Cultural Dimensions_An Overseas Assignment

Company XYZ, based in New York City, has operations throughout the world and their HRM team knows the importance of preparing employees for overseas assignments.

Cover the basic elements of a training and development program that XYZ should give to their employees being transitioned to France for a two year assignment.

Essay Content/Development 90/90:
Address the international assignment preparation methods on page 395.
Rank the various approaches and consider the top three elements that you would tie into a
training program.

Be very specific about the training/development methodology to best prepare the employee for
this assignment.

Consider how you will evaluate the program’s success.
How could the company address the possibility of reverse culture shock?

Mechanics 10/10
Use proper spelling/grammar/mechanics
Tie in an APA citation referencing your research. Refer to the OWL Purdue website for
guidelines.

Double-spaced, target a minimum of two to three complete pages of
information (you can tie in research to add depth).