We hire people for technical skills. We fire them for personality faults.
It is a pity that the personnel director who spoke those words insists on being anonymous. Few people can have made a more trenchant comment on recruitment and employment practices.
"Personal Chemistry Proves Hard to Define," Financial Times, July 16, 1987, 5.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After studying the material in this chapter, the student should be familiar with the following concepts:
(1) Quantitative and qualitative forecasting
(2) Ethnocentric, polycentric, regiocentric, and geocentric staffing policies
(3) International compensation packages
(4) Allowance phaseout
(5) Mobility premiums
(6) Cultural sensitivity
(7) Outplacement assistance
(8) Industrial democracy
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