Question 1
Localization is driven by the cultural environment, institutional environment, the maturity of the organization size, the mode of operation as well as the subsidiary role. The environmental and institutional environment factor of the firm determines the management of people with a respect to their culture as well as the policy to have them work for the firm in that context. The maturity of the firm size determines the number of employees to be recruited and the needs of the firm they will fulfill. The mode of operation determines the working conditions and the skills required of the human resource. Lastly, the subsidiary role determines the role of the human resource in the strategic outlook of the firm. The cultural environment factor is hardest to manage since the culture of the people is ingrained in the people and therefore hard to change to suit the firm’s needs.
Question 2
First, the firm needs to consult with the representatives of the employee unions. Second, plans for human resource should be mad such the scope of their redeploying. The firm should also facilitate a strategy for internal communication as well as identifying the training needs the employees have. Lastly new jobs should be designed that stem from the operations arising from off shoring. In china an example of these solutions is what Wall mart does by having supercenters in the country.
Question 3
Multinational enterprises are shaped by the firms that operate in their origin country. Therefore they attempt to introduce these human resource practices to the host country in the subsidiaries they won in the other countries. The legislation of employees is the characteristic that poses greatest threat since in encompasses the minimum working conditions, the rights of the employee, labor relations as well as the pay equity. The MNE has to liaise with the trade unions in the host country for negotiations and compromises on these issues.
Question 4
One way of mitigating the threat of employee’s legislation by MNEs is to make sure that there is a global code of conduct in place that is followed by the enterprises. The codes of conducts should be drawn and reviewed as well as conducting an analysis of the cost benefit ratio that supervises compliance by employees and the concerned parties.
Question 5
An example is the way in which the trade unions have engaged in practices that call for collective bargaining and collective agreements with the multinational companies in all their branches. This has created a positive image of the unions as well as promoted the sustainable development of the MNEs.
Question 6
The accusations Luther presented against the papal rule and the bishops are controversial since they were against an institution that established his growth in life and knowledge. However, human beings are endowed with reason and so they can judge for themselves what is right. However, religiosity is a person’s own judgment on how to live and what to believe. His accusations are only justified in the sense that he spoke out about what he believed in to whoever was willing to believe in him about the freedom of a Christian which he wrote to the Catholic Church administration for consideration. On the other hand the accusations might have misled others on their journey of faith or confused them on matters of Christian faith and religiosity especially if they believed on his judgment. This is because every person has a judgment to make on faith though many people follow the strong voice and those in leadership.
Question 7
If I am a religious activist, I would have the courage to speak what is true justice for human life since the matter rests on a divine revelation. So in that case I would only of my certainty rests on a divine revelation. On the other hand I would also be courageous to speak out loud to speak for the poor and the uneducated in matters of their faith if I shared their beliefs.
Question 8
The painting of Veronese as he defended himself saying that his license is similar to that of madmen and poets creates room for error and bias. In that case he made a painting out of his own imagination about an event that happened in history yet he was not present. I side with none in this case especially on the commissioning and asking about the figures present in the painting since they are human imaginations. The commissioning is purposeful for a recommendation to the people who ordered for the painting since they were not satisfied with the results and Veronese is entitled to his own imagination and since it was flawed it had to be renamed since it was not a representation of the last supper as described.
Question 9
As an artist I would be courageous to give all my reasoning to why I came up with such a painting. This is because it is the only way I view and understand or capture the image of what is presented. However consultation by asking is important if I do it as ordered and so do it by specifications. It is wrong to mislead other people in presenting what is not categorically true.
