Management of Human Resources (MGT 522)Cohort 9January 29, 2011

Comprehensive Cases

Google

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What sorts of factors do you think Google will have to take into considerationas it tries transferring its culture and reward systems and way of doingbusiness to its operations abroad?

As the company grows internationally, it also faces the considerable challenge of recruiting and building staff overseas.From my point of view, in Google trying to transfer its culture, reward systems and wayof doing business to its operation abroad, they have to take into consideration towcategories of employees.A.

Employees or the members of abroad branch.

A company like Google that has beneficiated for a great heterogeneity, cultural, racial,religious, etc., in its U.S. locations, and where the spirit of democracy is a constant, canbe surprising in dealing with the homogeneity presented in many countries, includingEurope and Asia. Even in EU countries members have different policies in terms of remuneration of employees, contracts of employment, vacation days, sick days, firing,laying, labor protection, work condition, work time, etc.-

Cultural factors

, the basic of values their citizens share, and in the ways these valuesmanifest themselves in the nation’s arts, social programs, politics and way to doingthings. S.Mayson & R. Barret afirm in 2007 that the cultural differences influencehuman resources policies and practices.-

Legal and political factors.

Legal factors are determinate in order to start and run alegal business and investment abroad the country of origin where business succeeded.

Co-determination

is the legal practice of employees to influence the company policythrough their elected representatives. Political factors usually translated in togovernmental politics, can influence labor regulation and other main businessconditions.-

Economic systems

also required to adapt HR practice (ex.: hourly compensation,costs of leaving, etc.)

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Managerial positions,

the person or persons who have as objective the implementationof the above.With Google expanding in the countries on different continents, will be faced with moreproblems and they send people in those places to set up business.