Web Exercise
Using the concepts you have learned from the textbook, research and lecture notes, answer the following questions:
Guidelines for Using the Exercise
Do a search for “global management teams”. Compare the services offered by the consulting firms that are profiled. How do they compare with the background provided in the text under “Global Management Teams” as far as meeting the needs of a truly global company? What are the resources these consultants bring to the table? Would you choose to hire a consultant or develop your own in-house IHRM team to work with your expatriates?
http://www.booz.com/
http://www.pwc.com/us/en/about-us/index.jhtml
http://www.accenture.com/
http://www.abeam.com/index.html
http://www.capgemini.com/
http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_GX/global/index.htm
http://www.bain.com/bainweb/home.asp
http://www.mckinsey.com/
http://www.bcg.com/
http://www.monitor.com/
http://www.mercer.com/home.htm
2.Using the concepts you have learned from the textbook, research, and lecture notes, answer the following questions:
Guidelines for Using the Exercise
Web Exercise
Throughout the text, there are many examples of regional and country profiles, and how important they are to getting a decent understanding of how strategy should be constructed for that region/country.
In spite of the fact that many businesspeople inherently understand that Europe and Asia are not unified markets, many company strategists regard Africa as one entity—and attempt to market to “Africa” without breaking out individual countries, languages, cultures, governmental systems, and so forth.
Using the Websites below as examples, how would you break down the continent of Africa into individual markets? How are cultures, languages, history (especially the colonial legacy) different and important?
Would you market to a West Coast African country differently than an East Coast African country? Are countries like Morocco truly “African”?
Business Profile for Kenya
http://www.ambnairobi.um.dk/NR/exeres/611D127A-F2F8-4528-90DF-D05C8473978E
World Bank
http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/library/99169/CD_CC/precourse/MDG/pdf/KenyaCountryProfile.pdf
Global times
http://business.globaltimes.cn/world/2009-09/471239.html
Kwintessential
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/intercultural/management/kenya.html
World Travel Guide
http://www.worldtravelguide.net/country/137/general_information/Africa/Kenya.html
State Gov; Kenya
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/index.htm
Africa Open for Business
http://www.africaopenforbusiness.com/linkchangenotice.html
Morocco Profile
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5431.htm
Morocco
http://www.geographia.com/morocco/
BBC News/Tanzania
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/country_profiles/1072330.stm
Web Exercise
Web Exercise
A number of universities are beginning to expand their operations to include global classrooms. The benefits to these universities are global branding, increased revenues, cross cultural studies, and bringing the global marketplace to their curricula. The means of achieving these goals include online programs, onsite programs, students visiting the main campus as part of their curricula, and so forth. Research several of these university programs and discuss the pros and cons of these efforts.
America Gov- http://www.america.gov/st/educ-english/2009/February/200902121044431CJsamohT7.622927e-02.html
Earth Times- http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/university-of-south-carolinas-moore,1025569.shtml
Earth Institute- http://www.earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2029
George Town- http://explore.georgetown.edu/news/?ID=31240
Limkokwing University- http:/Do a search for “global management teams”. Compare the services offered by the consulting firms that are profiled. How do they compare with the background provided in the text under “Global Management Teams” as far as meeting the needs of a truly global company? What are the resources these consultants bring to the table? Would you choose to hire a consultant or develop your own in-house IHRM team to work with your expatriates?
http://www.booz.com/
http://www.pwc.com/us/en/about-us/index.jhtml
http://www.accenture.com/
http://www.abeam.com/index.html
http://www.capgemini.com/
http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_GX/global/index.htm
http://www.bain.com/bainweb/home.asp
http://www.mckinsey.com/
http://www.bcg.com/
http://www.monitor.com/
http://www.mercer.com/home.htm/www.limkokwing.net/globalclassroom/
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