Coca$-$Cola manages its global operations through $25$ operating divisions that are organized undersix regional groups: North America, the European Union, the Pacific Region, the east Europe$/$Middle BEast Group, Africa and Latin America. The corporate human resource management $($HRM$)$ functionAis charged with providing the glue that binds these various divisions and groups into the Coca$-$Colafamily. The corporate HRM function achieves this in two main ways: $(1)$ by propagating a commonhuman resources philosophy within the company, and $(2)$ by developing