Suppose you and your teammates have been tasked by a Japanese global manufacturing corporation to organize the recruitment of employees for a major vehicle manufacturing and assembly plant in the emerging market of North Macedonia. The landlocked, Eastern European country has a population of 1.8 million and is strategically situated close to other emerging markets. It hopes to join the EU.
1. What type of staffing policy would you recommend for the Japanese corporation:
ethnocentric, polycentric, geocentric, or a combination of the three? Explain your recommendation.
2. The corporation intends to use traditional and effective Japanese management techniques and production processes. What advice would you give the HR department in terms of training and development?
3. North Macedonia has very active and somewhat volatile trade unions. What advice would you give the Japanese corporation to establish cooperative relations with the unions from the outset?