ODL-Managing People

One of the key challenges faced by any transnational corporation is related to the control and coordination between headquarters and subsidiaries. Transnational corporations always need to strike a balance between "striving for control from headquarters" and "striving for autonomy from subsidiaries". The headquarters can control its subsidiaries in many ways, such as sending expatriates from the office of the company to key positions in the subsidiary, formulating and implementing organization wide management policies, and controlling financial and other output measures. With regard to the standardization of human resources policies and practices, a unified policy should be implemented in all units of the organization if local laws and conditions permit.