Question

1. Discuss five (5) considerations for an international company considering whether to relocate expatriates.

Answer 1

Following are the five considerations should be kept for an international company considering whether to relocate the expatriates:

• First, it is to understand the objectives of the specific Job, which may require expatriates to transfer to the other location. It is necessary to check this Job can be done virtually or Expatriates need to be on site or any other alternative could also manage this Job.
• The next consideration is about interest of the expatriate to take the relation and leadership team should emphasis on risk assessment and build appropriate response at the time when Expatriates may deny relocating to the other location. They should keep alternative people and take consensus before relocating them to other location.
• The next important things to check health situation of such Expatriates, as leadership team must know whether, the health condition will support them to relocate to new location or not. Health take crucial role, it may restrict travelling further. Not all Expat could be fit with the weather condition, geographical location. Hence, it should be reviewed as well.
• Leadership team should also consider effective budgetary plan for such relocation work. The budgetary plan that will keep expats to the location for certain period of time and get the job objectives done.
• Organizational leadership team should also clarify necessary learning that can be gained through such on site Job and what kind of exposure an Expat can receive, all these should be documented and they should check learning agility of each expatriate. That will help them to define who should be relocated.