a project of conducting Business in Beijing

3RESEARCH ;COMPONENT: ;Expatriate ;Orientation ;Packet

Imagine ;that ;you ;are ;the ;HR ;manager ;of ;an ;organization ;that ;has ;overseas ;locations. ;You ;are ;going ;to ;send ;an ;employee ;on ;an ;overseas ;assignment. ;Chose ;a ;country ;in ;which ;either ;you ;or ;your ;team ;has ;an ;interest. ;Chose ;a ;specific ;city ;within ;that ;country. ;As ;the ;HR ;department, ;prepare ;an ;expatriate ;orientation ;booklet ;for ;this ;employee ;who ;will ;be ;going ;to ;your ;organization’s ;facility ;in ;this ;location. ;The ;employee ;you ;have ;chosen ;to ;send ;on ;this ;overseas ;assignment ;will ;be ;going ;with ;a ;spouse ;and ;two ;school ;age ;children. ;Page ;1 ;of ;the ;project ;sets ;the ;stage ;by ;introducing ;yourself ;(the ;HR ;manager), ;your ;organization, ;the ;employee ;and ;the ;new ;assignment. ;Research ;& ;investigate ;what ;information ;about ;the ;country ;you ;would ;need ;to ;know. ;Create ;the ;orientation ;booklet, ;including ;both ;general ;information ;about ;the ;particular ;country ;you ;have ;chosen ;(e.g., ;cultural ;information, ;business ;etiquette, ;currency, ;exchange ;rate, ;language, ;schools, ;taxes, ;political ;structure, ;climate, ;etc.) ;and ;specific ;HR ;information ;(e.g., ;compensation ;package, ;relocation ;allowances, ;spousal/family ;assistance, ;cultural ;and/or ;language ;training, ;benefits, ;tax ;offsets, ;etc.). ;This ;is ;to ;be ;posted ;to ;the ;appropriate ;Blackboard ;Discussion ;Forum ;before ;midnight ;Wednesday,July ;8th. ;You ;are ;expected ;to ;comment ;on ;one ;another’s ;expatriate ;packets ;before ;midnight ;Saturday, ;July ;11th. ;

Breakdown of the Case Contents – and Assigned Parts(1).docx ;

Conducting ;Business ;in ;Beijing

General ;Policy

Business ;Structure

Business ;Attire

Meeting ;and ;Greeting

Business ;Meetings

Gift ;Giving

*Please do the fourth part of the project that ;conducting ;Business ;in ;Beijing.