The Global Manager Essay -- Business Management Studies

The Global Manager The rapid growth of globalization has created a boundary less organization. To manage such an organization, there is a need for a global manager, one who manages across distances, countries and cultures. Considered by some authors to be a myth, wider research, readings and understanding suggest its existence. There are certain criteria which define a global manager, which are truly essential to successful manage in the international context. These managers are invaluable to the organization as they provide the competitive edge. However, there has been shortage of such global managers due to the recruitment of such managers only from the home country of the organization. This is created a limited pool of next generation managers. With the changing trend, organizations have been emphasizing on the recruitment of managers from home country and third nation country. Women, too, are being considered. The major challenge facing global organizations is attract and retain such global managers. In view of some authors, such as, Christopher A Barlett and Sumantra Ghoshal[1], â€Å"there is no such thing as a ‘universal’ global manager, rather there are 3 groups of specialists: business managers, country managers, and functional managers and there are top executives at corporate headquarters, who manage the complex interactions between the 3.† According to Yehuda Baruch[2], there is â€Å"no such thing as a global manager†, because â€Å"the examination of a wide possible characteristics indicates that there seems to be no distinct set of individual qualities that constitute such a manager.† With globalization becoming a basic economic reality, national boundaries have become insignificant. As a result,... ...ompeting in the global marketplace†, 3rd ed, McGraw-Hill/Irwin - Dessler, G. (2003), â€Å"Human Resource Management-CAPS†, 9th ed, Pearson Education, New Jersey - Ball, D. A., P. L. Frantz, J. M. Geringer, W. H. McCulloch, Jr., M. S. Minor (2004), â€Å"International Business: the challenge of global competition†, International ed, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, New York - Kramar, R., P. mcgraw, R. S. Schuler (1997), â€Å"Human Resource Management in Australia† 3rd ed, Longman, Australia - www.gwsae.org/executiveupdate/2002/September/success.htm - www.ccl.org/cgi-bin/print/printpage.pl --------------------------------------------------------------------- [1] Barlett, C.A., S. Goshal (2003), â€Å"What is a global manager†, Harvard Business Review, v 81, pg 101 [2] Baruch, Y. (2002), â€Å"No such thing as a global manager†, Business Horizons, v 45, pg 36