Best Practices for Managing Expatriates: A Guide on Selection, Hiring and Compensation - Hardcover

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STAN LOMAX, an attorney at law and a consultant on human resources issues for the SK Group, is Distinguished Lecturer, the Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina. He teaches human resources and labor relations there. Over the past thirty years, he has served as Director of Human Resources for Sukyong, USA; Managing Director of Human Resources for Nomura Securities; Corporate Staff Director of Compensation and Benefits, Schlumberger, Ltd.; Middle East Personnel Manager, Dowell-Schlumberger; Consultant, Hay Associates; Senior Vice President of Compensation and Benefits for Shearson Lehman Brothers; and Director of Compensation and Benefits, National Broadcasting Co. He is a graduate of both the Cornell Labor Relations School and the Cornell Law School. Mr. Lomax lives in New York City.

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A Wealth of Practical Advice and Expert Insight on the Expatriate Experience

Former human resources manager and expatriate Stan Lomax shares his considerable experience and innovative ideas on best practices for overseas assignees and their managers. He discusses common problems and answers tough questions for parties on both sides of the expatriate issue. He provides tips and advice on issues from choosing and training candidates to applying for overseas positions and getting the best compensation package possible. Expert advice on these subjects, and more, is included:

• Overcoming the challenges faced by managers and expatriates
• Furthering your professional goals through overseas assignments
• Becoming selected as an expatriate
• Training and preparing expatriate candidates
• Negotiating reasonable expatriate compensation and benefits packages
• Matching personal and professional goals with your company s business strategy
• Best practices case studies
• Effective repatriation and sound career path planning

Whether you re an expatriate, a candidate, or a manager of expatriates, Best Practices for Managers and Expatriates provides the practical and reliable advice you need.

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The Ultimate Guide for Expatriates and Their

Managers

In this insightful guide, Stan Lomax shares his considerable experience and innovative ideas on best practices for expatriates and their managers. As a former human resources manager, consultant, and expatriate himself, he synthesizes the viewpoints of all three parties and provides unbiased and reliable advice for those on either side of this complicated issue.

He shows how expatriates and their corporate managers can work together to minimize common difficulties. He discusses what companies can do to more fully support their overseas programs and what expatriates themselves can do to match their personal and professional goals with their companys long-term business strategy.

Best Practices for Managers and Expatriates describes each step of the international assignment process, discusses the global demand for expatriates, and profiles the characteristics of todays assignees. Case studies of global corporations highlight the practices that work and those that dont.

Potential expatriates and those already overseas will find advice based upon practical experience. Important issues that should be taken into consideration before accepting or rejecting an overseas assignment are discussed, and tips are provided on negotiating the best terms and conditions in such critical areas as compensation, benefits, housing, career planning, and repatriation. Potential expatriates will learn how to sign up for overseas postings, get the training needed for overseas success, and plan future assignments to further personal and professional interests.

Best Practices for Managers and Expatriates offers practical, down-to-earth advice on all the major issues of expatriation. Whether you are working overseas, applying for foreign positions, or managing expatriates yourself, this comprehensive and straightforward book will help make the expatriate experience simpler, more rewarding, and more profitable for all involved.