Organizational Structures
Identify three organizations that include a global emphasis in their mission statement. Explore their websites and identify their organizational structures. How does each organization’s strategy shape its structure? What operational activities influence structure? What cultural and political conditions impact structure and mission? Explain your answer using course concepts.
HRM in Developing Nations
Imagine you are part of a HRM team and need to make staffing decisions for a new production facility recently purchased in a developing nation. Currently, your company produces and packages a product in two locations in North America; the new production facility is in a strategically located country within a major geographic region and will distribute throughout the region from that facility. In order to get the production facility up and running, your team has to address the question of staffing, including the factory workers, managers, and the director for the facility. Discuss what information you need, what options you have and what recommendations you would make. Address the following questions from a global strategic perspective as compared to a domestic perspective: