Assignment:
Objective: Examine approaches for attracting and managing a multigenerational and culturally diverse workforce. Introduction: The multicultural and multigenerational workforce today is made up of differing values and characteristics. A global organization must have a standard set of policies and procedures in place that recognizes these values and differences. Companies must also be able to keep up with the laws and use various management approaches to overcome the challenges and meet the needs of the diverse workforce. This essay will give you the opportunity to apply approaches for attracting and managing a multigenerational and culturally diverse workforce. Deliverable: The essay for this lesson is required to be a minimum of 750 words that clearly demonstrate your understanding of the activity. Essays should have a clear introduction, thesis statement and conclusion, written in APA format (APAstyle.org). A minimum of three sources must be cited in-text and in the Reference list.
Read the scenario and questions. Read the following scenario and questions, then use what you have learned about this lesson's objective to summarize your responses. You are a manager in charge of hiring, managing and retaining candidates for various positions within a multinational company that is opening a new location in Brazil. Your candidates vary in age, culture, background and personality. You have 30 internal candidates interested in the 10 openings available.
Address each of the following elements in your paper:
• What non-technical skills and traits will you emphasize in the internal job listing? Why? What are five questions you will ask during the interviews for these positions in order to select the candidates most likely to succeed and bring value to the company in these positions?
• With the differing values and characteristics of the pool of candidates, what three challenges do you see for the expatriates selected?
• What types of policies and procedures do you need to have in place to meet the challenges of the employees interested in the positions in Brazil?
• Is it important to send a team that includes a diversity of multicultural and multigenerational members to the new facility in Brazil? Why/why not? How would you address the various value systems of a Baby Boomer, a Gen X and a Gen Y who may not get one of the 10 positions? How will you address the value systems of those who do get the positions?
• Would you lobby your company to hire some of the 10 from a qualified candidate pool of Brazilian nationals?
• What relevant laws exist, and how will they help you determine your hiring process and selection of final candidates?
• How will you prepare yourself to manage this new team in Brazil? What human resource challenges do you anticipate?