Local and Expatriate employees, Human Resource Management
Organizations constitute people of diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds. These people have to work together in order to fulfill the organization's goals. Human Resource Management, HRM describes the management of the workforce in the organization. It is accountable for selection, assessment, rewarding, and training of employees. HRM also oversees organizational culture and leadership styles. This ensures that all organizational members function as a team in order to achieve maximum benefits and returns. In addition, HRM ensures that the organizational policies and structures are in conformity with labor and employment laws in the country. This paper identifies and assesses one challenging aspect of HRM in the Water and Electricity Company.
HRM in the Water and Electricity Company Initially, human resource only involved transactions work such as benefits and payroll administration as ways of increasing business value. However, due to current company consolidations, globalization, and technological developments, it now involves strategic initiatives such as succession planning or mergers and acquisitions. In multinational corporations, like Water and Electricity Company, HR aims at ensuring the availability of affordable and quality water and electricity services to members of the public as well as safeguarding the ecological functions of water resources at all times.
[...] These factors have to be taken into account together in order to formulate the best selection criteria. On the other hand, research shows that expatriate problems are mainly caused by errors in selection. Most MNC's choose their expatriates based on technical competence only. However, other interpersonal factors are also important. For instance, Harris (2007) found out that interpersonal factors aid in the cultural adaptation of an expatriate. Over the past decade, other selection characteristics have been identified as dictators of expatriate success. They include managerial skills, technical ability, emotional stability, diplomacy, maturity, and cultural empathy. [...]
[...] Hence, multinational organizations such as the water and electricity company should look at these factors and decide the appropriate strategy to follow. Nonetheless, good expatriate workers are those who merge with local employees and bring out desirable returns. References Hall, P. (2010). Advantages and disadvantages of using local and expatriate employees to staff international subsidiaries. London, UK: SAGE Harris, H & Brewster, C. (2007). International HRM: Contemporary issues in Europe, New York: Routledge Hendry, C. (2012). Human Resource Management, New York: Routledge Hutchings, K., & De, C. H. [...]
[...] However, the most important aspect is consistency. Inconsistent policies discourage the motivation, retention, and performance of employees. First, there is consistency regarding each employee. This reflects whether workers experience differing HR elements like promotion, compensation, and appraisal as conflicting or complementary. Besides, research shows that HRM becomes useless when workers experience these practices as an unpredictable combination of policies due to poor design of management priorities. Second, there is consistency regarding the overall employees. This refers to whether workers in similar roles but different units or departments feel that they are receiving fair treatment. [...]
[...] On the other hand, the expatriate engineers have a disincentive effect on locally-managerial motivation. This is because local talent, in the area, may not yet be able to deliver as much value as expatriates can. Another reason for use of expatriate engineers may be to make it easier to balance local demands and global priorities. Through experience at the parent company, expatriates offer a multinational motivation towards the employees. However, their availability makes it easier for the HR manager to implement local decisions such as layoffs. [...]
[...] Local and Expatriate employees in Human Resource Management Local and Expatriate employees in Human Resource Management Introduction Organizations constitute people of diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds. These people have to work together in order to fulfill the organization's goals. Human Resource Management, HRM describes the management of the workforce in the organization. It is accountable for selection, assessment, rewarding, and training of employees. HRM also oversees organizational culture and leadership styles. This ensures that all organizational members function as a team in order to achieve maximum benefits and returns. [...]
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