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Orienting Employees to Overseas Projects

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Orienting Employees to Overseas Projects

An international approach may provide a lot of challenges for the employee and would also be an important motivational element in the career development of the employee . In the past , there were several inconsistencies in the manner in which these individuals were trained for undertaking international assignments . These left the expatriates with insufficient knowledge and skills to handle and left them feeling not very confident . An employee who is given such international

br assignments needs to develop enough skills , knowledge and competencies to handle an international project . It has been strongly felt that all training programs meant for taking on international assignments need to assess the functioning and provide feedback than more frequently provided within an organization . Often an individual may not be culturally competent and is at a high risk of developing culture shock The individual needs to be thoroughly trained in such aspects . Often a rapport is build not only through learning new languages but also non-verbal means of communications and having an idea of the traditions beliefs , values , practices and attitudes of the new culture into which such assignments would be placed (Dunbar , 1993

In several multinational corporations , there is an increasing need for personnel to work in abroad nations for international projects . This has increased significantly during the last 20 years . This has rebounded in the organization having training sessions to handle cultural issues and ensure that the employees are able to...

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