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Solution
Expatriating Japanese staff to the UK and UK staff to Japan offers several advantages for both employees and the organization.
Knowledge Transfer & Skill Development – Expatriates, as cited by OPM (2024), bring expertise and insights from their home country to achieve operational and cultural gaps. US managers can learn efficiency focused techniques of manufacturing, while Japanese employees can learn innovation driven research and development techniques.
Stronger Cross-Cultural Collaboration – Developing cultural intelligence, employees work in various environments and subsequently improve teamwork and communication between UK and Japanese teams. This is because it helps to create a more harmonized corporate culture and that is evident in Chrysos (2023).
Leadership Development & Global Talent Pipeline – Expatriation is used as a vehicle of preparation as it exposes employer employees to international business practices (Amid et al, 2015). This enables UK staff to gain some insights into Japanese corporate strategy and Japanese managers to adapt leadership styles in a Western work environment, thus strengthening long term business integration…..
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