Brazil- Training Program Proposal Assignment | Homework for You

Background:

Holiday Villas owns more than 40 hotels throughout the United States. They recently acquired a small hotel chain in Brazil (6 hotels), with the objective of growing the organization globally and establishing an international presence.

Holiday Villas are family style rooms, typically two bedroom suites and a mini kitchen that cater to families on vacation who want to spend time in a low budget but well located area.

Most guests stay 3-7 nights, and most guest are families or groups. The hotels are typically located in cities with tourist attractions, near downtown locations that are easily accessible by mass transit.  

The organization has decided to use the acquisition of the hotels in Brazil as a pilot project and if all goes well, they will consider acquiring other hotel chains across Europe and South America. This is a strategic endeavor, so it is important that the organization finds an effective formula to operate successfully in the global arena.

The organization has never owned hotels outside the US before, and has hired you to provide consultation on how they should proceed.

Part 1 (Due at the end of Week 3)

This assignment allows you to demonstrate mastery of the course outcomes 3 and 4:

• Identify the key challenges and trends in the changing globalized workforce in order to implement effective human resource practices
• Analyze and assess global human resource policies, practices, and functions in order to meet an organization’s goals and objectives while maintaining the values and traditions of the local culture

You are part of the HR department. You supervisor asks you to write a memo to management that explains recruiting, selecting and staffing managers for the new hotels in Brazil. Some of the questions they would like to see addressed are:

1. What are the different sources of staffing and which one would be recommended for these new hotels? (home country or host country nationals)
2. Provide a job description for hotel managers.
3. What kind of selection process should be used? Justify.

Respond to the management with a memo. Respond to each question and give a suggestion on how the hotel should proceed.

Be sure to support your suggestions with both the literature and current facts or statisticsthat you research for this task, as well as information from the course. You should use atleast three sources from the class materials.

Part 2 (Due at the end of Week 5)

This assignment allows you to demonstrate mastery of course outcomes 2 and 4:

• Distinguish national and global culture and the impact they have on the globalized workforce in order to contribute to human resource practices across countries and cultures
• Analyze and assess global human resource policies, practices, and functions in order to meet an organization’s goals and objectives while maintaining the values and traditions of the local culture

The management team has now hired a manager for each hotel. The managers are PCNs (parent country nationals). Now they need to figure out how to develop a compensation plan that is aligned with the company’s compensation but also takes into consideration the host country’s financial situation. You are asked to:

1. Put together a compensation plan along with a balance sheet. Assume that the base salary of a manager in the U.S. is $7500 a month. You may need to do some additional research to find out what taxes are in Brazil, what is a typical housing allowance, and cost of living.

(Review the Balance Sheet Approach to Compensation in the course file “Global

Compensation” in week 5.)

1. List the top three benefits that should be offered to the expatriate. Explain why you chose these as the most important. Support your choice with literature.

Use at least three course resources for this assignment.

Part 3 (Due at the end of Week 7)

This assignment allows you to demonstrate mastery of the course outcomes 1 and 4:

• Demonstrate the inter-cultural competencies of an effective citizen
• Analyze and assess global human resource policies, practices, and functions in order to meet an organization’s goals and objectives while maintaining the values and traditions of the local culture

The organization has hired six hotel managers. The success of these managers is vital to ensure the success of the expansion into the international market.  You are asked to propose the content and format of a 5-day training program for the new managers. Typically, this will consist of some pre-departure training, as well as some in country training upon arrival.

Your task is to put together a proposal for the training program. Your proposal should include three sections:

1. Importance of Training. Explain why training is such a critical factor in expatriate success. Present an argument for this, using literature and statistics. See: “Learn to support your arguments” in week 7 readings.
2. Importance of Intercultural Competency. Describe intercultural competency and why it is important for these managers. How is intercultural competency developed?
3. Proposal for 5-day training. Create a 5 day training agenda. Choose five topics to focus the expatriate training on. Justify the selection of these topics with literature. Describe how each topic will be presented, practiced and assessed.

Use at least three course resources for this assignment.

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