Taobao Vs eBay Analyse the case study and identify the HR management problems which in your opinion contributed to eBay’s failure in China. How would you have structured the eBay China subsidiary and what HR policies would you recommend which could have minimised or eliminated the problems which eBay faced Group Project Report & Presentation Word limit 2000 words Weighting 30% Due Date Week 11 Students are required to work groups of no more than 3 members per group. Please try to ensure that group members are from diverse cultural backgrounds to give you the opportunity to work across cultures. The aim of this project is to enable you to research and gain further understanding of an area of international human resource Management that is of particular interest to you. Working in your groups, choose ONE of the following topics: You will be issued with details of three international organisations in week 4 and you must choose one In conducting the research for your project, you will need to select ONE of the following areas of international human resource management to focus your work. It is not always possible to clearly divide the topics as many areas are inter-related. Consequently, some crossover can be expected. Try to select current issues of relevance. Variations to the topics and report format is permitted, but must be discussed with the lecturer in charge. Students are invited to suggest other topics of interest that might be related to the course, and students in full time employment may negotiate a topic related to their work. Focus areas: 1. International staffing (expatriation and/or repatriation) and the selection / training of global managers 2. Global leadership styles /impact on and implications for global business 3. Conducting business negotiations in international business contexts 4. Global ethics (individual, group, corporate) and social responsibility 5. Issues in multicultural workforces and managing workforce diversity 6. Women as global business leaders