Response to the following:
1. Developing a Training Program
QUESTIONS:
1. You are Russ. Describe the steps you would recommend that Reynolds go through before actually designing the content of the training.
2. What training methods would you suggest be used to train production workers? (First you might ask: What determines the methods?)
3. How would you evaluate the training program to determine how effective it was? (What criteria would you use?)
4. Do you think the first-line supervisors are the appropriate people to design the training program? Whom else would you add, if anyone, to this group?
2. International Expansion
QUESTIONS
1. Identify some of the challenges Maple Leaf will face if it were to open a plant in Mexico. What specific issues should Jane discuss in her report?
2. Robert Clark and Bob Smith are considering whom to send on an expatriate assignment from headquarters to Mexico. They have identified two possible openings at this point: one position is for a manager and one position is for an HR specialist. They have asked Jane to make some recommendations. What should the selection criteria be? What specific competencies should be considered?
3. Jane Reynolds will need to set up a performance appraisal prograir. She has asked you to summarize what she needs to do to ensure that the EPA (expat performance appraisal) experience is positive.
4. What actions can Jane take to demonstrate to Tim McDonald that she is a strategic thinker and understands the bottom line repercussions?