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Mitsuhoshi France SA

By Susan C Schneider
Published 01 Jan 1992
Reference 4391
Topic Leadership & Organisations
Length 8 page(s)
Language English
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Winner of the Case Centre Awards and Competitions 1994 in the Category 'Human Resource Management / Organisational Behaviour'

Summary

Discusses several issues surrounding the introduction of a new level of French manager in the French subsidiary of a Japanese firm which, until then, had employed only Japanese managers.

Teaching objectives

To highlight the complexities involved in international human resource management, through the eyes of a manager trying to get his project started in the most efficient way possible.

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