How Culturally Savvy Are You?

Find out where your organization stands on the global scale.
This Global Score Card will help you understand how your organization is playing in the New Millennium's global environment.

On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being absolutely untrue and 5 being one hundred percent true, indicate how well your organization are doing in each of these areas. Print this page out and rate your organization in the right hand column.

We have made efforts to develop our organizational managers to be globally astute and interculturally savvy.
We have articulated important competencies for our international managers.
We have support systems in place for our employees and their families who assume international responsibilities.
We have looked at what our competition is doing to find its global niche and grow it.
We have analyzed how best to develop a presence in the global marketplace in terms of strategic planning, adapting our marketing, HR practices and other organizational functions to specific regional and country environments.
We are training individuals in particular countries and regions about the various organizational cultures in which they may be operating locally as international managers or being directed by remotely from a distance.
We have developed a code of ethics for your employees while on international assignment and have educated them about it.
We are aware of some of the major causes of international assignment failure.
We know that the return home is often more difficult for the employee and the family, than their adaptation to another country.
We provide transition support for our expatriates when they return.
We monitor retention rates for employees who return from international assignments.
We use the skills and abilities employees develop while on assignment.
Our returning global executives act as mentors for other employees.
TOTAL

If you scored 50 or less out of a possible 65 points, e-mail us to find out how your organization can reap the benefits of international and intercultural assignments.

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