In recent years we have observed an increase in foreign investment in the United States. What effect are joint ventures, such as General Motors-Toyota, likely to have on human resource management in the United States?
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Human resources will have to be up to date on diversity amongst the workforce. The Human Resources department will have to expand it's knowledge on the many different cultures and values to better accommodate it's employees, whether it's United States citizens going to work abroad or foreigners coming to work here in the US.
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#1: Your question is duplistic. Multinational corporations provide an outlet for technology while providing labor to 3rd and 4th world nations. The impact of such is to provide lower cost(s) to consumers worldwide. And, thusly, there can be no exploitation of the technologies since there is an equal exchange.\n\n#2: Dumping occurs when a country, during economic expansions, can produce goods and services below current production prices of other countries. This will also happen, during these same economic expansions, when the dollar is higher than the currency of the producing nation/supplier. It then takes less dollars to buy foreign goods and services, and thus opens dumping onto our markets/consumers. France was notorious for dumping steel onto our markets as well. Thus was a result of government subsidies provided to French Steel Producers. Which, overall, reduced the price/costs of production in France.\n\n#3: of course. China is a perfect example of exploiting a nations lax rules on environmental issues. The trade off is, as the United States moves farther from a Smoke Stack industrialized nation, foreign nations can produce under less stringent rules. Providing goods and services much cheaper as a result. in time, however, foreign countries will need comply with WTO and other governing bodies when periods of development have expired. Thus, moving them into 2nd, or even, 1st world country status. Additionally, technology and the current rate of technological advancement should put an end to, or close to ending, smoke stack industrialization in the coming 20 years. Bringing a more level playing field worldwide in pay scales, consumption and productivity. The United States is currently 66% service oriented. Opposed to just 30 years ago when it was 80% industry..
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I believe the short answer to your question is "not at all."  \n\nThe longer answer is that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is directed toward public accounting in the United States and publicly traded companies in the United States.  The general idea behind the act is to encourage regained trust in the credibility of US financial reporting.  As such, unless a foreign company is listed on a US exchange (and therefore under the jurisdiction of the SEC), this should have no impact on the firm.\n\nIf this is more than just idle curiosity, however, check with your attorney and/or CPA.
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Try asking what is the impact of an increase in the minimum wage on the availability of entry level positions and total wages paid to those who fill those positions?  You might also ask what the anticipated reaction of job-providers would be?  \n\nI don't know if you'll get the correct answer here, but I suspect that many would be surprised to know the real (measured) impact. \n\nHint:  Imagine your reaction if you owned a business employing 50 minimum wage employees and the mandated wage goes up by 20%.  Would you:\n\na.  Knuckle under, pay the higher wage, maintain your prices and make less profit?\n\nb.  Pay the higher wage, raise prices to compensate and hope that your competition doesn't transfer jobs to China?\n\nc.  Hire undocumented workers for less than the minimum wage and hope you don't get caught? \n\nd.  Lay off 20% of your workforce and try to squeeze more output out of the remaining 40 employees?\n\ne.  Follow the competition and transfer your jobs to China? \n\nWhich of these possible "solutions" is best for the U.S. economy and labor market?
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Ford, hands down, there American too. Who cares about Honda and Toyota, if your not buying American then in my opinion your not American. When you buy a foreign car your money goes over seas, sure they have manufacturing facilities here, however, let's not make another country rich from our hard work.
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Management training and development programs have always played an important role in multinational companies in updating managers' knowledge of new corporate policies and techniques, and providing information on new structures of local and international markets. \n\nAlthough global in nature, the corporate culture and business needs of the host country predominate many management training programs. The national culture of the country from which the company originates also has an influence. \n\nThese programs are beneficial for all managers, especially local national managers who work in subsidiaries in host countries and face different cultures and markets in making decisions\n\nManagement training programs that focus on cultural features must be modified to account for special circumstances of managers who differ in personal profile and training needs
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It's amazing what jobs the US is contracting to overseas workers these days. The IRS seems to be doing it, too.
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There has been an increase in globalization in the United States as well as in rest of the world. This has resulted in many good things as well a lot of economic dislocation and unemployment.  It is not completely evil as you seem to assume. Read Thomas Friedman's "The Lexus and the Olive Tree".\n\ncc
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Hi Ricardo,\n\nI think you need to look at the centralisation of the management structure and production processes.\n\nReduction in overheads.\n\nPossibly more effective inter-departmental lines of communication.\n\nEasier customer/supplier liason.\n\nPossible reduction in staff liabilities. (wages etc.)\n\nJust a few ideas to get you going. \nHope your studies are progressing well.\n\nGood luck
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Legal risks as well as the tax consequences are very big.  HR and cultural issues becomes another concern.  Marketing as well as filing requirements in the countries affected, etc...just to name a few.\n\nThere's really too little information here to give any meaningful advice.
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I can give you examples of not hardworking, dishonest young employees 20 years ago and I can tell you about hard working highly motivated young people now! \n\nThe two will always exist! Work mentality doesn't change that much in time, it all depends on the person.
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nissian, toyota, ford, gm,..... Actually quite a few. To get around import rules many over seas automakers now have plants here to assemble the parts here thus bypassing the import rules.
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In many cases unions have outlived their usefulness.\nI have seen unions pressure corporations into bankruptcy.  One of the reasons so much manufacturing has left this country is that unions forced such high labor rates that they "protected" their members right out of their jobs.  Job security should be based only on performance and the laws of economics not artificial controls.\n\nP.S. Do you know how many thousands of dollars of the price of a new automobile is the direct result of the cost of health insurance and retirement for workers?
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Shahrukh,\nHate is a pretty strong word. There are those who hate, but it isn't me or my fellow Yahoo! Answerers.\nI find it interesting you believe there is a scarcity of talent in this or any other country. There is not a scarcity of talent. There is certainly no scarcity of inexpensive workers, those who are willing to take the work for less pay.\nOutsourcing is an attitude that overseas inexpensive labor is the cure for American workers. These decisions are being made at very high corporate levels. The displaced workers are redirecting frustrations to the Indian workers who now have the jobs.\nI would say the satellites would have flown without those Indian workers, would you? In that you are mistaken.
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I spent ten years working for a Japanese engineering company in Tokyo; it was valuable experience for me in every way.\n\nBoth China and Japan will continue to have important relations with the U.S., and you couldn't go wrong with either one; but, if you are looking at a career in translation, I might suggest that you think more of Chinese, as the Chinese economy is now where the Japanese economy was about 40 years ago, and will only become more important to to U.S. investors in the future.\n\nGood luck!
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From what I have heard, There is concern in th US because there is a lot of student dropouts, in school and in college. There seems to be a growing interest in finding a job fast and earning money than to progress intellectually (Although current education can sometimes be the contrary). There are more and more foreign students in higher education (Masters, Doctorates, PhD, etc...). I wouldn't be surprised if the day of tomorrow the all American citizen works in MacDonald's preparing hamburgers while Orientals, Arabs, Indians, Latins (just to name a few) are the new Business and Scientific leaders in the US.
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Corporations have cut costs to compete with the emerging market threats they are facing on a global scale. Doing more with less has become the war call for most companies. As an employee you are in a tough position, jobs once considered junior or middle management have undergone restructure or redundant. These tasks have been issued to employees who have displayed the talent to "get things done" This is the reality of business in the market today, is it unfair? It depends what side you look at it from. If you feel there is no opportunity for growth in your company or they are treating you poorly, then explore new options. On the other side of this coin, look at this as an opportunity, you are acquiring a valuable understanding of how your company operates not to mention the free education you are receiving from the new tasks you are asked to do. If done properly, you will work yourself into a position that will allow you to grow in the company based on your overall knowledge and become indispensable. It's hard to replace the nerve centre of the office....WINK\n\nGood luck.