Critically discuss the usefulness of cross-cultural theories in influencing the development of global talent management and global leadership programmes in MNCs

Critically discuss the usefulness of cross-cultural theories in influencing the development of global talent management and global leadership programmes in MNCs.

National culture is likely to significantly influence the strategies and practices that HR in multinationals pursue and so the models of categorisation of culture should be explored. Students will need to discuss the cross‐cultural theories– Hofstede, Hall, Trompenaars, Lewis, Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck, global mindset and CQ etc. and explain how the various theories will impact on HR approaches to GTM and leadership styles and policies and practices – e.g. how individualism and collectivism impact on reward and compensation, how power distance will affect decision‐making and reporting structures in organisations, how low/high context will influence styles of communications, influencing and negotiations, the importance of global mindset in developing and accessing critical global roles and leadership experience