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Chapter 12 Global human resources management

(1) What are the relative advantages and disadvantages of having a high proportion of global managers
to local ones?
(2) What are the main difficulties that expatriate managers are confronted with when assigned to an
emerging country?
(3) What are the main problems of short expatriate assignments?
(4) One of the main problems global firms are confronted with in countries such as China is the turnover
of local managers. How can this be prevented?
(5) What will be the key content of a management programme designed to train managers to become
‘country managers’?