Your task is to imagine that you have been appointed as a group of consultants to advise an organisation which is currently based in India about its plans to expand to Mexico. You have been asked to research the labour market in both the home and other country and then to consider the implications of any differences/similarities for the management of people particularly with regard to work organisation and employee relations. You are expected to specify and justify the aspects of the national environment which you consider to be the most important. We would also like you to recommend which strategic option is most appropriate for expanding into the new country. For example, discussing whether an ethnocentric, polycentric or regiocentric approach etc would be most suitable, justifying your choice.

ASPECTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT TO RESEARCH AND INCLUDE IN THE PRESENTATION: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF : The role of the state: Political system: free market, command economy, democracy, socialist , conservative What system applies in your country? What impact does this have on the management of people? Legislation: especially the degree of protection for employees and trade unions Employment / Labour laws / Industrial relations What are the implications for managing people? Laws around managing diversity at work and HR practices/ social responsibility and HR Labour market / Porter's factor conditions: national investment in labour How does investment in schools and universities affect employers approaches to training and development? What impact does this have on the country's capacity for innovation/ skills and shortages of skills in the labour market.? What different sorts of labour might be available in a national labour market? How can the labour market help or hinder a firms survival and /or growth? Economic environment What impact will strong or weak economy have on the management of people? Social Factors What are the most important social factors which will affect the workplace? Culture has a large bearing on social arrangements, so must be included Emerging issues around the management of people related to changing technologies of work ( online working/ dispersed teams/) Remember the question research the labour market in both the india and mexico and then to consider the implications of any differences/similarities for the management of people particularly with regard to work organisation and employee relations. You are expected to specify and justify the aspects of the national environment which you consider to be the most important. We would also like you to recommend which strategic option is most appropriate for expanding into mexico. For example, discussing whether an ethnocentric, polycentric or regiocentric approach etc would be most suitable, justifying your choice. Consider how institutional context/ cultural context influences zones of manoeuvre for HRM strategies in the host country.