situation in the country of interest, which is Kazakhstan. Based on this information it is your part to take the role of a Bosch corporate HR manager. You are sup- posed to analyze both, the company and country- specific context, and outline a proposed model for personnel planning and staffing of the Bosch subsidi- ary in Kazakhstan. By drawing on the Ethnocentric, Polycentric, Regiocentric, Geocentric (EPRG) Model of Perlmutter (see Chapter 5), please decide which staffing strategy would be the best choice. Discuss on this basis how many expatriates and how many local employees you would plan in a short- or medium-term at the different hierarchical levels. If you should per- ceive any further information needs please explicitly define a realistic set of supporting assumptions. Please justify your decision. Which are the advantages and disadvantages of your decision