International Labor Relations

 

 INTERNATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS   - 

Field that emphasizes skills managers and union leaders can use to minimize costly forms of conflict (such as strikes) and seek win -win solutions to disagreements. 

 MANAGING EXPATRIATES   EXPATRIATES - employees

SELECTING

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assigned to work in another country.

AN EXPATRIATE MANAGERS  

Determining which individuals in the organization are most capable of handling an assignment in another country.

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TOPICS FOR ASSESSING CANDIDATES FOR OVERSEAS ASSIGNMENTS :

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Motivation

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Health

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Language Ability

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Family Considerations

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Resourcefulness and Initiative

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Adaptability

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Career planning

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Financial

PREPARING EXPATRIATES  

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Employers prepare managers for international assignments and for their return retur n home.

MANAGING

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EXPATRIATES ’ PERFORMANCE  

Performance management of expatriates requires clear c lear goals for the overseas assignment and frequent evaluation of whether an expatriate employee is on track to meet those goals.

COMPENSATING

EXPATRIATES 

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Determining the compensation package.

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t he same standard of living as Adjusts the manager’s compensation so that it gives the manager the in the home country plus extra pay for the inconvenience of locating overseas.

HELPING

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EXPATRIATES RETURN HOME  

Repatriation- the process of preparing expatriates to return home from a foreign assignment.

 

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TWO

ACTIVITIES THAT HELP THE PROCESS OF REPATRIATION 

 – refers to the expatriate   Communication  –

receiving information and recognizing

changes while abroad.   Validation  –

means giving the expatriate recognition for the overseas service when this

person returns home.