n your Studies for this week, you read Donna Chamberlain$$s $2013$ article, $$Overseas Work Assignments,$$ which explores areas beyond compensation that can be used to entice an employee to accept an overseas assignment. You have also been reading about Hofstede$$s cultural model and about the complexities of managing an international team.

Use the theories and methods described in at least one of the readings for this week to identify the factors that would be most important to anticipate when preparing an employee for an overseas assignment. Justify why you selected this factor. What gaps still exist that need to be researched to make the use of this factor more effective?

Recall your change management readings from Week $6,$ as well, as you complete this assignment. Any move to a new location is changed. When this means adapting to an entirely new culture, the change is often amplified.

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies:

Analyze the social and economic events that impact HR roles and practices in the global workforce of the $21$st century.

Assess the historical context that has shaped the current practice of HRM and the theories and models that have evolved to support these practices.

Integrate relevant theory and best practices to design HRM strategies that foster an innovative, creative workplace, given the $21$st$-$century challenges.

Analyze the shifting role of human resources in today's organization and the impact of changing competency models on this role.

Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the business professions.

Assignment Instructions

Note: In all of your responses for this assignment, support your ideas with references to course readings and$/$or your own research.

Choose a country where a U$.$S$.-$based company might choose to relocate an employee. Address the following, based on the cultural profile of the country you have chosen:

Use the theories and methods described in at least one of the readings for this week to identify the most important factor to anticipate when preparing an employee for an overseas assignment to the country of your choice. Justify why you selected this factor as a key one to anticipate.

Distinguished score: In your analysis, account for what HRM professionals can realistically do in this scenario.

Select two models have you studied$$in this course or elsewhere$$that you would recommend for HR professionals in this scenario. Compare and contrast how these models would impact this process.

Distinguished score: Account for what HRM professionals can realistically do in this scenario.

What gaps still exist that need to be researched to make the use of this factor more effective?

Distinguished score: Identify ways that the HRM field can draw upon research provided by scholars in other disciplines.

Over the past decade to the present, describe changes to employee relocation processes. Considering these changes, how should an HR professional's role be envisioned for the future with respect to employee relocation overseas? $($Include citations to literature from previous to current.$)$

Distinguished score: Use at least two pieces of literature to support your answer.

In responding to the above, be sure to incorporate at least two scholarly sources that you found in your own independent research.