IMD-4-0306 © 2009
Peiperl, Maury
The recently appointed deputy director of human resources for Individuals Supply, David Hall, a global leader in the HR services company, headed to his first meeting with the CEO and his new boss, the HR manager.
In the latter, a staff function, Hall was asked to look at the firm’s worldwide work force in order to find better solutions to its global freedom difficulty. Hall was specific that the company – an expert in sourcing talent for its customers – could do more in certain markets to source talent for itself. He questioned what it would require to organize such an attempt on a worldwide scale. Learning objectives: Identify and discuss the pros and cons of mobility of ability across borders.
Subjects: Global staffing; Talent mobility
Settings: Worldwide; HR Services; 7,000 employees; 2007
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