Assignment Questions/Tasks
Assume that you are the manager of a particular Australian firm(Select a popular Australian Company for case study) which has branches all over the world. You are assigned a task to prepare a group of employees for a short-term global assignment to Malaysia. Your task is to prepare them for the assignment and to lead and manage them from your office in Sydney while they are in Malaysia.
As a global manager: (Please you must address each Question specifically and logically)
1. What are the challenges of working and living globally and how are you going to prepare your team for the assignment?
2. What strategies would you implement to ensure smooth settlement of your team in the new country?
3. How do you keep them motivated and engaged while they are away from home?
4. As they are on a short-term assignment and they will return to their home country by the end of the year, what important aspects of repatriation should you consider and how would you manage the returning expatriates?
Your must provide answers to each question using relevant theories and concepts from the textbook(Steers, R.M., Nardon, L. & SanchesRunde, C.J. 2017. Management Across Cultures: Developing global competencies, (3rd Australasian ed). and other reliable sources. You are also expected to provide critical analysis, discussion and sound arguments using reliable and relevant sources.
Very Important Notes!
Writing must be readable with correct English Language and grammar (coherent and logical)
You must use Harvard referencing style for in-text citations and reference list(English reference only)
Turning plagiarism check (Must not be less than 8 0r 10% and must not exceed 18 %)