Niagara CollegeBUSN 1701

You are the director of Human Resources at Sony, you are preparing a presentation to everyone in the HR department globally, please answer the following for your presentation......site references where applicable

1. Describe the human resources, ethical, social, and cultural aspects Sony. 
2. Determine cultural nuances (language, customs, and social practices) that the company might face. 
3. Describe the international Human Resource strategy used by Sony. 
4. Consider challenges associated with a multinational workforce. 

Answers:

Question 1

Sony aims at being progressive internationally in human resource management while recruiting the best and most creative employees in the market.

Sony focuses on enhancing innovation while ensuring a robust ethical culture is maintained.

Sony's culture is founded on honesty, fairness, responsibility, and respect as the core ethical values. Its strong ethical culture has enabled it to enhance value creation which is advancing day by day.

Sony's organizational culture is based on reliability, credibility, and goodwill. They help understand the customer's viewpoint and help achieve customer expectations.

Question 2

Traditional customs: One of the cultural nuisances multinational companies like Sony faces is the customs and taboos of different cultures. The business owners or managers need to go an extra step to learn these customs to understand the local market.

Language: Effective communication is essential to facilitate smooth business operations. The difference in language creates a nuisance since you have to learn the language to coordinate business activities smoothly.

Social practices: Societies differ around the globe, and social practices instilled in country Y are not the same as those in country Z. You'll find that country Y encourages individual growth while Z promotes collective growth. A company from country Z looking to expand to country Y will find it hard to instill its social practices in country Y employees.

Step-by-step explanation

 Question 3

Sony promotes talent development to its most promising recruits through offering management trainee programs to help them use their talents in advancing the company.

Sony offers several benefits to its employees to ensure they have a healthy balance between their personal and professional lives.

Sony provides compensation and retirement options that help employees build a future for their families.

Good work environment - Sony develops employee policies and programs that are meant to make employees feel appreciated.

Question 4

Effective communication: Companies with a multinational workforce often find it challenging to communicate effectively within a team when your teams are scattered across the world.

Managing diverse talent: Having a multinational workforce means having employees from different places with totally different cultures. Such a heterogeneous workforce poses a challenge to the management and human resource team, as management should understand the difference between the employees they interact with physically and those they do remotely in decision making.

Abiding by different laws in different countries: Each country has its different laws on human resources. You have to comply with each of them differently regarding how you treat and remunerate your employees.

Coming up with the right values and ethics may sometimes prove difficult in a multinational workplace. It poses a challenge of aligning people of different ethnicities and cultures to the same organizational goals.

References

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