My Assignment#5

Internal Memo

Cheryl Smith

Bus 325

Professor Stacey Flood

October 26, 2015

Strayer University

Internal Memo

To: John Brian, Human Resource Director

From: Henry Burton, Human Resource Manager

Date: 26th October 2015

Subject: Reducing Expatriate Turnover

The beneficial for our foreign assignment have greatly reduced due to the reported rise in Expatriate turnover experienced in our organization. Most of our managers signed broad duties return home earlier. Most of the ones who remain for the full scheduled time fail to deliver as expected. The major reason for this rise in Expatriate Turnover is the failure to adapt to different environmental aspects of the countries they are assigned duties to. I am therefore compelled to suggest the following strategies to help curb this problem.

We should develop a thorough training sessions for our managers to equip them with knowledge about different aspects of the environment of the countries they are being assigned duties to. These environmental aspects include weather and people's culture. This will help them to prepare well to adapt to the new environment. The training should also focus on equipping our managers with global leadership development skills. This will help them work with the crew from the foreign countries efficiently. We should carry out repatriation process for our managers who have been assigned duties abroad in a manner that make them feel their return is appreciated. This should include throwing a small homecoming party for them with only staff members as the attendance. They should also be given time to readapt to the home culture and also a chance to exercise the experience they gathered abroad. This will make our expatriates more willing to come back home after accomplishing the task they are assigned abroad. Cases of our expatriates shifting to other jobs in foreign countries will therefore reduce.

I believe these strategies will help reduce expatriate turnover if put into action.

Thank you.

Kind Regards,

Henry Burton (Human Resource Manager).