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RESTRICTIONS FOR WOMEN IN SAUDI CULTURE

Make up Forever is an Indian based cosmetic company. You are the HR manager working in the firm.
The company has a branch in Saudi Arabia, but the branch is not able to achieve the sales target
from past two years.

The company is looking for a sales manager who can drive the team to achieve the sales targets. As a
HR Manager you have identified Rashmika, an experienced Sales Manager. She has been successfully
managing the Sales Department for the past 15 years and she is the best person available within the
company to be sent to Saudi Arabia. But Rashmika is quite reluctant to relocate to Saudi Arabia.
Being an independent and outgoing woman, she firmly believes that she will not be able to handle
the restrictions for women in the Saudi culture.

Convince Rashmika to take up this job

2. RELOCATING A TEAM TO SYRIA

The Committee of World Health Organization (WHO) wants to send a medical consulting team to
Syria to inspect the medical condition of the people over there and perform medical check-ups. The
committee has formed a team with Dr. Muraad as the lead. But Dr. Muraad is reluctant to take his
team to Syria as he is worried about the existing conditions there.
Convince Dr. Muraad to take his team to Syria as it is a critical requirement.

3. RELOCATE AN EMPLOYEE FROM AUSTRALIA TO JAPAN

For any organization, while sending a productive employee onsite, the most difficult task is to
convince him/her to work in totally different culture. Newgen, a leading IT firm is facing the same
issue as they want Mr. Ponting to relocate to Japan from Australia. But he is reluctant to relocate to
Japan as it’s working culture is different compared to that of Australia’s in terms of working hours.

As the HR of Newgen, convince Mr. Ponting to relocate to Japan.

4. RELOCATE AN EMPLOYEE FROM SPAIN TO THE US

For any organization, while sending a productive employee onsite, the most difficult task is to
convince him/her to work in totally different culture. Westpac, a leading Consulting firm is facing the
same issue as they want Miss. Kvitova to relocate to Spain from US. But she is reluctant to relocate
to US as it’s working culture is different compared to that of Spain’s in terms work flexibilities.

As the HR of Westpac, convince Miss. Kvitova to relocate to the US

5. HR MANAGER VS MARKETING MANAGER

For any organization, it is vital that all of the functional managers work together and work towards
organization goal, but sometimes it is difficult because of difference in opinion between line
managers for particular decision. Same was the case with Swiss Heritage Pt. Ltd. The Swiss company
is a Furniture selling chain globally and because of their popularity they now want to expand in other
countries like India and USA. Mr. Federer is the HR manager and he wants his best employee from
marketing function to go to USA to handle the pilot project, But Mr. Wawrinka (Marketing head of
Swiss Heritage) wants that employee to go to India for the same. There is a difference of opinion
between the two managers.

You are Mr. Federer and you have to convince Mr. Wawrinka to send the employee to USA. (Note:
Employee is ready to go anywhere according to management’s decision)
6. CASE ON JAPAN TIMINGS

Roshan is graphic designer working for ARC media creative works. He is young and extremely
talented. He likes to have freedom and he feels that this would bring the best out of him .ARC media
has given Roshan the benefits of Flexi time and work from home. Recently ARC media acquired a
project, where they are supposed to collaborate with Japanese company Vega Media. ARC was keen
on sending Roshan, their best graphic designer to Japan. But in Japan the work environment is quite
different where the aspects like working with a team and following regular office timings are of
utmost importance. Roshan is reluctant to relocate to Japan as he felt that he will not be able to
work to his full potential without the work flexibilities. You are the HR manager of ARC media.

Convince Roshan to relocate to Japan.

7. TRANSFER FROM DUBAI TO GANDHINAGAR,GUJARAT

Mahatma Gandhi University is an Educational Institute with its main campus located in Dubai. The
institute is planning to open a new campus in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. MGU wants to relocate its best
VC in order to take up the responsibilities of setting up the new campus at Gandhinagar. The
institute wanted Dr. Ramanujam (VC – MGU Dubai) to relocate to Gandhinagar campus from Dubai
campus with a promotion (MD). But he and his family were reluctant to take the transfer with
obvious reason of difference in the cities. (for example, Facilities, education, development, exposure
etc.)

Now as a HR manager you need to convince him to take transfer

8. SENDING A REPORTER TO KASHMIR

This case is based upon a news broadcasting Television Company based in London. Mr. Shannon is
working as television reporter in Fox news for the past 28 years. Mr. Shannon was asked to go
Kashmir to cover the news in the wake of recent terrorist attack. Mr. Shannon is an excellent
reporter with an experience of covering various kinds of news. Nevertheless, he was reluctant to go
to Kashmir. It is very important for the news channel to cover this news because it was facing stiff
competition from the rival news channels who already has sent their teams to cover this news. You
are the HR manager of this firm.

Convince Mr. Shannon to go to Kashmir to cover the news.

9. EDUCATION STANDARD DIFFERENCES

Kaira is pilot working for fly high airlines in India. She is the senior commander and most experienced
pilot with more than 10,000 hours of flying experience. Fly high has recently been acquired by
Citilink, an Indonesian based airline. Since Kaira is the most experienced pilot the company wants
her to relocate to Indonesia for two years and help the newly inducted commercial pilots and so that
they can gain from her experience. Kaira doesn’t want to leave her son and daughter in India while
she relocates to Indonesia. At the same time, she realizes that the education system in Indonesia is
not up to the standards. You are the HR manager and you realize that sending Kaira is the only
option you have. Now it is up to convince Captain Kaira to relocate to Indonesia for the given
duration
10. SELECTING A SUITABLE EMPLOYEE

Rashmika Singh and Tej Mangalam are working management consultants at CGP. The company is
based in India and has been doing extraordinarily well in the recent times. The CEO of the company
Sreenivas Kumar Ranjan has decided open branches globally with the growing demand for
consultancy services. As a pilot project, he wanted to open a new branch in Portugal. The following
are the characteristics of Rashmika Singh and Tej Mangalam. You are supposed to select any one of
the candidates to send to Portugal.

Rashmika Singh Tej Mangalam

Working in CGP from 11 years Working in CGP from 21 years
Good with the new technology slow in adapting and learning new technology
Team Player Experience in handling various teams
Can understand diverse culture Thorough with organization culture
Proactive at work Just does the work which is assigned
She has prior work experience in Portugal for 6 No work experience in Portugal. He performed
months. But she is known to lose her temper exceptionally well in standard psychometric test
during stressful situations. and aptitude tests

Knows how to speak basic Portuguese. No knowledge of Portuguese language

As the HR manager, who will you choose among these two candidates? Talk to both and decide in a
way that the other does not get de-motivated

11. RELOCATE AN EMPLOYEE TO THE US

The case is based on a pharmaceutical start up in India. The company had taken giant leaps since its
inception. Aditya is the man behind company’s success. He is working as chief scientist in the
company. The company got game changing onsite contract from a US based pharmaceutical
company. The manager wants to send his best team onsite to work on the contract. He found Aditya
to be a perfect fit to work on project. But Aditya was hesitant on relocating because he was newly
married and the project demanded him to stay in the US for 3 years. His wife could not get visa due
to a change in immigration policies. With Aditya’s calibre he could get job in any of the top
pharmaceutical companies in India. You are the HR manager and you are supposed to convince
Aditya to go onsite because it could be a game changer for the company.

12. RELOCATE A GRAPHIC DESGINER TO RUSSIA.

This case is based on Danish enterprise. It is relatively a new enterprise and does not follow any type
of cross-cultural strategies. The enterprise recently signed an MOU with a Russian company. Miss.
Buttler is an experienced graphic designer with excellent project management skills. She is the best
employee available for your organization to send onsite to work on this joint venture with Russian
Company. But Miss. Buttler is quite reluctant to relocate to Russia as she felt she is too straight
forward and focused on revenues rather than group goals, which is not the case in Russian culture.
She also felt that her straightforward nature might hurt other employees from Russian Culture who
generally are emotional. She is also apprehensive of the major cultural differences between the two
nations.
As a HR Manager of this organization, convince Miss. Buttler to relocate to Russia.
13.SECURITY CONCERNS IN TANZANIA

Nyati is a Cement Manufacturing Organization. It is planning to start a new venture in Tanzania.

Saakshi, is an experienced Human Resource recruiter. She has been successful in recruiting the best
employees of the organization for the past 17 years. She is the best HR available for your
organization to send onsite (Tanzania). But Saakshi is quite reluctant to relocate to Tanzania due to
security concerns and change in the culture

Convince Saakshi to go to Tanzania.

14. CHEF SHORTAGE IN EUROPE

Astrance is a three Michelin star restaurant in Melbourne, Australia. Due to the issue of chef
shortage in Europe, the organization has decided to relocate the Executive Chef of Astrance,
Mr.Pascal to the newly opened branch in Paris. But chef Pascal is quite reluctant to relocate to Paris
as he feels that the younger generation of Europe is not committed to work for a longer duration. He
is hesitant to take up the entire responsibility of the restaurant in Paris with the news of many chefs
leaving the industry.

Convince Mr.Pascal to take up the task.