturer: Dr. William Lee

Dr. William Lee enlightened and gave suggestions on how this project was going to go about. He answered queries as well as reiterated facts related to lessons taught in lectures that enabled the focus on our research.

I wish to express my sincere appreciation to Dr. William Lee for overseeing my work.

Furthermore, his timely facilitation helped figure out the correct documentation for sources that corresponded to the Research Guide examples and case studies. For without his coordinated advice, this assignment would not have been at its best.

THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

In today’s business environment there is a great global openness and national boarders are more transparent than before. There is an increasing acceptance of ideas and products from other cultures and a greater willingness to engage in multilateral actions between companies.

This undeniably leads to...