Evaluate the success or failure of a multinational corporation

The project assignment provides a forum for analyzing and evaluating relevant topics for this week on the basis of the course competencies covered.

Introduction:

As an HR professional, you need to prepare expatriates for their assignments. Cross-cultural training will definitely benefit the group. However, you are not sure where to start and so you decide to explore Gert Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions theories to gain a better understanding of the psychological and sociocultural adjustments an expatriate may experience when assigned to a position in another country.

Tasks:

• Develop a synopsis of Geert Hofstede.
• Examine several key facts that led to Hofstede’s research and the validity of his Cultural Dimensions theories.
• Evaluate one of Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions theories.
• Analyze how the knowledge of the Cultural Dimensions theories will assist a new expatriate assigned to this country. Select a country to apply the theory.

To support your work, use your course and text readings and also use the South University Online Library. As in all assignments, cite all sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.

WEEK TWO DISCUSSION

Supporting Lectures:

Review the following lecture:

• Human Resources, Competitive Advantage, and Global Talent

Discussion Questions

Before beginning work on this discussion forum, please review the link “Doing Discussion Questions Right” and any specific instructions for this topic.

Introduction:

By the due date assigned, respond to the assigned discussion questions and submit your responses to the appropriate topic in this Discussion Area. Respond to the assigned questions using the lessons and vocabulary found in the reading.

Tasks:

Question 1:

Evaluate the correlation of a competitive strategy, an organizational structure, and an HRM orientation.

Question 2:

Analyze an emerging market and a developed market.

Submission Details:

Your initial posting should be addressed at 500–1,000 words as noted in the attached PDF. Submit your document to the Discussion Area by the due date assigned. Be sure to cite your sources using APA format.

WEEK TWO PROJECT

Project

The project assignment provides a forum for analyzing and evaluating relevant topics for this week on the basis of the course competencies covered.

Introduction:

Research the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the International Labor Organization (ILO) and provide your findings.

Tasks:

• Analyze China’s admittance into the WTO.
• Evaluate the pros and cons of the WTO.
• Analyze the role of the ILO and the impact it has on CSR.
• Evaluate the pros and cons of the ILO.

To support your work, use your course and text readings and also use the South University Online Library. As in all assignments, cite all sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.

Submission Details:

• Create a 3- to 4-page document.
• Name your file as SU_HRM6000_W2_Project_LastName_FirstName.
• By the due date assigned, submit it to the Submissions Area.

MODULE # DISCUSSION

Tasks:

Question 1:

Analyze an article on the poor health and labor conditions of Gap workers in one of the following countries: Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Africa, Latin America, Cambodia, Lesotho, Indonesia, Bangladesh, El Salvador, or Mexico.

Question 2:

Evaluate how MNCs can prepare millennials to work in an emerging market.