QUESTION 1
a. Design a compensation package for the Hotel Manager position (to include non-financial benefits). (15 marks)
b. Explain the rationale for your compensation package design. (10 marks)
c. Defend how the compensation package can motivate the expatriates for the assignment of going to Jamaica. (10 marks)
TOTAL: 35 MARKS
PART TWO (2)
The Rendezvous management hires six candidates to work in Jamaica. Rendezvous management team feels confident that these six candidates can successfully open the new hotels in Jamaica. The success of these managers is vital to the success of setting up the new business, so management wants to ensure they provide effective support for them in terms of training and development. They believe that the best option is to divide training into two parts: pre-departure training and on-the-job training in the new country. Since the organization has never sent employees abroad before, they are not sure about what should be included in these training programs. The only mandatory area that must be included is an introductory language section (including basic business English and Jamaican patois/creole) so that the managers have a basic grasp of the English language and Jamaican patois/creole by the time they open the new hotels. However, they hope that the managers will enjoy their introductory language course and will continue to attend more advanced language classes when the new hotels are open.
The organization knows that training is important; but despite looking at what other companies offer, they cannot decide what the key training areas should be.
QUESTION TWO
i. Orientation is important in preparing the expatriate for their Jamaican assignment, and you are required to develop an orientation package that will help to minimize culture shock AND ALSOminimize the health and safety concerns of the French expatriates. (20 marks)
ii. Defend the need to begin to prepare a comprehensive repatriation programme when the French expatriates will be required to return to the Parent Country, France. (15 marks)
