spain report

Cultural and HRM Country Analysis on Spain

Project Information

The project includes a written report . The purpose of this project is to perform a an analysis of a country (SPAIN) taking into account both their cultural values as well as their human resource practices/policies. Such an analysis would be similar to part of the analysis you would perform as a manager considering entering a country.

The grade on your written report will be affected by the content as well as by the quality of the writing. Below is a list of the topics that should be addressed in your report.

DO NOT DO THE YELLOW HIGHLIGHT, OTHER GROUP MEMBERS ARE DOING THAT

ONLY DO THE GREEN HIGHLIGHT WHICH IS THE PART I NEED TO SUMBIT WHICH IS ONLY PART III.

Report Content

I. General Characteristics of the country (15 points) DO NOT DO

A. Location, size, population, language, ethnic groups, religion.

II. Analysis of Values and HRM Practices (40 points) DO NOT DO

A. Values: Hofstede's rankings, Kluckhohn & Strodtbeck values, any information on values and their impact on management, Kwintessial.

B. Workforce and economic conditions within the country:

-standard of living (poverty levels, distribution of wealth),

-literacy,

-education levels (percentages that have elementary, high school and college education)

-skills available -- managerial skills, employee skills, technical skills, etc.

B. Human Resource Management:

-Labor laws,

-unions (participation rate, whether they are powerful, are strikes common)

-participation of women in work force,

-cost of labor (compensation -- provide minimum wage and wages in different fields in US dollars,).

III. Analysis and Recommendations (20 points) 5 PAGES TOTAL

A. Benefits and liabilities of operating in that country

B. Recommendations: What type of business do you see in this country (manufacturing, service, etc.)? Is the culture different enough that you think a JV is necessary to operate there? What HR laws limit you if any? Do you think you will have to deal with unions and if so to what degree? What types of management practices might you implement given their cultural values?

Quality of writing

Grammar, spelling, and organization

Websites:

https://www.hofstede-insights.com/product/compare-countries/

http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/guides/

For the HR Information as well as compensation use the EIU country commerce reports:

Go to the library and click on off campus access and sign in with your email and password. Under research tools at the top, go to research tolos and click on “research start”. From here on the left hand side click business. Now you will see two tabs: guides and databases. Click on databases. Now scroll down and find country commerce. Click there and see if your country has a report. This is a very expensive database that we have access to which has outstanding information on countries.In addition if you also click on country reports this is another report created by the EIU with very valuable information.

DO…

1. turn in a professional looking report font 12, 1 inch margins, double spaced with a title page.

2. follow the outline above and cover each topic. If you truly cannot find any information make a note that you conducted the research and found nothing. Be aware I may chose to do some research myself and confirm the lack of information.

3. have each member review the document for grammar, spelling, and overall quality of writing.

4. reference all works in the following way:

Within the text the parentheses go within the sentence were you are using the reference…right after the appropriate info:

"Mexico's per capita GDP is $X,XXX (Gomez, 1999; CIA, 2000)."

Then in your list of references (at the end of your report), list the works in alphabetical order:

Book ex: Adler, N., J. 1992. International Dimensions of Organizational Behavior. Belmont: Wadsworth Publishing Company.

Internet ex: CIA. April 1, 2000. The World Factbook. http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/mx.html

Article ex: Gomez, C. 1999. Article Name. Name of Magazine or Journal. 19: 32-50.

5. make sure you include the full URL so I can get to the same info you used.

6. use quotes when using a reference word for word.

DO NOT….

1. use bullet points or list information within your paper (I expect well-written paragraphs).

2. copy from your sources.

3. quote paragraphs at a time.

4. forget to provide references of sources used after each use. If reference is not included within text I will assume you are plagiarizing. The minimum punishment for plagiarism is an F.

5. provide only one reference for each page. If you have obtained all the information in a page from one source (this should not happen often) then provide that reference at least once in each paragraph making it clear that the information in that paragraph comes from that one source.

6. trust only one internet source…confirm your numbers and info with different sources.

7. wait until the last two weeks…historically teams who wait until then have regretted it …