(Solution) 50S04 QUESTION 11 (AC 4.3) Policies and practices in managing repatriation
Solution
Repatriation entails sending workers back to their countries after working on an overseas assignment. The knowledge transfer, employee engagement, and excellent integration of our UK and Japanese operations are guaranteed by means of effective policies and practices.
A policy is a set of rules or a principle within an organisation and adhered to in decision-making and action throughout the company (CIPD, 2023). In the case of our pharmaceutical branch in the UK, a role placement after repatriation is one of the policies that are necessary.
This guarantees the reassigning of returning expatriates to jobs that are within their increased competence and global experience (Sha, 2018). Indicatively, an HR expert based in the UK who made a 12-month assignment in Japan might go back to his or her senior position in People Management and deploy Japanese lean manufacturing, performance system and cross cultural cooperation.
Equally, Japanese managers who went back to the UK location ought to have unambiguous, policy-backed functions in the headquarters or production crews to allow them to apply experience learnt in UK activity.
A practice is operational action, executing a policy, which is aimed at helping the employees in practice in repatriation (Jordan, 2001). Structured reintegration and knowledge exchange through workshops is one of the recommended practices. The staff of the UK who had returned to Japan can attend the sessions where they are sharing their lessons about the lean ways, compliance, and collaboration methods. The Japanese personnel who have worked in the UK can offer an insight on the flexible working styles and project management enhancement. These workshops not only instil learning, they aid readjustment of staff to the cultural environment, and facilitate transfer of knowledge within the organisation,
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