{"product_id":"critical-analysis-of-possible-causes-of-expatriate-failure-at-afw-direct-von-anna-jung","title":"Critical Analysis of Possible Causes of Expatriate Failure at AFW Direct","description":"\u003cp\u003eEssay from the year 2014 in the subject Leadership and Human Resource Management - Miscellaneous, grade: 73 (outstanding), University of Hertfordshire, course: Leadership and Management Development, language: English, abstract: Anglo-French Wines Direct (AFW), a large multinational company based in UK, established\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea ¿High Flyers Programme¿ four years ago in order to develop middle and senior managers of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe future to enable the achievement of its global growth objectives. The aim was to send\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethem to one of the international subsidiaries for two years and bring them back for a more\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esenior position in the UK. However, the new Global HR Director of AFW has discovered\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eseveral problems associated with this leadership programme. More precisely, she identified\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe following three types of assignment failure:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. 25 per cent of the expatriates returned home early due to dissatisfaction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Over 35 per cent of the expatriates who remained in post were considered to be\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eunderperforming compared to local management¿s expectations of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Around 30 per cent of those who completed their postings, left within a year of their\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereturn to England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese outcomes, however, are not attributable to a particular cause but are rather influenced\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eby a variety of factors which will be analysed more closely in this report. Generally speaking,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eit can be assumed that the reasons for the present difficulties are mainly due to an ineffective\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emanagement of the ¿Ideal International Assignment Cycle¿ (see Figure 1) which includes the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ekey components recruitment and selection, hiring, preparation, expatriation and repatriation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand will be elaborated on below: [...]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783656645153\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783656645153","offer_id":39433350283357,"sku":"9783656645153","price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/549b6e05-9829-43b4-b30e-4963d1b9731e.jpg?v=1778131659","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/critical-analysis-of-possible-causes-of-expatriate-failure-at-afw-direct-von-anna-jung","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}