Identifying & Preparing Managers for Foreign Assignments
In this day and age of increasing globalization it is with more frequency that we will require US managers to participate in foreign assignments. However, it would be foolish of any company to think that they can just simply send any manager, or that they can send a manager without any prior preparation. The focus of this paper will be to analyze methods and processes of how to appropriately select a manager for a foreign assignment. It will also focus on an evaluation and analysis of methods used to prepare managers for foreign assignments.To start, there will an explanation of the need to have US managers participate in foreign assignments. This will focus on recent trends in globalization, how these trends could effective international and multinational corporations and the importance of identifying changes in trends and adapting our managers accordingly. Secondly, we will focus on the importance of selecting the “right” managers to participate in foreign assignments. We will look at what types of people have typically worked out best in the past and also look at techniques a company may use for identifying these people. Furthermore, I will analyze methods for ensuring the proper preparation of any associate selected fo
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Approximate Word count = 4526
Approximate Pages = 18 (250 words per page double spaced)
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