In a world with such immediate changes and where internationalization is growing every day, good human resource management will be essential for companies that wish to project abroad, to succeed in foreign markets.
Globalization, openness, unification, are terms referring to the new world order that has been presenting itself with great force in recent years. The companies have been a fundamental part of these events and do not remain oblivious to the internationalization that has been occurring in every sense.
For this reason, we will dedicate this article to present an overview of the new challenges that human resource management faces and how they should be faced, in a world where globalization, not only of companies, is latent.
When a company decides to expand internationally, it must follow the same steps it did when incorporating its local staff, but with greater care and taking into account certain requirements that are fundamental to the success of the new project.
For example, when training a manager who is going to take over the company in a certain country, he should be prepared in terms of the customs he will find, the language he will speak, the living conditions he will find and everything related how to adapt himself and his family to the new lifestyle he will find.
For this reason, the company must make a rigorous selection taking into account not only the technical knowledge, but the adaptability that an employee may have. The experience acquired (work, education, language) is also important, as most companies look for candidates who have performed very well in similar positions in other parts of the world, to take responsibility for the new challenge.
But… how to train employees so that they succeed abroad? As a first step, they should be prepared so that the impact of cultural differences does not affect the success of the business. Second, your attitudes and goals, whether good or bad, and how they will influence your future behavior, should be evaluated.
As a third step, the employee is given all the information regarding the destination country and finally, skills such as language and some adaptation and adjustment skills are strengthened to the new job site.
Another point of great importance is the one that has to do with compensation to managers or employees abroad. Because working in Japan is not the same as working in Israel, whose living costs are very different and the remuneration must be in accordance with this item, either with greater incentives or a better salary.
Training employees who go abroad in the best way and knowing in advance the challenges to face is essential for the success of a company abroad.
We have already discussed the steps that a company must follow so that its employees can be successful abroad, that is, how it should be selected, trained and compensated given the new challenges they will face. However, there are other factors to take into account such as the notable differences in terms of legal systems, the availability of labor, etc., that exist in the countries.
For example, if a company is established in a certain country where there are no holidays and locally it is used to having 10, or in a country where employee participation is required to work and locally participation is not mandatory, they should be adapted the policies and procedures of the country reached.
For this, advice may be needed through foreign workers in the company, to achieve a perfect congruence between what is wanted and what is being lived.
As a final conclusion, it can be affirmed that the adventure of looking for new directions will always bring challenges. The best thing, therefore, is to prepare in the best way and fully adapt to the new specifications that are in this difficult but exciting way.
