INTERNATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS

Field that emphasizes skills managers and union leaders can use to minimize costly forms of conflict (such as strikes) and seek win-win solutions to disagreements.

MANAGING EXPATRIATES
EXPATRIATES- employees assigned to work in another country.

SELECTING AN EXPATRIATE MANAGERS

Determining which individuals in the organization are most capable of handling an assignment in another country. TOPICS FOR ASSESSING CANDIDATES FOR OVERSEAS ASSIGNMENTS : Motivation Health Language Ability Family Considerations Resourcefulness and Initiative Adaptability Career planning Financial

PREPARING EXPATRIATES
Employers prepare managers for international assignments and for their return home.

MANAGING EXPATRIATES PERFORMANCE

Performance management of expatriates requires clear goals for the overseas assignment and frequent evaluation of whether an expatriate employee is on track to meet those goals.

COMPENSATING EXPATRIATES
Determining the compensation package. Adjusts the managers compensation so that it gives the manager the same standard of living as in the home country plus extra pay for the inconvenience of locating overseas.

HELPING EXPATRIATES RETURN HOME

Repatriation- the process of preparing expatriates to return home from a foreign assignment.

TWO ACTIVITIES THAT HELP THE PROCESS OF REPATRIATION

Communication refers to the expatriate receiving information and recognizing changes while abroad. Validation means giving the expatriate recognition for the overseas service when this person returns home.