managing the global workforce. challenges and strategies

Globalization Strategies : An Overview

Services required by the customers nowadays are services that are quicker , greater , and of course , cheaper . Because of these stringent requirements , most companies have resorted to globalizing their workforce . Educated and talented individuals found globally , who offer cheaper labor cost , are able to produce high quality results and fast delivery . This fact helps companies expand and at the same time enhance their lines of business . Workforce globalization does have a lot of advantage , but there are of course challenges to look into . The challenges of deployment , knowledge

and innovation dissemination , and talent identification and development can be met by practicing strategies developed specifically for them . I will be discussing these and the ways of diagnosing the challenges that come with these strategies

An Awareness Building Assignment is a globalization strategy that aims to broaden the outlook of the assigned employee culturally , also to expose the employee to organizational diversity . This strategy can be considered a fruitful experience between the company and its outsourced workforce . Here both parties can learn from each other for the improvement of products and services . One good example of this would be in an outsourced call center , where a number of employees are sent overseas to share technical expertise and establish the business in a specific country . These employees are assigned overseas for a few months up to a couple of years and are expected not only to have the technical competence in the job , but also to have the ability to be accepted by people (who are of different culture ) in the new location Basically , an employee assigned overseas should have an open mind and have utmost respect for the different cultures that employee would encounter or work with . Awareness Building assignments are tests to determine whether the specific employee would be able to see beyond cultural differences

be able to add value to any part of the organization , and most importantly , be able to perform efficiently in a global organization

Swat Teams , another globalization strategy , refers to a team of experts that are formed to investigate on a specific problem , then provide /implement solutions to solve the problems . When we hear the term SWAT ' we normally think of police officers who go undercover to get information on illegal operations and immediately arrest people involved once proven . Technically , the Swat team strategy in Human Resources is based on the SWAT concept of police organizations . Swat teams are sent overseas with a normal duration of 3 months . They can be likened to I .T . specialists (whom you call whenever your PC at work has problems ) whose main job is to troubleshoot what causes system malfunction , after which , fix the problem for you to be able to use the PC for work . A good thing about the SWAT team strategy is that the company recognizes the specializations of each and every member of the organization . The employees on the other hand , get to enhance their skills more in their particular field of specialization...