When considering what goals the HR team has that are critical to Starbucks’ …show more content…
For starters, it is vital to understand the general environment of the country that the expansion is going to take place in. Cultural values measuring the distance between cultures should be evaluated and considered before expansion takes place. Challenges between expat managers and the local workforce should be understood and planned for. HR must be able to enter into strategic development of international businesses and be able to produce highly productive labor forces. Before expansion into a region occurs regional HR policies must be established and regional executives, strategic planners and line managers must be ready to apply the policies as the establishment of new outlets occurs (Chitakornkijsil, 2009).
When considering a country to expand into there are five considerations that should be answered. First the general environment of the country should be considered. As the text iterated, the impact on an organization of a country’s general environment tends to effect all organizations similarly. The distances of culture values, the economics, the diversities that exist in a culture all have an effect upon an organization being established there (Bernardin & Russell,