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Essay Instructions: You have been asked to write a report comparing the benefits and difficulties between using of a homogenous team of employees from one country and heterogeneous team made up of people from different countries for the
purposes of managing a project in a multinational company.
Provide recommendations for how the difficulties can be overcome and for how team members’ contributions may be recognised and rewarded. Support your analysis and recommendations with reference to management literature and other relevant and reliable sources.
Report should take the style of a business report with an executive summary, introduction, separate recommendation section and a separate conclusion, followed by references.

Key words: homogenous team, heterogeneous team, team, multinational company, recognised and rewarded

Please don't use direct quotation, use journal articals as references, not unreliable website.
Since this report is about managing in multinational companies, please focus on the management theory and research.

Marking Criteria

Critical Analysis (60 Marks)
Demonstrated understanding key concepts & theories.
Issues clearly identified and analysed through the use of literature.
Directly engages theory and argument with the relevant literature on the topic.
Recommendations made and supported by sufficient research depth.
Conclusion clearly linked to concepts developed in the paper.

Research Depth (30 Marks)
Demonstrates evidence of planning and selection from appropriate sources to support issue analysis.
Adequate number of references used.Relevance of references cited
Quality of references cited with the prime source being academic journals.
All references in correct Harvard format within the essay and in the Reference List.

There are faxes for this order.

Essay Instructions: - Provide a brief background of the two countries (1 page)
- Compare and contrast their institutional structures (1-2 pages)
- Discuss (a) the similarities (b) the differences in strategic approaches the these structures impose on a multinational seeking to do business in these two countries (1-2 pages)
- Given the assessment of the intuitional structures in these two countries, discuss the relative attractiveness of these markets for domestic entrepreneurs, multinational companies and international investors (1to ½ pages)
- Pick a specific industry (finance, banking or insurance preferably) and discuss the extent and manner in which this firm will need to localize its operations to succeed within these two countries (2-3 pages).
- Provide a certain level of intellectual sophistication in the analysis.
- Provide primary data along with properly referenced sources
- Support analysis with quantitative and qualitative evidence.

Essay Instructions: outline and evaluate the limitations of conceptualising and applying the culture concept in effectively establishing and developing overseas subsidiaries.
Draw upon a country and/or coroprate case study with which you are familiar in your answer.

Some helpful texts are:
T Edwards and C Rees (2006) International Human Resource Management:
Globalization, National Systems and Multinational Companies, FT/Prentice Hall
A-W Harzing and J Van Roosevelt eds (2004) International Human Resource Management, Sage
M Ozbilgin (2005) International Human Resource Management, Palgrave
H Scullion and M Lineman eds (2005) International Human Resource Management: A Critical Text, Palgrave

Essay Instructions: Visit the EEOC Web site, http://www.eeoc.gov/ and describe its role as an intermediary between employees and employers.

* Discuss the EEOC's investigative efforts once a complaint is filed. How does this preclude or assist in a complaint going to court?

* Determine the extent of the EEOC's reach in handling complaints that stem from foreign soil in multinational employers. Does the EEOC equally represent both foreign nationals and expatriates? What impact does this have on the equitable treatment of all employees in multinational companies?

* How will continued globalization make the EEOC's job more complex and the effort for equal treatment more difficult?