Jan Gronski, managing director of Cisco China Research Center (CRDC) and Ivo Raznjevic, technical director, set out to create a new R & D center in Shanghai, China. This case focuses on the culture of the building through human resource practices in the description of measures such as the provision of appropriate construction, installation labor, looking for relevant projects, developing managers, creating groups, performance assessment, intellectual property protection and the management of growth. The case presents the specific issues that arise in relation to talent management: How to overcome the manager dramatic cultural differences in the various working groups? If local workers to be transferred from the test engineer development manager? As Raznjevic help its newest manager after his first meeting with the rating system Cisco,? What measures, if any, must be taken with regard to Raznjevic senior engineer, who sent the disputed e-mail? This material highlights the organizational culture and offer students the opportunity to learn to recognize and control the situation. Case could be taught at the end of the review period, as organizational behavior at the graduate level or in the executive education program focuses on team building, growing managers from within, and related talent management issues in a global context. "Hide
by Lynn Isabella, Gerry Yemen Source: Darden School of Business 27 pages. Publication Date: January 21, 2010. Prod. #: UV4292-PDF-ENG