What are the main difficulties faced by multinational firms in developing their international managers? Suggest how management should respond.

Title: What are the main difficulties faced by multinational firms in developing their international managers? Suggest how management should respond.
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What are the main difficulties faced by multinational firms in developing their international managers? Suggest how management should respond.

'Currently, the topic of human resource management (HRM) has become one of the most documented in the management literature'. (Schuler & Jackson, 1999). Moreover, the increased level of globalisation and internationalisation of business, the growth of new markets, such as in Eastern Europe, China, India, South East Asia, and Latin America, and an increased level of competition among firms at both national and international level has resulted in an increase in comparative HRM studies. (Budhwar &…showed first 75 words of 2121 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 2121 total…International Human Resource Management, London: International Thomson Publishing Europe Scarborough, J. (1998), 'Comparing Chinese and Western Culture Roots: Why East is East', Business Horizons, November-December 1998, p 15-24. Schuler, R. S., & Jackson, S. E. (1999), Strategic human resource management, London: Blackwell. Verburg, R., (1996), 'Developing HRM in Foreign-Chinese Joint Ventures', European Management Journal, vol.14, no.5, Great Britain: Elsevier Science Ltd, p518-525 Warner, M. (1993) 'Human Resource Management with Chinese Characteristics', International Journal of Human Resource Management, vol.4, no.1, p45-65.

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