Your company is looking into sending an employee to a foreign country. Your company director is asking to prepare a consistent cross-cultural training and supports strategy for the employee. This plan should address the following information in a format of your choice:
Part A. The context
a)Identify Business Strategy and Needs
- Your HR plan must be tied to the overall business plan. Hence you should start off by assessing the goals of your company.
· What will be the company’s goals and objectives?
· What will be the product and what is the potential size of the market?
· Is there a demand to justify the internationalisation strategy?
b)Country Analysis
- Provide a general introduction of both countries (parent and host), including:
§ General values,
§ Political/legal/socio-economic situation
§ Social institutions
§ Standard of living
§ Physical environment
c)Job analysis and Job description
· What is the position required in the foreign country.
· What are the main skills and experience required to meet the company’s goals and objectives?
Part B. Cross Cultural Training and Supports Strategy
a) What will the cross-cultural training and supports involve? Why is it important for your particular organisation, and in the particular country context?
b) What will other cross-cultural support involve?
Part C. Cost effectiveness
a) How will you measure the effectiveness of training?
What are the costs of training and can the cost be justified given the benefit of training?
