Global outsourcing - USTC's entry into India: HR issues
Publication date: 14 November 2013
Abstract
Subject area
The case primarily deals with the HR issues confronted by a US telecom company entering India for software development.
Study level/applicability
The case can be used of MBA and BA level courses in human resource management and international management.
Case overview
The focus of the case is on the international HR issues that emerge and how this company goes about solving its challenges of charting an international course. The telecom company establishes an Indian subsidiary, USTC-I, for this purpose and recruits fresh graduates and experienced professionals for USTC-I. The case describes the human resources challenges faced by Todd Johns, an HR Manager with the US company as the company attempts to recruit professional for USTC-I. This case deals with specific HR tools and techniques that can, and perhaps, should be used in identifying, recruiting, hiring and retaining employees.
Expected learning outcomes
Students should be able to: evaluate the current situation of the organization and offer possible remedies and solutions for improving future human resource practices in a global context, identify and analyze the effectiveness of how HR tools (recruiting methods, interviews, selection methods, orientation programs, reward systems) are implemented, develop a plan for improvement of HR recruiting and selection in an international context, explain the factors and problems that can undermine an interview's usefulness, and techniques for eliminating these problems in an international context, explain the pros and cons of background investigations, reference checks, and pre-employment information services in an international context.
Supplementary materials
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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank the US telecom company (USTC) for allowing them to publish this case study of its experiences as it expanded its software development operations into India.
Citation
Desai, H., Desai, K.J., Cox, S., Patel, S. and De Vader, C. (2013), "Global outsourcing - USTC's entry into India: HR issues", , Vol. 3 No. 6. https://doi.org/10.1108/EEMCS-06-2013-0106
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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