31 Aug regional analysis paper
Regional Analysis Paper Project
A. Select a region of the world . Within your region, select three or four countries. For each country, select a target city to use in your analysis. The following is a list of the seven regions you can choose from:
- Middle East (for example, cities in Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia)
- Asia I (for example, cities in India, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia)
- Asia II (for example, cities in Japan, Korea, China)
- West Europe (for example, cities in France, Germany, Sweden, UK)
- Eastern Europe (for example, cities in Poland, Bulgaria, Russia)
- Africa (for example, cities in Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa)
- Central and South America (for example, cities in Brazil, Chile, Cuba)
B. Now, imagine that your director asked you to compare and contrast a few city locations within a given geographic region. You will need to gather this information and present it to the executive committee of your company regarding the pros and cons of each location from the perspective of this course. That is, you will be doing a comparative HR/International Management analysis for each city. Ultimately, you will want to put forth its recommendation for a “recommended city”within the region.
C. Select one of the following scenarios as a point of reference to do this comparative analysis.
Scenario I: Your company is interested in opening a regional headquarters in this geographic region. This regional HQ will need to contain the regional management/administrative functions, regional sales and marketing, and other staff functions. There will likely be some expatriates from HG, third country nationals, and local nationals working from the same location. Fill in some details about your hypothetical organization to make the presentation more interesting and more relevant.
Scenario II: Your company is looking for a location for a new production facility in your geographic region. This production facility will hire many local workers for all aspects of the facility (e.g., production, supervision, shipping, and other line functions). There may be a few (but not too many) traditional expatriates. Fill in some details about your hypothetical organization to make the presentation more interesting and more relevant.
C. Make sure that you state clearly the scenario that you have chosen and any relevant details, such as the type of company and the type of products or services the company sells. The focus of the assignment is how the management of your human talent will affect the ability to be successful in that region.
The following is a list of possible issues you will need to discuss for a thorough analysis. These are only suggestions. You probably will not be able to cover everything. It is your prerogative to present the issues you believe are most relevant for the given region. Basically, you are asked to give you Senior Management Team a well-justified decision regarding the location you have selected from an HR/International Management perspective.
- Analysis of need/availability of talent (host-country, parent-country, or third country nationals)
- Legal obligations and concerns affecting HR and Labor Relations
- Flexibility of the wage bill (ability to adjust hours and ability to adjust headcount)
- Labor and management relations
- Competence of workforce (education/training)
- Turnover rates
- Medical and health systems
- Technological infrastructure, telecommunications
- Cultural dimensions – how do they affect the functioning of the location
- The way organizations are structured in the country
- Nepotism
- Ethical concerns regarding hiring, child labor, bribery, etc.
- Salary levels expected by host-country nationals
- Compensation and reward system
- Availability of housing, schools, etc. for expatriate’s language
- Religion and level of orthodoxy
- Other norms of the business community (e.g., greetings, meetings)
- Women in business
- Grading of Assignment: Be creative, thorough, and convincing with regard to your facts and findings. Your grade will be based on the content, organization, and the written APA delivery of your work.
- Prepare a 10–15-page report of your analysis. The report has to include:
— an introduction that states clearly the scenario of your project, and relevant details, and a rationale for your choice of cities.
— the main body of your report should compare and contrast the cities that you have chosen to analyze.
— your report should conclude with a convincing recommendation for one of the cities.
— the report should be well written and clearly organized.
— please use appropriate headings to structure your report in a meaningful way.
— the report must be double-spaced with 1-inch margin on all sides.
- I will grade the report based on how well you address the requirements for the report as described in the previous paragraph.
- Grading for the RAP:
- Written report length 20 %
- APA format, style, grammar, appropriate headings, references 20%
- Introduction, details, analysis and rationale 30%
- Recommendation 20%
- Individual team members contribution to the project 10%
