To what degree will Nick’s start-up experience in the United States help him be effective starting McDonald’s restaurants in China?

Welcome to the third discussion. We will begin by exploring programs designed to eliminate bias in HRM programs. You will find the role of EEO and the law shape HRM policies and many of the programs now accepted by the general population of workers. The laws and other government orders as well as interpretations to those laws and orders shape every part of the HRM process. Read Chapter 3 carefully as it is foundational to our review of future chapters whereas chapter 3 is an overview and more specific laws are presented in future chapters.

During the third week of the discussion, students are to upload two reply posts in response to their classmates’ initial posts. Each reply post should respectfully agree or disagree with the position(s) taken by your classmate and state the reasons for your position.  Each reply should encourage further discussion from the author of the initial post and be a minimum of 150 words. The two reply posts are due on Sunday at 11:59 pm EST.  Please be sure to utilize the reading materials (and any outside sources) to support your position(s) and include proper APA citation (in-text and reference list) in your post.

See the discussion rubric in the Important Documents Folder for more details on grading.

Course Material:

• Read Chapter 3 in your Human Resource Management Textbook (pages 64-120)
• Read Application Case 4-1 “A One Year Assignment to China – Go Solo or Bring the Family” on page 118
  

Initial Post: (Minimum 300 words) – Due Wednesday @ 11:59pm EST Week 1

Answer the following questions in a scholarly post of 300 words or more by Wednesday. You may formulate the following four questions into one well-written response or provide well-written answers to each question.

1. How challenging do you think this assignment would be? To what degree will Nick’s start-up experience in the United States help him be effective starting McDonald’s restaurants in China?

2. How can language and cross-cultural training help Nick and his family adjust to Chinese culture?

3. If Ella goes to China for a year, how might that decision impact her career? What are her chances of working for the local law firm when she returns from China?

4. What would you do if you were Nick? Go alone to China, or ask Ella, Jenny and Luke to accompany you?