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January Learning Lab

Understanding International Culture and HR Planning

Categories: TAHRA Learning Lab

Presented by MaryRose Hart, Ph.D, SPHR, GPHR

As the world is shrinking, the leaders are changing as are their expectations; search for talent is expanding and becoming harder.  Human Resources must keep abreast of the changes.  We are all people, common humanity but that does not mean that it expresses itself the same way.  Come and see how this way of looking at international culture can affect the bottom line and decisions of your company.

This lab, using the Hofstede's 5 dimensions as talking points, will cover these points:

  • Key reasons to be aware of the different cultures:
    Does the new management term think like Americans?
    Assumption that everyone thinks the way we do, "Truth or Fiction?"
  • Hofstede's five dimensions of national culture:
    Individualism versus Collectivism
    High/Low power distance
    High/Low uncertainty avoidance
    Achievement versus Nurturing
    Long-term versus short-term orientation
  • How these may impact HR decisions
    What theories are international versus national (Example, Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs is not international)
    What is important to different cultures in Total Rewards planning
    What is legally required and what is expected  (Compliance versus culture)
    How to balance expectations
  • Practice situations using Hofstede's Dimensions
  • Questions and Wrap Up

MaryRose Hart obtained her SPHR January 2008 and her GPHR December 2008. She developed an interest in the international corporate culture as a result of living and studying overseas.  Although reared in the United States (She has been in all 50 states, living in nine of them), she has had the privilege of living in and visiting countries in Asia, North America and Europe. 

Prior to obtaining her PhD and MA from Michigan State University, MaryRose was an Air Force Captain.  She did her undergraduate in Political Science/Psychology from Oakland University.

MaryRose has had a background in Human Resources.  She worked in the compensation field as an analyst up through manager of compensation. MaryRose has run her own consulting firms (Hart Analytical and EthicsDoc) for over twenty years. These consulting firms advise small firms to Fortune 500 companies in areas of compensation, staffing, ethical issues, MBTI and international issues.

Currently a Professor at Rogers State University, she has taught at major and regional universities for over 30 years. She has done research in the areas of MBTI, staff development, organizational behaviors, leadership, and international business. In the process, MaryRose developed community liaisons in three major metro cities.

This event is approved for HRCI credits

This Program has been approved for 2.0 HR (Internationa) recertification credit hours toward aPHR™, aPHRi™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™ and SPHRi™ recertification through HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®).

HR Certification Institute’s® (www.HRCI.org) official seal confirms that TAHRA meets the criteria for pre-approved recertification credit(s) for any of HRCI’s eight credentials, including SPHR® and PHR®.

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January 23, 2014 | 2 - 4 p.m.

Registration Ended

OSU Tulsa - North Hall Room 153
700 North Greenwood Avenue
Tulsa, OK 74106