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The Body Shop's Hr Issues - Moving To China

HBH 323 Individual research report

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Company: The Body Shop Home country: Australia Proposed host country: China

Compiled by: Matthew Marks Word count: 3489

Expansion: The Body Shop into China

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Contents:

Page number 1.0 Executive summary......................................................................................................3

1.0 Introduction.....................................................................................................4 1.1 Company description & background..............................................................4-5

2.0 Rationale behind the selection of China....................................................................5-6

3.0 Evaluation of cultural differences.............................................................................6-8

3.1 Implications for IHRM.................................................................................9-10

4.0 Human Resource function: Negotiation................................................................10-12

4.1 ‘Guanxi’ legal and ethical implications......................................................12-13 4.2 Human resource function: Expatriation/Repatriation...............................13-14 5.0 Recommendations...............................................................................................14-16

6.0 Conclusion...........................................................................................................16-17 7.0 References...........................................................................................................18-20

Expansion: The Body Shop into China

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1.0

Executive summary

The following report is a theoretical paper related to the expansion by local businesses into the international market. The chosen company in this case was already a multinational organisation that was yet to enter one of the largest and largely untapped markets in the...

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