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An overview of Brunt
Hotels PLC
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©SHRM 2007
PCNs, HCNs or Both?
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A combination
Advantages Disadvantages
Familiarity with the parent Difficulties in adapting to
organisation’s goals, the foreign language and the
objectivities, policies and socioeconomic, political,
practices cultural and legal
environment
Technical and managerial Excessive costs involved in
competence selecting and developing
expatriate managers
Effective liaison and Family adjustment problems
communication with parent
country staff ©SHRM 2007
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Advantages Disadvantages
Familiarity with the Difficulties in exercising
socioeconomic,
Lower political
costs incurred in and Communication
effective control difficulties
over the
legal
hiringenvironment
staff
Provides and with
in comparison
opportunities for to subsidiary's
in dealing
Lack operation
with the parent
of opportunities for the
business
PCNs andpractices
advancement
Responds TCNs in the
and promotion
effectively host home
to the companycountry’s
country
to local
host nationals
country’s and
demands internationals to gain
increases their commitment international and cross
and motivation cultural experiences
Key issues in dealing with
expatriates
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Recruiting expatriates
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Topics for selection
activities
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Why do expatriates fail?
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