The issue of the transfer practices is at the heart of a case study of a Swedish multinational. Swedco is a highly international firm providing IT communications services and equipment for other firms. It employs tens of thousands of employees, with approximately 50 percent based outside Sweden, while 95 percent of the firm’s sales are abroad. There was evidence of a distinctively Swedish element to the management of the firm’s international workforce, something which was evident in a number of respects. First in the international context Swedish worker operate with relatively little direct supervision. Second, Swedish firms bypass the hierarchy and organizational employees do not feel constrained by formal authority relationship. This evidence of the country of origin effect is very significant; even in a highly internationalized MNC the nature of the domestic business system shapes the management of the international workforce. Discuss a multinational enterprise’s control and performance management with reference to the case study of Swedco.Show transcribed image text The issue of the transfer practices is at the heart of a case study of a Swedish multinational. Swedco is a highly international firm providing IT communications services and equipment for other firms. It employs tens of thousands of employees, with approximately 50 percent based outside Sweden, while 95 percent of the firm’s sales are abroad. There was evidence of a distinctively Swedish element to the management of the firm’s international workforce, something which was evident in a number of respects. First in the international context Swedish worker operate with relatively little direct supervision. Second, Swedish firms bypass the hierarchy and organizational employees do not feel constrained by formal authority relationship. This evidence of the country of origin effect is very significant; even in a highly internationalized MNC the nature of the domestic business system shapes the management of the international workforce. Discuss a multinational enterprise’s control and performance management with reference to the case study of Swedco.
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