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Ongoing Semester Case Study - Businessville Hotel.
The manager of the Beijing Businessville Hotel is leaving to be the manager of a new hotel elsewhere. Around the World Hotels, the parent company of Beijing Businessville Hotel decides to send one of its very successful managers from Australia to China to manage the Beijing Businessville Hotel.
Your role is to train the new manager so you will need to formulate an information sheet for that person. You might like to consider which aspects of Chinese life and culture will be different from that in Australia, what the company can do to ensure that the new manager makes a successful transition, what training will need to be supplied
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What are the forces toward Convergence in labour systems around the world? What are the forces against convergence? What do you predict the system will be like in 10 years?
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Facilitation Case Study.
Consider the case study ‘Avon in Global Markets in 2007: Managing and Developing a Global Workforce' on page 393 of your textbook and prepare discussion points for questions
1. Evaluate Avon's operation in global markets regarding the use of international cadre development and building company associates and independent representatives.
2. In the coming years, Avon future global expansion is contingent on hiring and retaining the best workforce and salespeople in global markets. what training and cross-cultural practices would you recommended to the company to deal with this area?
3. What is the role of IT in Avon's markets, in particular in developing area? What are the implications for the training its representatives?
4. What do you think are Avon's prospects in India, given that the capita spending on beauty there is only $1, compared to between $100 and $200 in developed markets?