Expatriate Selection and Training: A Brief Introduction

Human Resource Management is an essential part of a company?s organisational structure, moreover, with the impact of recent trends, it has become a major power in dealing with the workforce on one hand and the competitors on the other. Key terms like "Internationalisation" or "Globalisation" influence the economic world thus multinational enterprises have to adapt their strategies, resulting in worldwide business tactics. Here, expatriates tribute a lot to the success or downfall of an organisation?s internationalisation process which is why the focus of this work lies on the proper selection and training of these valuable human assets. Unfortunately, too many enterprises still lack a good expatriate support system, hereby pointing out just one of the reasons which might turn expatriation attempts into failure. Companies really need to realize the growing importance of profound selection and training techniques. Since the trend is heading to an international business market, in her work, Cornelia Oswald addresses all those globally active businessmen on creating awareness, particularly regarding human resource training.