Contents

• What are the major challenges related to a strategic approach to expatriate management?
• Managing the overall family situation
• Managing Expatriate Spouses
• Ensuring comprehensive support systems
• Ensuring HR involvement from the planning stage onward
• Establishing policies and ensuring / tracking compliance
• Candidate selection for international assignments
• Measuring candidate performance for expatriates
• Career planning for expatriates
• Involvement of the host office in expatriate assimilation
• Financial impact of success / failure of expatriate management
• Training of candidates for international assignments
• Ensuring successful repatriation
• Succession and HR planning
• How might you address those challenges and also measure the success or otherwise of your suggestions?
• References

Description

Business is no longer limited by national boundaries. The majority of the world's large corporations perform a significant portion of their activities now outside their home countries. As many firms continue to establish and strengthen their presence overseas, they are also experiencing high failure rates among their international managers. According to a number of studies, the rate of failure among American expatriates for example ranges from 25 percent to 40 percent depending on the location of assignment (Maali H. Ashamalla, 1998). This high rate of failure is caused by the numerous challenges faced in expatriate management.