Assignment Question
An organisation was established 3 years ago and has an earned an outstanding reputation throughout Singapore. It is planning to send a team of Five seniorlevel executives to an overseas assignment in their newly established offshore subsidiary for a period of One year to handle different aspects (roles) of an important project that requires strong team spirit and creative mind.
You are the Human Resource Director of this organisation and have been appointed by your CEO to prepare and equip the team members eith the necessary knowledge and information of this country and the climate/culture of the overseas subsidiary. This is aimed to assist them to not only survive but also perform well in the overseas assignment as a team.
The CEO prefers to send a good mix of diverse team members for this posting, in attempt to achieve a better level of creativity and innovation. Taking these into consideration, you plan to research on the subsidiary country with regard to its history, climate, culture, language, custom, working style etc. so as to cater to the following diverse background/characteristics of the assignees and their preference:
– Different religion
– Different gender
– Different family background
– Different languages
– Different diets
– Different sports and leisure activities etc
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Note that:
When researching on the country that the team members are going to stay for the next one year, you must bear in mind that these team members have not worked overseas before. Your pre-overseas assignment briefings and trainings are all very crucial to their performance in the future.
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Requirements of the assignment:
Kindly follow the following points as headings
1. Introduction of the chosen country and scenario & context of international HRM ( you may choose ANY country as your Host country EXCEPT for CHINA, Home country MUST be Singapore) – 200 words
Marking rubic:
Country description is succint, well written and clear. Includes key attributes of the country and excellent explanations on context of International HRM
– Background of country/company
– Critical analysis
2. Organizational structure and design of the overseas subsidiary in comparison with the Headquarters in Singapore (Apply Hofstede national cultural dimensions to discuss the differences between Home and Host countries – 425 words
* You should attempt to use Geert Hofstede National Cultural Dimensions to compare the parent country and host country.
Marking rubic:
Significant details in the formulation of Tasks, Duties & Responsibilities for Job Description and Knowledge, Skills, Abilities & Other Characteristics for Job Specifications of the overseas subsidiary.
– Compare JD and JS between the 2 countries
– Culture comparison (mechanistic structure vs organic structure)
– Geert Hofstede 5 dimension (Appendice 1)
– Job description & Job specification for ONLY 2 positions (Appendice 2)
3) Analysis of the staffing process for the overseas assignment. Critically analyze the staffing strategy of the right candidates for the overseas assignment. Eg: In recruitment, do you want to deploy people from within or recruit employees from outside? For selection, which THREE (3) selection tools (including test) do you want to adopt? – 425 words
Marking rubic:
Very good or excellent formulation of staffing strategy based on country chosen in relation to the overseas assignment
– Recruitment (Internal VS External)
– International selection – Selects any 2-3 selection tools to explain your shortlisting process
– Profile of expatriates (Appendice 3)
4) Analysis on the training and development process of the international assignees. Training and developing the international assignees taking into consideration if the before overseas posting of human resource development – 425 words
Marking rubic:
Very good or excellent formulation of training and development process and limited explainations on consideration of the before overseas posting of human resource development
– Do pre-assignment (posting briefing)
– Research the country on its data
– Use Bruce Tuckman’s model
5) Analysis on the remuneration package of the international assignees. The remuneration package of the international assignees taking into consideration of compensation approach (eg: balance sheet approach) and of the before- and after overseas posting of remuneration package adjustment – 425 words
Marking rubic:
Very good or excellent formulation of remuneration package and limited explanations on consideration of the before and after overseas posting of human resource development
– Explain on how you package the remuneration for overseas expatriates assignee
– Balance sheet ( Appendice 4)
6) Conclusion (submission and conclusions are well considered and take into account the personnel strategies of the company) – 100 words
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Take note:
1) APA Format
2) Plagiarism less than 5%
3) Consult and correctly reference minimum of 10 different sources of information ( with in-text citations)
4) 2000 words (+/- 10%)
5) NO bullet points
6) Evidence cited must be relevant and recent and sufficiently supports viewpoint put forth.
Evidence cited MUST be from reliable sources
7) Appendice are not included in the total words count
8) Cover page, Context page, Page number
9) Appendix page must be after Reference list
