Development of a Multinational Personnel Selection System

PROBLEM DEFINITION

The lack of understanding by the top management about the intricacies involved in the designing of global personnel selection system and hence forcing the HR department to come up with an ad-hoc selection system which might create problems for the organization in future.

The HR department head, Dr. Koch believes that creating a uniform global personnel selectionsystem would not be feasible for ComInTec because of the economic, educational and culturaldifferences among different countries. But here we see that Mr. Koenig is giving an ultimatum toDr. Koch and his team to come up with a detailed selection plan within a week and threateninghim that the project would be transferred to the headquarters if they failed to do so.

ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS

As we can see from the case, the HR team working on this global selection system development project is a highly diverse group, having a mixture of people from China, Germany and America,there are a lot of cultural differences among the group members. During the meeting itself we seethat there are a lot of confrontations among the team members, like between MR. Mueller andGoldmann and Goldmann had gone out crying from the room. Hence, this maybe a reason for theslow progress of the group and the cultural diversity maybe obstructing the work of the team.

CRITICAL FACTORS CONSIDERED

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THE URGENCY OF THE TOP MANAGEMENT

The top management is in a haste to come up with a new selection model because of the 25 newmiddle level managerial positions that it needs to fill at moment. Hence, the top managers are pressurizing the HR department to come up with a quick solution.

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LONG TERM BENEFIT FOR THE COMPANY

One of the important factors for the company would be to develop such a system where in the personnel selected are the best fit for the company requirements. The company is currently hiringfor middle level managerial positions which is highly significant for the company's future performance and hence every care should be taken to develop a system that hires the best people.

TIME REQUIRED TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE PERSONNELSELECTION SYSTEM

The process required to develop a comprehensive personnel selection system is highlycomplicated and the factors that need to be taken into consideration are plenty. Hence the teamworking on the project requires a lot of time to decide on the exact factors to considered. This process requires a thorough testing before implementation. Even though the time required ishigh, the same needs to be done because of its high strategic importance.

SWOT ANALYSISSTRENGTHS

1)New concept of cross-functional project teams was followed.2)Human resource instruments were standardized across the world.3) 6 -eye method was implemented and followed.4)Team members were