Memo To: International Management Spring 2012 From: Milton L Cofield‚ Ph.D. Date: January 27‚ 2012 Re: Solvay Group: International Mobility and Managing Expatriates 1. Complete a graph showing some of the worldwide key locations for production and sales of each of the companies listed as competitors to Solvay. Use the attached diagram or create your own. (10pts). 2. Estimate the global market size and the market share of Solvay and each of its competitors in the three key areas
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Decision Making; Solvay Group: International Mobility and Managing Expatriates Decision making with other members in organization is very important because every action needed decision making‚ planning a business‚ managing performances‚ care the employee and customers‚ every time every actions based on decision making. Then‚ how can we make a good decision? Rational choice paradigm Decision making is the conscious process of making choices among alternatives with the intention of moving
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Question 1 - Would you grant any of the special requests of the four expat candidates? Provide your rationale. Solvay’s HR group wants to develop consistent policies for the International Mobility (IM) program and be more transparent about the expatriation process. Therefore‚ it is important to minimize the exceptions because exceptions require a deviation from standard protocol. However‚ HR must also remain flexible in order to meet the strategic needs of the company. As noted in the case
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International Mobility I. Introduction Globalizing world: + and + opportunities‚ communication Tools‚ ways to move International mobility: stay at least one year abroad 1‚6 millions French expatriated “registered” (only for far countries‚ dangerous…) 2‚5millions estimated in total 67% of French men and 33% of women 86% of worldwide exp are men French expats goes mostly in European Union‚ Asia ()‚ the rest of Europe and the in South America (). French expats go mostly in United Kingdom
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Solvay Group: International Mobility and Managing Expatriates Group 10 (14F551‚ 14S558‚ 14S559‚ 14F560‚ 14F561‚ 14F562) Problem Statement How to improve/streamline international mobility program of Solvay? External Analysis: PESTCL: Factor Impact P Pricing Controls Pricing Controls have been imposed by the government outside US‚ so the cost reduction is essential to streamline the mobility program E Bulk Buyers The existence of bulk buyers for chemicals lead to high volatility risk which means
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Solvay Strengths Solvay has a human resources manager‚ Marcel Lorent who was specifically hired for International Mobility. Under Lorent is a group whose job it is to assist each and every expat in any way possible. Over the years‚ this group has made many changes to the expat process in order to make it smoother and more consistent throughout. The company’s culture was built on agreement. Everyone’s opinions are heard‚ shared‚ and taken into consideration. The group’s strategy concentrated on
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and retaining managers with international experience and global perspectives” quoted by Briscoe and Schuler in 2004. This report will be focusing on variety of issues relating to Human Resource implications which faced by the expatriate working in MNC located in Malaysia as well as Malaysian working in overseas. The extraction will be from the most recent newspaper‚ journal and articles relating to the following topics in human resource management. 1) Expatriate Failure and the Selection
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Case 4 Jaguar or Bluebird? Mark Chan’s Decision to Stay Overseas or Return Home after His Expatriate Assignment (A) Case 5 From Jaguar to Bluebird – Mark Chan Returns Home after His Expatriate Assignment (B) Teaching Note This teaching note was prepared by Günter K. Stahl‚ Assistant Professor of Asian Business and Comparative Management at INSEAD and Chei Hwee Chua‚ Doctoral Student at the Moore School of Business‚ University of South Carolina. It is intended to aid instructors in the
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International Student mobility Student mobility has an important meaning of countries. It can not only enhance the education level of countries‚ but also have a huge economic effect. Therefore‚ this paper will discuss the trends in international student mobility with three different perspectives of the US‚ the UK and Canada. Every country has its own orientations of international student policy. It can clearly be seen from Table 1. The US has the most serious limitation of international
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impact of cross cultural training on expatriate performance Executive Summary The aim of this report was to discuss and argue issues regarding managing expatriates in relation to ICHRM (International Comparative Human Resource Management). The main discussion was to see whether CCT (Cross-Cultural Training) has any effect on expatriate performance. The arguments that were drawn here‚ resolved around - issues involving the high failure rates of expatriates‚ - whether companies were doing something
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