2

Align human resource systems with business strategies.

Impactful Changes to the Global Environment

An organization hired you because they are planning to do business in one of the countries listed in Table 15.2., which means their business environment will be changing. Based on your answers to the questions above on the impact of changes in the business environment, answer the questions below.

• Which of those countries fascinates you the most and why?
• According to the information in that table, what are the key cultural differences between the United States and the country you chose?
• In your chosen country, how effective do you think each of the following practices will be and why?
• Extensive assessment of individual abilities for selection
• Individually based appraisal systems
• Suggestion systems
• Self-managing work teams

Table 15.2

Table 15.2 Cultural Dimension Scores for 10 Countries aPD= power distance; ID= individualism; MA = masculinity; UA= uncertainty avoidance; LT = Iong-term orientation. bH= top third; M= medium third; L= bottom third (among 53 countries and regions for the first four dimensions; among 23 countries for the fifth). C Estimated