Trident BUS 401 Module Case 4 International Business Answers

Case 4 International BusinessArik Air is one Nigeria’s largest
airlines and one of the largest airlines in all of Africa. Its
employment situation is a bit unique in that close to 10 percent of its
employees are expatriates. Recruiting and retaining expatriates to work
as pilots or other positions in Nigeria can require higher salaries than
are typically paid to local workers. However, disparities in wages
between expatriates and local employees can lead to resentment. Overall,
the human resource situation for a company that operates globally and
hires globally such as Arik Air can be quite complicated.Now
suppose that Arik Airlines has been purchased by an American company,
which now has to develop a plan to address the issue of hiring and
maintaining a well-qualified pilot staff and making all of Arik’s
employees feel welcome under the new American parent company. Also,
suppose that you have been tasked with coming up with a solid human
resource plan for the new American owners of Arik Air. You need to make
major decisions such as how much to rely on local staff, how much to
rely on employees from the United States or other countries, and how to
deal with the sensitive issue of how an American company manages local
employees who may be resentful of their new owner. In order to do this,
you will need to use what you’ve learned in the background materials in
this module as well as what you’ve learned in the previous modules about
assessing the local environment of a country.In a 4- to 5-page paper, present a strategic human resource plan considering the following issues:1.
The economic/political environment in Nigeria—how will this influence
the difficulty in hiring local staff or recruiting expatriates to come
work in Nigeria? How will this influence your strategy?2.
Nigeria’s national culture—what implications will cultural differences
between the United States and Nigeria have on your strategic plan? What
difficulties do you anticipate, and how do you propose to deal with
them?3. How much should the American company rely on local
pilots and managers vs. expatriate pilots and managers? Keep the issue
of potential local resentment of expatriates in mind.Remember
that your paper should reflect an integration of both what you learned
in the background materials about the key general aspects of
international human resource management, and what you’ve specifically
learned about the unique issues involved in managing human resources in
an airline in Nigeria. Your task is to apply the background materials to
the specific issues that would be faced by an American company if it
were to purchase Arik Air.Background material:Do some research on Arik Air and the human resource situation in Nigeria. Below are a few articles to get you started:Arik Air customer base soars (Jan. 31, 2014). AllAfrica.com. Washington.Nigeria loses N500 billion annually to expatriate pilots. (Jan. 24, 2014). AllAfrica.com [Washington] 24 Jan 2014.Fajana,
S., Owoyemi, O., Elegbede, T., & Gbajumo-Sheriff, M. (2011). Human
resource management practices in Nigeria. Journal of Management and
Strategy, 2(2), 57.Paper Format as follows:Set 1-inch margins on all four sides.?Use 12-point type throughout; don’t use different type sizes.?Double-space the text throughout the paper, including the reference page.?Do not put extra spaces between paragraphs or between headings and paragraphs.?Use italics or bold for emphasis, but use them sparingly or it becomes too distracting for your readerMust have in-text citationsMust have references (APA format)