Abstract
This document is a presentation of some points of the human resources' strategy of three big companies : Club Med, Tic-Tock and Fred Bailay. Extracts of the document : "What are the causes of the heavy turnover among GOs? From the perspective of Club Med's management, does the turnover really matter? Why or why not?
The employee turnover is: “the number of permanent employees leaving the company within the reported period versus the number of actual Active Permanent employees on the last day of the previous reported period (physical headcount). The number of leavers, that are included in Employee Turnover, only includes natural turnover (resignations, termination, retirement etc); it does not reflect any redundancies.”
"What should Dave Steiner and Kline Associates' other managing partners do about Fred? What are their options, and which do you recommend? Based on your recommendation, what should happen next?
With the current situation in Japan for Fred it is necessary for the company to think about the situation of its employees and the way to upgrade it. Fred personal life is now a problem, with his wife willing to come back in the US, on another side its professional experiences may easily be increased by training on intercultural management. Even if the personal life of the employees is not a matter for the company, in the case of expatriates it is important to make easier the personal life of the employees in order to feel happy and comfortable in his position.
The company has several options to solve this situation:
- Plan a meeting with Fred in order to find solutions to upgrade his life and the one of his family. Maybe by increasing the interaction and social events between the American and Japanese families of the employees.
- Accept Fred to come back in the United States with a lower or equivalent position. Fred will maybe have in the future a new opportunity to show its skills and performances. Nevertheless, the pace of its career will be slowed down, and a return in the US will be a professional error for Fred.
- The last option for the company is to terminate Fred's contract, this option may be considered as same situations occurred and comments on the fact to “control his wife” were said."
