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An initial orientation
o Culture
A general overview of country traditions/history; government/economy; and living conditions, all designed to provide a sense of the country and its people with a strong emphasis on flexibility rather than rules for specific situations and the opinions (often erroneous) of others.
o Assignment
Job requirements and expectations, length of assignment, expatriate benefits including salary/allowances; tax consequences; repatriation policy.
o Relocation
Clothing/housing requirements; health requirements; visa requirements, shipping/packing of goods to be sent overseas, storage of stateside household; US home disposal/rental, overseas housing
A pre-departure orientation
Because the initial orientation often takes place a month or more before actual departure, a pre-departure orientation is recommended. This is to provide employees and their families with information they will need in transit and upon arrival as well as emphasize material that had been covered earlier. Also covered:
o A basic introduction to the language, more likely to be remembered when the opportunity to use it is close at hand.
o Further reinforcement of key behavioral values especially open mindedness.
o Enroute, emergency and arrival information.
Arrival orientation.
Upon arrival, the employee and his/her family should be met at the airport or other debarkation point by an assigned company sponsor to ease transition through the first month in country.
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Orientation Manual for International Travel & Foreign Travel Policy
Type: HR, Report if not a HR topic
Posted 25-02-2011Reply
Hi All,
In my company, employees will have to travel abroad on short term basis for official work. Ex. 3-6 months.
So I need to prepare the Orientation Manual and Foreign Travel Policy.
As of now we did not have any standard policy to follow, but now frequency and duration of travel is increasing. Destination countries are US & Dubai.
In some cases fooding & lodging will be arranged by company or client.
I have to anticipate other than basic amenities what are the other details I can give them in orientation manual.
I want to anticipate what are the general requirements of employees from HR point of view.
This is very urgent please help.
Regards
Rashee
Hi Rashee,
Intially they have to undersatand the the country ettiquttes.Thats what we call expatriate tarining.employees have to be trained accordingly.They cannot carry the home country culture to the host country.so i would recommend you prapare a document on cross-cultural training and then train the employees suitably.i hope this site will be useful to you.\
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/global-etiquette/usa.html
Let me know if you need nay further information.
Good luck
Regards,
Saujanya
Intially they have to undersatand the the country ettiquttes.Thats what we call expatriate tarining.employees have to be trained accordingly.They cannot carry the home country culture to the host country.so i would recommend you prapare a document on cross-cultural training and then train the employees suitably.i hope this site will be useful to you.\
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/global-etiquette/usa.html
Let me know if you need nay further information.
Good luck
Regards,
Saujanya
Hope this might be helpful.
An initial orientation
o Culture
A general overview of country traditions/history; government/economy; and living conditions, all designed to provide a sense of the country and its people with a strong emphasis on flexibility rather than rules for specific situations and the opinions (often erroneous) of others.
o Assignment
Job requirements and expectations, length of assignment, expatriate benefits including salary/allowances; tax consequences; repatriation policy.
o Relocation
Clothing/housing requirements; health requirements; visa requirements, shipping/packing of goods to be sent overseas, storage of stateside household; US home disposal/rental, overseas housing
A pre-departure orientation
Because the initial orientation often takes place a month or more before actual departure, a pre-departure orientation is recommended. This is to provide employees and their families with information they will need in transit and upon arrival as well as emphasize material that had been covered earlier. Also covered:
o A basic introduction to the language, more likely to be remembered when the opportunity to use it is close at hand.
o Further reinforcement of key behavioral values especially open mindedness.
o Enroute, emergency and arrival information.
Arrival orientation.
Upon arrival, the employee and his/her family should be met at the airport or other debarkation point by an assigned company sponsor to ease transition through the first month in country.
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