Human Resource Management
Bulgarian-born Frank P. Popoff became chief operating officer of U.S.-based Dow Chemical in 1987 when he replaced Italian-born Paul Oreffice, who became chairman of the board. Oreffice had replaced Hungarian-born Zoltan Merszei in 1979. On becoming chief of Dow, Mr. Popoff, who had once headed Dow’s European division, said, “I had a lot of...
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INTRODUCTION The preceding case highlights one firm’s experience in dealing with some international aspects of its personnel policies, an experience that is more comprehensive than one finds within most other firms operating internationally.2 Although companies have taken a variety of approaches to international human resource management, most agree on the importance of qualified personnel...
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MANAGEMENT QUALIFICATIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS Headquarters-Subsidiary Relationship International management staffing is two-tiered: First, the subsidiary level must employ persons who are equipped to manage the activities within the countries where they are located; second, people at corporate and/or regional headquarters must be equipped to coordinate and control the firms’ various worldwide and regional operations. These...
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FOREIGN MANAGERIAL TRANSFERS Some Definitions International firms commonly categorize managers as locals (citizens of the countries where they are working) or expatriates (noncitizens). The expatriate group is further categorized as home-country and third-country nationals. These are, respectively, citizens of the country where the company is headquartered and citizens neither of the country where they...
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MANAGEMENT RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION College Recruitment International companies recruit through universities at home and abroad to find capable nationals of the countries where they have foreign facilities. This method has some drawbacks since the most acute personnel shortage in foreign facilities is for people who already have considerable experience. As the new hires gain...
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