Electric carmaker Tesla to build factory in Shanghai Electric carmaker Tesla has signed an agreement with Chinese authorities to build a factory in Shanghai. As the Vice-President of Human Resources, the Board has informed you of their internationalization strategy. Furthermore, the Board has decided that all the functional heads such as the Marketing or Finance head for the Chinese operations will be senior managers from the US, who will be expatriated to China to set up the operations. The rest of the staff for the Chinese operations would be the locals. You, along with the other senior managers have been asked to strategize for the multinational nature of your organization. You have been given two weeks to study the various HR related aspects and submit a report that are likely to influence Teslas HR strategies in the Chinese market. Please refer to the below links: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44789823 https://www.shrm.org/hr-today/news/hr-magazine/pages/the-road-to-inland-china.aspx

The details of the expected project report format is given below:

1. Literature Review You should conduct a review of relevant academic literature using at least 4-6 articles (the number is in total for all the questions given below) taken from reputed research journals/ article publications, as well as in addition consider any other secondary literature reports, company data/ any other relevant data, to critically analyse the available literature. The literature articles should be chosen in a way that depicts how differences

among countries affect HRM at organizations with international operations through the following points: a. Discuss the cultural differences between USA and China with the help of Hofstedes cultural dimensions theory for analyzing. [10 marks] b. A critical review any two theories of leadership and impact of leadership in international markets. Furthermore, select the right leadership style for TESLAs expansion into CHINA [10 marks