There
are 4 types of adaptive approaches in the Global Human Resource Management:
- Ethnocentric Approach
- Polycentric Approach
- Regio-centric Approach
- Geocentric Approach
In the case of Alpha, it shows that the learning form is the polycentric approach for embedding the best practices from its subsidiaries in global markets and other countries due to the provided statement from Alpha’s Head of HR in China that “Alpha wants to be a Chinese company in China but provide the same global experience to clients, no matter where the operations are carried out’ reflects this ambition”.
Alpha’s policy is to hire all positions of local staff at least 20% in overseas operations while entry-level positions with 50% and 90% in its non-English speaking geographies. It uses decentralization, distributed leadership, employee empowerment, and a non-hierarchical work environment, every employee in the organization is known as an ‘associate’ in order to promote the culture of ‘competing to collaborate’.
-My recommendation for Alpha is to use the Geocentric approach in order to make each employee concentrate more on his job and his duties and it will accept practices in different countries with different nationalities by the diversification of the cultures with the aim of having different strengths from each geography to hear the reflection of the ‘employee voice’ of the effectiveness of the HR function.