The Global Manager Essay -- Business Management Studies

The Global ManagerThe rapid growth of globalization has created a boundary less(prenominal)organization. To manage such an organization, there is a need for aglobal director, one who manages across distances, countries andcultures. Considered by some authors to be a myth, wider research,readings and understanding signify its existence. There are certaincriteria which define a global manager, which are truly essential tosuccessful 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 therecruitment of such managers only from the home country of theorganization. This is created a limited pool of next generationmanagers. With the changing trend, organizations have been emphasizingon the recruitment of managers from home country and third nationcountry. Women, too, are macrocosm considered. The major challenge facingglobal organizations is attract and retain such global managers. In view of some authors, such as, Christopher A Barlett and SumantraGhoshal1, there is no such thing as a universal global manager,rather there are 3 groups of specialists business managers, countrymanagers, and functional managers and there are top executives atcorporate headquarters, who manage the complex interactions betweenthe 3. According to Yehuda Baruch2, there is no such thing as aglobal manager, because the examination of a wide possiblecharacteristics indicates that there seems to be no distinct set ofindividual qualities that constitute such a manager.With globalization graceful a basic economic reality, nationalboundaries have become insignificant. As a result,... ...ompeting in the global marketplace, 3rd ed, McGraw-Hill/Irwin- Dessler, G. (2003), Human Resource Management-CAPS, 9th ed, Pearson Education, radical Jersey- Ball, D. A., P. L. Frantz, J. M. Geringer, W. H. McCulloch, Jr., M. S. Minor (2004), International logical argumen t the challenge of global competition, International ed, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, New York- Kramar, R., P. mcgraw, R. S. Schuler (1997), Human Resource Management in Australia 3rd ed, Longman, Australia- www.gwsae.org/executiveupdate/2002/ kinsfolk/success.htm- www.ccl.org/cgi-bin/print/printpage.pl---------------------------------------------------------------------1 Barlett, C.A., S. Goshal (2003), What is a global manager, Harvard Business Review, v 81, pg 1012 Baruch, Y. (2002), No such thing as a global manager, Business Horizons, v 45, pg 36