International HRM for an IT Consulting Firm
The case study:
An IT consulting organization will be expanding into the United Kingdom. A facility has been purchased in London and needs to be staffed with HR professionals in six months. The business plan is for 70 full-time IT professionals and 50 part-time IT professionals to have offices in the London facility within 2 years, working with employers located exclusively in the U.K.
Your boss has asked your insights and recommendations. Provide a report to his top staff with the following information:
1. What HR staff will you need in London? Will your HR employees be expatriate employees, host country nationals, and/or third country nationals?
2. For the IT employees needed, will you employ expatriate employees, host country nationals, and/or third country nationals?
The solution provides for a sound staffing plan, of both Human Resource (HR) professionals and how to manage onboarding the information technology (IT) staff.