Managing Director and Director of Operations for Thailand hand made in Taiwan and Thailand, a joint venture (JV) are experiencing serious difficulties. Transferred from Taiwan to Thailand three years ago, they shared management responsibilities with other Taiwanese expatriates, two in North America, and several Thai leaders. Labor was mostly local Thais. Performance of the company are not relevant to any of the partners of the joint venture, the problem is especially acute for the managing director, whose father was the chairman of the holding company's Taiwan partner. Problems associated with high turnover and the changing role of the recent departure of the American company was originally a 3-partnership, intercultural communication, and general confusion as to what to do. The purpose of the event is to develop a process to identify the problems and to plan appropriate action in a complex international environment. "Hide
by Joseph Distefano, Tom Gleave Source: Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation 13 pages. Publication Date: June 1, 1998. Prod. #: 98C001-PDF-ENG
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