An innovative global management staffing system: A competency-based perspective

Significant demands are imposed on corporate management of multinational co rporations (MNCs) to develop a strategic orientation of their global human resource management systems (SGHRM). This strategic orientation, which shou ld balance the need for both global stability and local flexibility, necess itates a more pronounced multicultural management membership. the competenc y-based SGHRM system proposed in this paper combines an innovative global m anagement staffing practice of inpatriating foreign managers with the exten t practice of expatriating domestic managers. The competency-based criteria are used to identify global manager candidate pools capable of executing a n integrated global management system (C) 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.