Designing and Implementing Global Selection Systems
Designing and Implementing Global Selection Systems provides the practical management tools for planning and implementing an effective global staffing system. Initial chapters point out the special challenges inherent in developing and implementing a global selection system and identify the basic principles that should be incorporated when evaluating your own selection processes. How common cultural differences impact employee selection is then discussed, followed by a brief overview of legal...
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Designing and Implementing Global Selection Systems provides the practical management tools for planning and implementing an effective global staffing system. Initial chapters point out the special challenges inherent in developing and implementing a global selection system and identify the basic principles that should be incorporated when evaluating your own selection processes. How common cultural differences impact employee selection is then discussed, followed by a brief overview of legal issues that should be considered when designing a global selection system. Final chapters put it all together to describe the most effective "best practices" strategies to design and implement a global selection system. Designing and Implementing Global Selection Systems is an essential guide for human resource management that will help companies bridge the cultural divide in the globally integrated world of the twenty-first century.
Series Editor's Preface viiIntroduction ix1 Challenges in Developing and Implementing Global Selection Systems 1Challenges in Selection System Development for Global Use 4Challenges in Selection System Implementation across Boundaries 15Benefits of Global Systems 212 Characteristics of Good Selection Systems 25Assumptions of Selections Systems 25Characteristics of "Good Selection Tools" 293 Cultural Differences and Their Impact on Selection Systems 65What is Culture? 68What Are the Most Commonly Mentioned National Cultural Differences? 71What Do We Actually Know about Cultural Differences and Selection? 80How to Judge Whether Cultural Adaptation is Needed 824 Legal, Economic, and Other Considerations 87Local Labor Markets 88Educational Systems 90Collective Bargaining 90Legal Environment 91Professional Standards 1085 Best Practices in the Design of Global Selection Systems 113Defining a Global Selection Objective 114Gathering Information on a Global Basis 117Developing or Adapting Tools for Universal Use 121Considering How Information Will Be Combined and Integrated 138Supporting Effectiveness on a Global Basis 139Fairness on a Global Basis 1416 Best Practices in the Implementation of Global Selection Systems 145Being Efficient on a Global Basis 148Fitting Staffing Environments and Resources around the Globe 152Marketing to Stakeholders Globally 154Monitoring Global Implementation 156Global Recruiting 158Outsourcing 1607 Final Thoughts 165Trends and Challenges 165References 171Index 183
\ From the Publisher"Ryan and Tippins have succeeded quite well in summarizing global selection for the layperson." (PsycCRITIQUES, November 2009)\ \
