What is the link between an international business’s strategy and its human resource management policies, particularly with regard to the use of expatriate employees and their pay scale?

activities might be good indicators of a suitable global employee?

1. Explain in detail: What are the main working differences between the Germans and Hungarians and what aspects of culture, values and working practices may account for these differences? What recommendations would you put forward to the German and Hungarian management teams, in order to support and motivate better work relationships between them?

How do organizations manage cross-border workforce mobility and talent flows?

As the Employee Benefits Manager at Immense Multinational Business (IMB), you are responsible for holding down the cost of employee medical insurance while still providing comprehensive quality medical care to IMB employees. Lately, you have noticed that some employees, usually those who smoke, have significantly higher medical claims than nonsmokers. Studies indicate that employees who smoke a pack of cigarettes daily have claims that are 18 percent higher than nonsmokers; smokers are 29 percent more likely than nonsmokers to have annual medical claims over $5,000. Estimates by the American Lung Association indicate that the medical benefits for smokers cost at least $1,000 more per year than for nonsmokers. Based on such information, you are considering whether IMB should impose an additional annual charge of $500 for medical benefits and insurance coverage on employees who are smokers. Would such an additional charge for smokers be legal? What arguments can you make for imposing the…

What abilities make a candidate more likely to succeed in an assignment as an expatriate? How could a person acquire these skills?

Analyze the role of trade unions in enforcing protective labor laws in the Caribbean. Use Caribbean Case laws to support your answers.

What are some global best practices in labor welfare that organizations can learn from and implement in their management strategies?

Explain which types of expatriate compensation packages are most beneficial to the employee and which are most detrimental to them. Because?

An American automobile manufacturing company has just recruited an Italian Country Manager to oversee its operations in Europe. The Country Manager is based in Milan, Italy. What types of performance dimensions and indicators should be used to evaluate the performance of this Country Manager? What weight should be given to each dimension of performance in the overall performance evaluation of the Country Manager? What criteria should be used to determine the weighting of the various dimensions? Which compensation approach would you use to structure the compensation of the Country Manager? How would you link the performance metrics and compensation?