ABSTRACT

MNEs confront a number of special problems related to the training and development (T&D) of their global workforces and managers. Responsibility for T&D is traditionally one of HR’s core functions. So when an enterprise’s international business reaches a significant level, when it is involved with multiple subsidiaries and partnerships in other countries, with the transfer of its technology to other countries, with developing and pursuing a global strategy and marketing its products and/or services on a global scale, and with the assignment of a number of employees to international positions, the T&D function takes on a new and more complex nature.