Cross Cultural Leadership
Q1. Evaluate the factors which should be taken into account when deciding whether a local manager should be appointed or a current Keep Well Manager relocated to take over the leadership of each new site.
Structure of answer:
Give introduction of countries in south and north america in regards to their HR practices
Global Staffing Approaches: Ethnocentric, Regiocentric, Polycentric, and Geocentric (explain and critically analyse)
If you are giving your opinion provide reasons of why local or expatriate should be appointed
Q2. Prioritise the factors which should be taken into account when deciding the type of individual, in terms of experience, skills and competencies, who should be appointed as the managers of the new sites.
Structure of answer:
Explain the preferences add skills, experiences and attributes of person looking for this post.
Make sure to add the skills in regards to north and south american context
give differences of skills, experiences and attributes in regards to local and expatriate
Q3. Critically evaluate the cultural issues which should be considered when identifying the style of leadership which should be adopted by these new managers.
Structure of the Answer:
Mention all the cultural issues
Q4. Based on the above produce justified recommendations to the Managing Director.
Give recommendations here.
Q5. Presentation must be in report format with summary, introduction, body (research, analysis of findings), conclusion, recommendations, references and appendices.
