Colorado State University HR Training and Strategy Discussion

You are an executive at the Society for Human Resource Management. A large national corporate software company has decided to open a manufacturing facility in China. The organization has conducted preliminary research and realizes they have many issues to managing human resources in the international realm, and they have decided to hire SHRM to put together a training session for their human resource team.

Your assignment is to create a PowerPoint presentation to help educate the firm’s human resource professionals on how best to perform their duties as human resource managers in another country. In that capacity, address the following questions in the PowerPoint presentation. Remember to put the discussion in context so that it relates to the manufacturing industry.

• Globalization and Your Organization: Discuss how globalization has impacted the manufacturing industry. Specifically, explain why it is likely that a manufacturing-based company would benefit from entering/expanding into a new market.

• Cultural Differences: As we have learned throughout this course, cultural differences are one of the major challenges facing international human resource professionals. Provide an in-depth discussion of the various cultural challenges, both domestic and foreign, that HR will encounter. Ensure that you address this question in regard to opening a location in China in the manufacturing industry. Then describe how these challenges will be faced and overcome. Make sure to provide specific examples that are relevant to China and the manufacturing industry.

• Management Strategy: Based on what you have learned throughout the course, discuss how you would manage employees from China differently than those in the domestic country (e.g., the United States). Additionally, explain how technological innovations would allow you to more effectively manage the workforce. Importantly, you should propose 3 to 4 specific strategies that an international human resource manager should adopt to better manage employees working in China.

• Tools: Finally, select 2 to 3 tools or strategies that you learned about in this class (i.e., compensation, evaluations, etc.) that will assist you in better managing human resources in the international arena. Specifically explain how those tools can allow a human resource professional to better perform their responsibilities.

Your rough draft must:

• Be 3 or 4 pages in length.
• Include most of the required project components plus a working references page (at the least) in addition to the 3- to 4-page outline.
• Conform to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements (Links to an external site.).
• If you have questions regarding APA formatting, this is a perfect opportunity to receive feedback and assistance from your instructor!

Submit your rough draft paper for approval by your instructor. Review the requirements for the Portfolio Project, which is worth one-third of your course grade, in the Module 8 folder. Also take a look at the Portfolio Project Assignment and Rubric, located in the Module 8 folder, to ensure that you are working toward fulfilling the requirements of the final project.