11.11 Exercises/Activities for Teachers and Students
Exercises
- What PEST considerations would a global company make related to Covid19 during the pandemic? Moving out of the pandemic? Discuss in small group.
- What do you think HR Managers would need to consider if the company was opening a satellite operation in Mexico? Egypt? New Zealand? Thailand? Discuss in small group.
- What needs to be considered by the company when they move from a domestic company to a multinational company? A transactional company? Work with a partner.
- Tim Horton’s has expanded into the United States. As the HR Manager would you hire American or Canadian managers? Why make the choice you made? Work with a partner.
- A spouse/partner plays a big role in whether an expatriate will take an assignment overseas. What supports could you offer the spouse/partner to support the success of the assignment? Work with a partner.
- Discuss all the steps you would take to ensure a successful overseas assignment with a team of managers who are going to work in China for 2 years? Discuss in small group.
- Have you experienced culture shock as an expat? As a student? If you have, share your experience with another student. (teacher will need to decide who has experienced culture shock and pair students accordingly.) Work with a small group. As a follow up, teacher asks the domestic students what they learned from the foreign student. Individual.
- If the wages are higher in England that they are in Canada, should the employee be asked to maintain the same wage? Complete some research on the economy, wages, benefits in England. Compare them to Canada. Rationalize your decision. Work with a partner. Discuss in a small group.
- Discuss the challenges of performance appraisals for expats? Brainstorm in large group.
- Review international unions. Name some of them. Why is it important that international unions be present for employees? Or, why they should not exist? Work with a partner.
- Case Study: Refer to American Factory. Have students watch the Netflix movie. Answer the questions in the Case Study. Work in small group.
