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Global HRM

Notes short period of time is difficult it was also important in supporting students to grasp the
cultural shift that would be required to operate successfully in a 5 star hotel in the Malaysian
capital.
Question
What was the motive of Gold Coast Institute in providing the pre-departure training to
students?

Source:http://www.studyoverseas.gov.au/vetmobility/documents/8.2.1WorkingwithaService
ProviderforPre-departureTrainingCaseStudy.pdf

Self Assessment

Fill in the blanks:
13. A technique used to develop larger pools of employees with ……….. experience is through
short-term development assignment.

14. International ……….. is also a well-established technique for developing multinational
teams and international operators.
15. ……….. learning approach is bound up with the process of management and everyone in
the organisation should be engaged in learning.

7.4 Summary

 Training refers to the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and competencies as a result of the
teaching of vocational or practical skills and knowledge that relate to specific useful
competencies.

 Today, more and more companies are spending substantial amounts of money on training
and development of their employees to attain long-term organisational goals.
 MNCs take great pains to select the right persons and provide them with appropriate
training before their departure as well as on arrival in a particular country.
 Effective cultural training enables individuals to adjust more rapidly to the new culture.
 Expatriate manger has to work in a different cultural if he is handling the international
assignment.
 Cross-cultural requirements and training has to be provided to the expatriates.
 A better understanding of the cultural diversity is needed to be understood by expatriate.

 Expatriate managers can match their attitude, managerial style with the host country
culture, more effective they are in international assignments.
 Proper training has to be provided so as to reduce the cultural dissonance feeling among
the expatriates.
 Foreign assignments are an important mechanism for developing international expertise
–for both management and organisational development.

7.5 Keywords

Analytical Style Manager: He is systematic and logical and makes decision rationally.

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