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Gap Analysis : Riordan

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Gap Analysis : Riordan

Riordan Manufacturing is a global plastics manufacturer . The company was founded in 1991 by Dr . Michael Riordan , the CEO of the company Riordan Manufacturing has its facilities in USA and Hangzhou ,China . Over the past year , the Chinese facility has prospered and the CEO , Dr Riordan has decided to look at opportunities for the company to expand the facility in order to provide additional components internationally He even looked at the

additional production facility around the existing facility . The company has acquired a production facility that would fit Riordan 's needs . The new facility has been retooled , inspected , and is in compliance with all existing licensing for the local regulatory bodies . The only missing piece to the expansion is a personnel management plan . The manufacturing industry was facing too much competition and there was shortage of Chinese skilled labor . In china it is difficult to find qualified people , and when a multinational does and then invests money in training these individuals , it is common to find them leaving for jobs with other companies (Hodgetts ?Luthans ?Doh 2005

Therefore the existing plant has had trouble filling vacancies . To compensate this , the company had found some have found some Indian Pakistani , and Korean workers to supplement the Chinese staff . However this may surface some cross-cultural issues such as divergent thinking difference in attitude , behavior and personal and social preferences Culture can affect technology transfer...