“VIGNETTE 1.2 FROM STARUSA TO STARGLOBAL (1) and (2).



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Why did Herman Wouters resign?1

What is the international strategy of StarUSA?1

How can Cindy Fratelli prepare herself to play an IHR role??2

What areas of IHR will Cindy need to learn?3

References4

“VIGNETTE 1.2 FROM STARUSA TO STARGLOBAL (1) and (2).

Why did Herman Wouters resign?

Herman Wouters is now in his early fifties, he has passed culturally acceptable age of retirement in Belgium. There are different reasons for this big decision of lifetime. The cultural norms play a big role in the decision of individuals, and in this case it seems true as well. Also, the corporate world is becoming increasingly competitive with foreign competition from growing economies and rapid changes. Businesses need continuous changes on rapid basis, aged managers like Herman Wouters stand like bumps in the way of smooth transition; he probably knew that it will be a rough ride for him and others in the company. He had performed well in his career and had attained financial resources well. In his career he had achieved a lot independently from StarEuro and with StarEuro. Herman Wouters is now seeking some leisure time to spend a life of his choice, perhaps he has achieved all he needed to and now it's time to cash the success for him.

What is the international strategy of StarUSA?

StarUSA is headquartered in Midwestern metropolitan area with financial worth of $3.5 billion. Initially it was started by an engineer. Later came into publically owned domain. The company is well known for its business to business customized, world class services in realm of engineering solutions. The company started with sales in United States, however later these sales expanded to Canada and Europe. The company handled sales outside USA through local independent distributors coordinated through international export division of the ...