What is the role of inpatriates? Do inpatriates guarantee a geocentric staffing policy?
Chapters 5 and 6 (Recruitment and Selection, Expatriate Staffing, Performance Management, and Individualism vs. Collectivism).
See Week 2 for procedure. Select questions from Chapters 5 and 6 only. Remember to select and cite sources correctly.
Note that posted articles under Course Materials for which I have provided APA-styled references are usable printed sources. In addition, I have designated the Henry Stewart videos provided in the Videos folder at the Assignments tab as permissible substitutes for printed sources. Note that I have provided an APA-styled reference for each of those as well.
To elaborate, explain your reasoning and provide examples, as space permits. If you answer the same as a prior respondent, give a unique rationale. My approach to elaborating on A3 above is to write a sentence for each of a selection of key terms from the topic sentence (functional areas, domestic, transnational, complexity, expatriate, managers, technical specialists, multinational, productive structure), in the same order. I may then insert an example after each such sentence. My last sentence would be a new, simpler version of the topic sentence, without the delimiting clause. You are also free to introduce anecdotes from your own experience.
Note: If a discussion question demands any kind of answer other than a straightforward essay using two printed sources (e.g., a table, graph, job description, mathematics, or online research), reinterpret it to accommodate the paragraph-styled answer described herein.
Technical specifications: The minimum length is 250 words, excluding the question (before your commentary begins), reference section, and quoted material. Use APA style for in-text citations and reference formatting, but ignore APA rules about double-spacing, paragraph indentation, and font selection, because Blackboard will only wreak havoc on your formatting efforts. Provide at least two printed sources (the textbook itself and a scholarly journal article—find the latter in the Troy University Library database). A printed source is any work that exists primarily on paper. If downloading a copy of a journal article produces what appears to be a photocopy, identical to the printed work, it is a printed source. However, never put the database URL (e.g., ProQuest) into a reference entry, even if the database (especially ProQuest) tells you to do so. Avoid websites as sources unless you have no choice (government sites often give you little choice). Any credible material that you can find on a website usually exists in even more credible form in a scholarly journal article somewhere. Replies to other students are optional, but welcome.
Textbook: Dowling, P. J., Festing, M., & Engle, A. D. Sr. (2013). International human resource management (6thed.). Andover, UK: Cengage Learning.
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What is the role of inpatriates? Do inpatriates guarantee a geocentric staffing policy?