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CHINT Global: Selecting the Next Country Manager

Lin Lu, Min Sun, Paul W. Beamish, Elie Chrysostome, Jingshu Zhang

Product #:W32603_P
Supplier:Antai/Ivey
Discipline:Human Resource Management, International Business
Setting:Saudi Arabia, China; Middle East; North Africa, 2022
Details:Case (PDF) • 10 pages • 2023-04-10

Subjects:

Organizational cultureBusiness managementOrganizational behaviorInternational business

Industries:

Fabrication and manufacturing

Geography:

AsiaSaudi ArabiaChinaMiddle East
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James Han, director of strategy and planning at CHINT Group, needed to select the new country manager for the group's branch in Saudi Arabia. The branch was expected to become CHINT's regional hub for the Middle Eastern market, but the incumbent country manager lacked the necessary leadership skills. Han was considering two candidates: Wendy Sun, the country manager in Turkey, and Jack Ma, the country manager in Egypt. Both branches had achieved outstanding business growth under the leadership of Sun and Ma, respectively. Han needed to evaluate their capabilities and decide who was a better fit for the target market and the local team in Saudi Arabia, while also taking into account the cost of replacing them at their respective branches.

Learning Objectives

The case can be used in courses on international human resource management, strategic human resource management, and cross-cultural management as part of Master of Business Administration or similar degree programs. The case can also be used in executive development programs and leadership training. After working through the case and the assigned questions, students will be able to
  • identify the key criteria of selecting expatriate managers for a multinational company;
  • develop a contingency perspective in selecting an expatriate manager, which includes a comprehensive consideration of factors such as person-person fit, person-job fit, and person-organization fit; and
  • understand the potential advantages and challenges related to appointing female expatriate managers, who were historically under-represented in cross-cultural management.
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