Chapter One
Globalization-and-its-impacts-on-HRM-in-Bangladesh
1.1
Introduction:
Globalization
refers to an increasing level of interdependence among the countries by a
number of ways like free flow goods and services, free movement of labor,
different sectoral and political openness, military alliances, etc. It is a
buzzword in today’s world, yet the degree to which different countries around
the world should become integrated remains a matter of controversy. With the
advent of Globalization, the developing countries have taken a number of
structural adjustments and different measures to achieve competitiveness,
efficiency in resource allocation and development of human resources. Human
resources are the catalyst of development for a country and the government of a
country should lay high emphasis for the development if its human resources.
But there is fears that most of the rapidly growing populated developing
countries will not have enough purchasing power at the disposal of their
consumers to enable them buy the imported food (Haq, Khadija 2002). Moreover,
most of the South Asian countries have very low level of reserves and are
facing external debt problem leaving no room to ensure food security through reliance
on imports (Valdes, A. and A.F. McCalla 1999). In this backdrop, it is worthy
to analyze the impact of globalization on the human resources development of
the developing nations. Globalization brings diversity and innovative
way of working in Bangladesh. Basically the era of globalization practices of
HRM from recruitment to industrial conflicts are brought by Multinational
Enterprises (MNE's) by sending expertise or recruiting host country expertise.
MNE'S
HRM practices in Bangladesh has an impact as difference between headquarters
and host country's in aspect of culture, education, demographic which has
considerable impact on global practices. It is unlikely standard practices will
be successful regardless of geographic region.
In
this report we try to find the issues and sub-issues cause problem in HR
practices and proposed the solutions to overcome the barriers.
The prime
objective of the paper is to identify issues related with globalization and its
impact on human development. However, the specific objective of the paper is to
evaluate the contribution of Globalization on the human development of
developing countries by focusing on the areas where the countries reaped
benefits and where they faced obstructions due to globalization. The paper is
based on secondary materials. Several articles of the renowned economists are
consulted to get a clear concept of the topic in respect to objectives
mentioned above. Besides, different other publications like Human Development
Report, UNDP report and World Bank report, etc. were also consulted to make the
paper informative and objective oriented.
1.2
Research Objectives:
Human
resources management was termed people management in early days where human are
being treated as resources like machineries but the HRM brings the concepts
human is sustainable capital.
The
objective of the research has cover definite part of human resource
development. These are as follows:
1.
Recruitment: there is significant vast difference between MNE's from western
country's and host country recruitment process.
2.
Employee relation: we will explore individualism VS collectivism, employee
performance appraisal, employee participation, motivation, commitment and trust
and so on.
3.
Industrial relation: we will discover the involvement of trade union, employer
association, Joint consultative committees (JCC'S), and government policy in
industrial relation and also the impact of trade union law and union density
rate and there correlation approaches.
1.3
Research Methodology:
Research
Methodology can be divided into three separate ways for making the research
proposal effective. These three methods are exploratory, descriptive,
analytical and predictive methods. As this Globalization and its impact on HRM
practice itself is a broad topic, in this case Descriptive method will be most effective.
Descriptive method is generally used to identify & clarify elements of the
subject by analyzing every aspect of the collecting data.
For
this method Quantitative data collection is the most effective one here. Under
quantitative method of design &methodology some important factors has to be
considered:
·
Emphasize on collecting data regarding
HRM practice in Southeast Bank Limited.
·
Concentrating on measuring scale or
range of inefficiency funds or lending of money as well as analyze bank's
movements towards the global HRM practice.
Chapter Two
Conceptual Framework
2.1: Globalization:
Globalization as the seemingly relentless integration of
economies, societies and cultures into a borderless worldwide communications
(Morrison, 2010, p. 32) technology and supply network is a world-transforming
process...not all which is pleasant," Although globalization is, and will
probably remain for some time, one of the most nebulous and misunderstood"
concepts (Beck, 2001, p. 19), there is some common ground to be found among all
the confusion. That is the idea of connections and relationships that go beyond
the immediate, local environment (Gray, 1999). Globalization is the process by
which all peoples and communities come to experience an increasingly common economic,
social and cultural environment; but globalization as a theory, deals with the
compression of the world and intensification of consciousness of the world as a
whole" (Robertson, 1992, p. 8). However, while the theory of globalization
is relatively new, the process is not (Epstein, 2002). Robertson (1992) further
states that globalization was initially discussed from economic perspectives,
but soon after it became a topic for discussions among intellectuals from
cultural perspectives as well. Therefore, it is essential to interpret
globalization from both economic and cultural perspectives simultaneously to
grasp its impact in every walk of life. According to Giddens globalization is
the dialectic of homogenization and heterogenization" (1991, p. 22).
In other words, globalization, by intensifying the
interconnectedness among different people, things, and ideas, homogenizes the
world and yet at the same time, the world becomes heterogenized as people are
more aware of differences due to the increasing proximity with differences
under a globalized world (Giddens, 1991).
The notion of the world community being transformed into a global
village, as introduced in 1960 by Marshall McLuhan in an influential book about
the newly shared experience of mass media, was likely to be the first
expression of the contemporary concept of globalization (cited in Epstein,
2002). Despite its entry into the common lexicon in the 1960s, globalization
was not recognized as a significant concept until the 1980s, when the complexity
and multidimensionality of the process began to be examined. Prior to the
1980s, accounts of globalization focused on a professed tendency of societies
to converge in becoming modern, described initially by Clark Kerr and
colleagues as the emergence of industrial man (cited in Robertson, 1992).
Chapter Three
3.1 Sources & Acquisition of
data:
Ø Primary data:
Primary
data is a collection of data from different sources which is not yet been used
by any people as a subject or not yet processed by any management. It is also
known as raw data which is relatively same. Here, to get a statistics from the
survey we can use computer or analysis b the experts.
We
will collect primary data by making a sample questioner to the employees or the
authorities of the bank having answers from them. Much of the research involves
getting information from employees of the bank about their perceptions
concerning the HRM practices and the impacts of it in globalization.
Ø Secondary data:
Secondary
data is already established b some other person not b the person who is using
this data. We will collect secondary data from the website of Southeast Bank
limited and other HRM and related websites. We will also try to find data from
the globalization related books and websites. We will information the selected
bank from the Southeast Bank ltd's website where annual report, employee
responsibilities, their profile, vision, mission etc. are available. We will
collect the information of the human resource
managment practice and its impact
on globalization in Bangladesh find from the different websites of Bangladesh.
3.2
Method of Data Collection and Analysis:
Quantitative
data analysis method will be used for arranging the data:
Ø Random sampling:
It
doesn't mean (Jon cunwin-‘Quantitative methods for business) haphazard
selection. It means each member of the population has some calculable chances
of being selected, not always equal chances as we see. It also means the
converse that there is no one in the identified population who could not be
selected when the sample is set up. Random sampling gives chance to every
individual to be selected.
Ø Cluster sampling:
Some
population has groups or cluster which adequately represent the population as a
whole for the purpose of survey. It can be said that pupils from a particular
school would have many experience in common with pupils from a particular
school that the errors in one file vary to another file. For making the survey
of gathering information about globalizations impact on HRM practice in Southeast
Bank Ltd a group of employees of Southeast Bank Ltd will be selected in a
cluster basis.
Ø Quota sampling:
The
most usual form of non random sampling is the Quota sampling. In this case
varies characteristics of the population identified as important for the
purpose of survey.
Ø Judgmental sampling:
In
judgmental sampling there is no group of people select by the surveyor to take
chance or judge. This method is normally used when sample size is small &
researcher wants to use the local knowledge. In this case employees experience
towards HRM practice in Bangladesh will be analyzed.
Ø Convenience sampling:
As
the name suggests a sample is selected on the basis that it is easy to obtain
& does the job. Convenience sampling is a quick& low costs solution. It
may be convenient to select our friends or a particular enquiry. In this
process data will be collected from the employees whose practice is most
important for this topic.
3.3
Form of presentation:
At
the time of presentation, some graphs, charts & related tables of HR
practice in Bangladesh with compare the other countries with a study on
Southeast Bank Ltd will be shown to analyze the topic. Charts from varies
economic or business journals is very much essential for presenting in a better
or clear way.
3.4
Four ways of collecting data:
Ø Interview method:
Focus
group interview- A Focus (Mahhotra & John -2002) group is an interview
piloted by a most trained people with great experience with few people. The
moderator leads the discussions. The main purpose of focus group is to gain
insights by listening to a group of people from the appropriate target market
talk about the issues of interest to the researches. Focus group is the most
important aspect in a qualitative research. The group size should be 8-10.
Depth
interview- A depth interview is an interview where the communication is one to
one where both can feel free to give interview which can go though them in
depth. It is totally different from the focus group interview which is taken on
a group. It is also unstructured. But it is done by person to person which is a
better idea to conduct a survey. It is generally take by the high level skilled
professionals. He or she focus on the employees believes, attitude and
motivation which is more effective in HR practice. It naturally takes half an
hour to one hour. The advantages of doing this interview are it goes deeper
discussion that focus group interview. Both can freely exchange their views
which are not possible in focus group interview method. Here respondents always
feel free to answer the questions with their own observations in word where
questions are also free.
Ø Survey method:
The
survey method is obtaining information is based on the questioning of
respondents. Respondents are asked a variety of questions regarding their
behavior, intentions, attitudes, awareness, motivations, demographic &
lifestyle characteristics. The size of the survey will enable statistical
analysis to be applied to any hypothesis. The questions may be asked verbally,
written, computer systems.
It
involves separate questionnaires to a willing & a co-operative responds.
The respondents require some questions to answer which questions are prepared
by the surveyor before questioning the respondents. This method has several
advantages which are in this method questionnaire is simple to administrator;
data obtained are reliable because the respondents are limited to the
alternative stated. The use of fixed respond questions reduces the variability
in the result that may be caused by the differences in the interviewers.
Finally coding, analysis & interpretation are simple. It has different
types-Central location Personal interview, Telephone interview, electronic
interview, mail interview. Central location Personal interview, this research
methodology is characterized by basing the survey. This survey is located in a
place where the targeted people are mostly available.
Ø Observation methods:
This
method records the pattern of behavior of the people, their attitudes and
gestures in a proper way or we can say in a methodological way. The observers
or the surveyors do not directly feel the people attitude and they do not even
directly communicate with them. Generally information is recorded or collected
from the past occurrence. Observation method may be structured or unstructured,
direct or indirect. Techniques such as ethnography & case study methods are
involved here to find the certain types of information.
Chapter Four
4.1
How practice Human Resource and its impact on Globalization in context of
Bangladesh?
Ø Impact of Globalization on Human Development:
Globalization
is a process of increasing interconnectedness of individuals, groups, companies
and countries. Its impact on trade and human development is immense. Trade
liberalization throughout the world is a direct outcome of globalization and it
has an enormous and direct effect on human resource development. Due to trade
liberalization as well as the rapid development of technology, especially
information and communication technology
the people of developing country like Bangladesh are facing a bunch
of threats as well as enjoying huge opportunities. However, the impact of
Globalization on the human development of a country can be discussed in the
following manner –
Ø Globalization as a Promoter of Human Development:
Education is one of the key components of Human Development Index
(HDI). Literacy is considered as an indispensable tool for transforming
illiterate population into human resources as well as for creating awareness
among the masses about the various ills of society including menace of high
population growth (Hoque A H M Sadiqul,
1997). Only those
societies that have acquired relevant knowledge and skills can compete
successfully in the global markets. To harness the benefits of globalization,
education and training become a priority (Wan Hooi Lai, 2003). Education leads
to many social benefits, such as improvements in standard of living, health
& hygiene, reduction in infant and child mortality rate, etc.
The education index,
used in the computation of the HDI, itself consists of two components, i.e.
adult literacy (with two-thirds weight) and the combined (for all levels) gross
enrollment ratio (with one-third weight)(Haq, Khadija (2002). In this regard,
the following table 1 and table 2 show the condition of adult literacy and
gross enrollment ratio of the South Asian Countries.
Table 1
Adult
Literacy Rate Of South Asian Countries (in %)
|
|
1990
|
2000
|
INCREASE
OVERALL
|
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|
|
OVERALL
|
MALE
|
FEMALE
|
OVERALL
|
MALE
|
FEMALE
|
|
|
INDIA
PAKISTAN
BANGLADESH
NEPAL
SRILANKA
BHUTAN
MALDIVES
|
48
35
35
26
88
38
95
|
62
47
47
38
93
-
-
|
34
21
22
13
84
-
-
|
57
43
41
42
92
47
97
|
68
58
52
60
94
-
97
|
45
28
30
24
89
-
97
|
9
8
16
4
9
2
|
|
South Asia(a whole)
|
46
|
58.9
|
31.8
|
54
|
65.5
|
42
|
8
|
Source: UNDP Report 1993, 2002.
Table 2
Source: UNDP 1995, 2002
Notes: a. 1990-91 date is of 1992-93.
b.1999-2000 date is of 1998-99
From the above tables 1
and 2, it is evident that South Asia has made substantial progress in education
over the decade of nineties as the literacy rate increased for both the male
and female and the overall literacy rate increased at least 2% (for Maldives)
to 16% (for Nepal). Mentionable is that Maldives and Srilanka both had achieved
literacy rate of over 90% at the beginning of the new millennium which is
considerably higher than regional average of 54%. On the other hand, though
Nepal, Bangladesh, and Pakistan entered into nineties at lowest literacy rates
of 26% and 35%, but gradually the overall rate increased by 16%, 6% and 8% at
the end the decade. Similarly, the enrollment rates for all the countries also
increased for both the primary and secondary level over the decade. Alarmingly,
the status of Pakistan is at the lowest position among the South Asian
countries where as Maldives is the best performer among them.
Ø Increase Quality of life by Ensuring Product Availability:
Trade liberalization helps the people of country to increase their
life quality by lowering prices of imports and keeping prices of substitutes
for imported goods low. Most developingcountries reaped benefits in this issue
as the per capita income of those countries increased dramatically. This is
even more applicable for South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, India, Vietnam etc.
These countries have opened their economies in recent years and have
experienced faster growth and more poverty reduction (Dollar 2001). On average,
those developing countries that lowered tariffs sharply in the 1980s grew more
quickly in the1990s than those that did not (Dollar, op. cit., 2001).
Again, imported products that might be especially important for
the poor people of a country include basic foods, pharmaceuticals and other
medical or basic health products, and used clothing. The poor may also be
benefited significantly from removal of export taxes or prohibitions. An
example of trade liberalization resulting in tangible and immediate benefits
for the poor is the African Summit to Roll Back Malaria, held in April 2000, at
which the continent's heads of state pledged to reduce or waive taxes and
tariffs for mosquito nets, insecticides, antimalarial drugs, and other goods
and services needed for malaria control (Bannister Geoffrey J. and Thugge, Kamau, 2001).
Ø Increasing GDP:
Again being infzuenced in international trade, the productive
resources of a country are channeled into the economy’s comparative advantage
industries. Because of this redistribution of resources, overall output
produced (GNP) raises. The following figure 3 compares the gains to developing
countries that are projected from the removal of merchandise trade barriers in
the industrialized countries with the gains that they are projected to receive
from removing their own barriers by 2015 as a percent of GDP.

Figure 3 shows that the total gains
to developing countries from reducing their own barriers are substantially
larger than the gains they are projected to receive from the reduction of
barriers in the industrialized countries. Moreover, overall gains to developing
countries from liberalizing their own merchandise trade barriers are projected
to be 1.2 percent of GDP, compared to 0.6 percent of GDP from liberalization in
industrial countries.
Ø Annual Gains to Developing Countries from Reduction of Trade
Barriers by 2015 (Percent of GDP):
Figure 3 shows that the total gains to developing countries from
reducing their own barriers are substantially larger than the gains they are
projected to receive from the reduction of barriers in the industrialized
countries. Moreover, overall gains to developing countries from liberalizing
their own merchandise trade barriers are projected to be 1.2 percent of GDP,
compared to 0.6 percent of GDP from liberalization in industrial countries.
Ø Employment and Income Generation:
Trade liberalization has a direct impact on the employment
scenario and wage condition of a country. Labor market of a country comprises
rural, urban and informal sector. The informal sector, a part of the economy
where businesses are not incorporated or otherwise registered with governments,
has a significant role in income generation for the poor people and is also
affected by trade liberalization. Employment in micro enterprises, especially
in the informal sector, has increased at high rates in developing countries
over the last 20 years. The proportion of this type of employment in the nine
largest Latin American countries reached in the early-mid 1990s 58%, and the
corresponding values for sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa and Asia were 74%,
43%, and 62%, respectively (Sainz P, and Young S, 2000). Again, globalization
leads to the informalization of the economy through outsourcing and
subcontracting by large corporations. Nike, for example, relies on a cascading
chain of over 10,000 micro subcontractors.
Ø Human Development Index:
Usually people are expected to live a long and healthy life, to be
educated and to have access to resources, needed for a decent standard of
living. Human Development Index, constructed as a measure of human development,
consists of three components: longevity, knowledge, and decent standard living (Haq,
Mahbub ul 2002). Life expectancy at birth, education or literacy rate are the
proxy for longevity and knowledge situation of a country. For child mortality
rate and child immunization rates are the signs of healthy life leading and for
decent standard of living, GNP per capita is the prime indicator. Thus the
combined HDI of the South Asian Countries is shown in table 4 below –
Table 3
|
HDI Values for South Asian Countries Year
|
India
|
Pakistan
|
Bangladesh
|
Nepal
|
Srilanka
|
|
1990
|
0.511
|
0.442
|
0.414
|
0.416
|
0.697
|
|
1995
|
0.545
|
0.473
|
0.443
|
0.453
|
0.719
|
|
2000
|
0.577
|
0.499
|
0.47
|
0.49
|
0.741
|
4.2 Impact
on Gender Equality:
Trade liberalization typically results in an increase in
labor-intensive exports such as garments, shoes, jewelry, etc. from developing
countries. Employers in these industries often prefer to hire women, and the
growth of exports of these sectors has almost always been accompanied by a
significant increase in female wage employment in the formal sector. A study of
35 developing countries found a strong positive correlation between the female
intensity of manufacturing (the number of female workers per 100 male workers)
and export growth (Wood 1991). In Bangladesh, about 2 million jobs had been
created in the garment industry by 1998, of which two-thirds were held by women
(Paul-Mazumdar and Begum 2000). In Madagascar, women accounted for
three-quarters of the country’s nearly 140,000 textile and apparel workers in
1999 (Nicita and Razzaz 2003). Moreover, 85 percent of the women in Madagascar
found new employment in the textile sector had never directly received any
monetary income, compared with 15 percent of new male entrants. Again, a study
that followed 50 rural families in Mexico for 20 years found that a significant
proportion of the women reported an improvement in their “quality of life,” due
mainly to their income from working outside their homes, including in
(export-oriented) factory jobs.
4.3 Reduction in Government Revenue:
The basic requirement of trade liberalization is to eliminate or
reduce import tariff. But developing countries will incur substantial reduction
in revenue from tariff compare to developed countries if they are to withdraw
or cut import and export tariff. It is found that tariff revenue accounts for
10-20 percent or more of total government revenue in many developing countries.
Now
the question is how these low and middle income countries will keep their
budgets in balance if tariffs are reduced or eliminated. They will have to
impose large increases in other taxes like income tax, holding tax, VAT, etc.
in order to keep their budgets in line. But such step will decrease the amount
of disposable incomes of citizens each of the developing countries which will
ultimately result in decline in the level of living standard or to buy those
imported products.
Annual Loss
in Agriculture:
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4.4.
Negative Impact on Agriculture:
Most of the developing
countries are still largely dependent of agriculture. When developed countries
are transiting from industrial era to information era most of the developing
countries are still entering into industrialization. Most part of their GDP
still comes from agricultural sector. A bumper production of crops usually
results in a hike in GDP or vice versa.
On the issue of domestic support, developing countries farmers get
subsidy from government in different forms. Usually fertilizers and electricity
are provided at subsidized rate; capital is provided under simple conditions
and at low interest rates. On the issue of Aggregate Measurement Commitments
(AMS) Reduction Commitments, the member countries of WTO are committed to
reduce domestic support that encourages domestic support and is therefore
considered to distort potential trade flows (OECD 2001). Though developing
country members with no AMS will be exempt from reductions in de minimis1 and
the overall cut in trade-distorting domestic support, it is not sure how long
this benefit will continue. Here it is worthy to note that under URAA (Uruguay
Round Agreement on Agriculture) Art. 6.4, de minimis percentage for
developed countries is 5% and for developing countries it is 10%. On the issue
of export subsidies, an end date for all export subsidies in agriculture by
2013 has been agreed in the WTO meeting. This will also harm the developing
countries more compare to developed countries. Because the share of export
subsidies for developed countries is far smaller in overall agricultural
support in comparison to that of developing countries. As for example, export
subsidies consist of only 3.5 percent of the overall agricultural support
provided by the EU. On the issue of tariff, if they are decreased, farmers will
face tough competition against imported agro products. Tough competition may
lead to reduction in price. In that case farmers may not be able to reap the
real price of their product or they may not be able to sell their products at
all.
4.5 Food Security and Impact
on Peasants:
Though it is assumed
that free trade will increase food security, but this assumption is under
question. The goal of food security is in danger because increased market
access was the hallmark of the free trade agenda. WTO agreement on Agriculture
(AOA) has promoted an industrial model of agriculture that has jeopardized food
security in developing countries. AOA had incorporated three broad areas of
commitments from member states, namely in market access, domestic support and
export subsidies. The global food chain is increasingly distorted by the
disparities in power between global agribusinesses on the one hand and farmers
and consumers on the other. For instance, the virtual removal of quantitative
restrictions, the phenomenon of declining agricultural commodity prices in
India since 1999-2000 had lead to a spate of farmers' suicides in Punjab,
Rajasthan, Karnataka and Andrapradesh ((Francis Sheelu, 2001). Alarmingly, 36
countries (all developed) have the right to impose special safeguard provisions
if agriculture imports distort their domestic markets and these countries have
used this provision 399 times till 19992. Thus due to negative effect of trade
liberalization on agriculture, small and marginal farmers gradually displaced
from food crop production. Mechanization has displaced the landless
agricultural laborers. The farmers are also facing a situation where the cost
of the agriculture inputs is much higher that the actual returns they get from
their production. Moreover, the developing countries are flooded with cheap and
highly subsidized agricultural imports and their agrarian economy has gradually
been thrown out of gear. The farmers of these countries are facing severe
marginalization and the tendency toward urbanization has increased alarmingly.
4.6 STRATEGY
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Globalization paves the
way for human development, side by side opens up a threatening situation where
the human development factors are hindered to grow in a smooth manner. Again,
it is evident that there are still significant economic gap between developed
and developing countries. Moreover, the developed countries themselves still
have protection in different sectors like agriculture, steel, textile, etc.
Such scenario among the different counties of the world does not show a
universally applicable principle of world trade. In such backdrop, what strategies
the developing countries should adopt? Following are the few strategy
recommendations for the smooth human development of the developing countries in
general and Bangladesh in particular under a global economic structure.
4.7 Development of
Agriculture Sector with
Continuous Govt.
Assistance:
Agriculture
is the main profession of about 80% of inhabitants of developing nations. It is
widely acknowledged that agricultural development has a very healthy effect on
human development through raising rural income. Due to high population
pressure, low income of the farmers and low investment on land, the labor
productivity in these countries is low. To get rid of such vulnerable
situation, Government assistance in the agricultural sector is a must. It is notable
here that despite the high per capita income of the developed countries like
USA, EU, they provide, their government provide subsidy in the agriculture.
Therefore, the government of developing countries should continue to give
subsidy in agriculture without any compromise with the developed nations. (all
developed) have the right to impose special safeguard provisions if agriculture
imports distort their domestic markets and these countries have used this
provision 399 times till 19992. Thus due to negative effect of trade
liberalization on agriculture, small and marginal farmers gradually displaced
from food crop production. Mechanization has displaced the landless
agricultural laborers. The farmers are also facing a situation where the cost
of the agriculture inputs is much higher that the actual returns they get from
their production. Moreover, the developing countries are flooded with cheap and
highly subsidized agricultural imports and their agrarian economy has gradually
been thrown out of gear. The farmers of these countries are facing severe
marginalization and the tendency toward urbanization has increased alarmingly.
4.8 Development of
Rural Infrastructure:
Any development paradox
is the outcome of weak infrastructure. Both human development and agricultural
development are channeled into social and physical infrastructures in the rural
areas. Unfortunately, the rural infrastructure of the developing countries,
especially Bangladesh is still vulnerable. Besides, the rural areas and the people
are prone to natural disaster, which hinders the rural development as well as
human development. Therefore, the government of these countries should
prioritize the rural infrastructural development. The development budgets (of
the annual budget) of developing countries should include a significant
allocation for the rural infrastructural development.
4.9 Increasing Adult
Literacy Rate and Developing Human Resources:
Though South Asian
countries have made considerable progress in the field of child education but
the adult literacy rate is not still up to the mark especially in case of
Bangladesh. Child literacy is a basic human right where as adult literacy is an
integral part of development as it is essential to innovate and generate
knowledge and to generate human resources. Though the Government of Bangladesh
usually allocates highest amount of money in the education sector from its
annual budget but still the allocated amount is not enough to cater the need of
the education of 150 million people. Therefore, more allocation of money and
more priority should be given on education sector for the development of both
child literacy as well as adult literacy.
4.10 Building
Industrial Backbone and Adopting Globalization Principles in Selective Manner:
Developing Industrial backbone is essential for developing
countries especially for Bangladesh. This is because, most of the developing
countries are agro based and over populated. It is not economically viable to
depend on agriculture only. Therefore, if the countries can build industrial
backbone then it will help them to be self-dependent.
In case of building industrial base, globalization has a direct
impact.
4.11
Indicative Literature review:
Ø Parent expertise in host country:
First
expertise from parent country will expect cultural sock in host country in term
of security concern, time management, attitude to woman transport, local
language, excessive bureaucratic. Culture shock leads expertise hostile
approaches towards HCN'S. Cultural shock creates stress and lowers the
productivity and moral of employee. In US, number of employees claim
compensation due to work related stress (Stephen and Susan, 2006). Its
expertise job to diffuse practices from parent country to host country it could
be difficult because HCN'S also find it difficult in terms of different
cultural of parent.
Ø Solution:
Most
importantly to overcome culture shock is coping with uncertainty but crucial
for critical to success depends on is faster adaption. Person has the
experience more likely perform well in host country rather inexperience
EXPERTISE. Company need gives security to the employee's family and fringe
benefit such as children education, free housing, car, furniture etc. To get
best output from Expertise Company need to make them feel live in home country.
Language training is necessary to understand the local language to communicate
effectively. Expertise failure causes for personal adjustment problem in terms
of social, cultural, economic and political and that can solve by better
selection, training and mentoring the expertise.
US
based carbon county board of commissioner chairman O'Gurek said that why they
form union they do not need to tell us whether for social or economical reason
we always been fair especially in this economic situation it's become
difficulty for the MNE'S to lobby against the union. So there is ongoing fight
between capitalist and socialist. It's become difficulty for the MNE'S to lobby
against the union. So there is ongoing fight between capitalist and socialist.
4.12
Cross -culture management:
Martin
(2002) said culture is largely unmanageable at the organizational level (L.
Rosemary, L. Ben, and M. Hamish, 2006). MNE's issues cross-cultural difference
between nation and differences between national values and attitude. Schneider
and Barsoux (1997) identified that problem exists in all society; different
group will solve them in different ways. Corporate culture of parent is very
difficult diffuse in the home country because values, behavior and attitude of
people are significantly different. Interpret employee social and cultural
values are sources of employee and management conflict. Labors demand and
supply trends in the host country and their skills, industrial and
technological advancement. And also section methods affect the parent
recruitment policy at host country issue such as shortage of skills, favor etc.
Maryann (2002) pointed that Monolithic organization is still viable which is
isolating organization from pressure of change. Monolithic defender is usually
preventing organization to adapt with diversity and make cultural integration.
DU
GUY et al found that issue also arise in different countries workforce
knowledge, discourse, power and identity (Du Guy, 2002). French and Italy
practice ER IN their organization in power Terms but in Britain is opposite.
Universal
approach of best practice of US based parent (high performance practice) ignore
the societal aspect of host country because countries are differed as flexible
adaption in Italy, diverse quality production in Germany sociotechnical in
Sweden. It's difficult for parent diffuse parent country practice in host
country due to cultural diversity.
Change
senior management due the retirement brings changes in the leadership style
which crates problem for employees to adjust with these changes. Gender
obstacles are seen as main problem in many countries. Corporate language and
subsidiary language could be different and that can creates problem in
communication because translation takes time. Dowling and device identifies
language could be the barriers for the communication between PCN and HCN.
They
focus on language standardization, dual language practice at work place
Language; country like Germany prefer German rather English. Jin (1998) found
that most Chinese, in English they are weaker conversational than written (S.
Gunte and B. Ingamar, 2006).
Ø Solution:
MNE'S
need to reduce the local culture barriers by exporting parent culture and
communicate with people the benefit of the standardization of practice. Reduce
the level of interaction in cultural aspect and understand the local and
practices hybrid culture for the commitment employees to achieves business
goals. In terms of convergent or divergent approach parent have bring synergy.
Boxel and Purcell (2003) identified for the sustainability of MNE'S developing
innovative strategy and practice these to country to country (Mustafa 2005).
Parent have able cope with changes in structure, procedure and employee
relation practice of specific country socio-cultural aspect. MNE'S concern
should be on organizational effectiveness or well-being of the employee rather
strike focus on the cultural differences and adjacent.
4.13
Uncertainty avoidance:
Low
uncertainty avoidance by parent practices into high uncertainty avoidance
subsidiary is very difficult to achieve. Manager in Britain have greater
autonomy than German, so German expertise work in UK need to consider in mind.
Ø HRM implication:
Work
life balance is important issue for business operating international. Long
working hour can creates workload among the employee, negative impact on their
social and also negative impact on employees health. In result this will affect
the job performance of the employees. Employment law varies from country to
country where in the UK average weekly working hour is 48 but its longer
working hour in Japan, US, and Australia.
CIPD
believes that employer should protect employee from continuously working long
hour as it impact on the company overall productivity (Harris, Brewster and
Sparrow 2004). Most of the writers give opinion to adapt with national culture
they focuses on relationship with people, human nature, time language etc.
Better understanding of these is vital to the business success.
But
Hofstede work does not take consideration cultural complexity and ignore the
country's sub-culture. Although it's important for MNE's to use his framework
to identify the cultural issues affect their convergent approach to Host
country.
Hall
and Hall (1990) considered communication in high context culture more focus on
indirect (Japan, China) communication where low cultural (Britain, Australia)
context are more direct communication.
4.14
Experimentations :
In
most scientific enquiry (Peter-2000) research is primarily centered about
controlled experiments in which efforts are made to hold conditions constant
thus enables the effect of a particular sector of variables to be studied &
measured. Any change observed to have taken place in the in the test of
situation is measured, statistically tested by the measure of significance.
According the result of test the change may be held to attributable to the
intervention of the independent variables.
For
this research In-depth interview is the most appropriate one. Because depth
interview is an interview where the communication is one to one where both can
feel free to give interview which can go though them in depth. It is totally
different from the focus group interview which is taken on a group. It is also
unstructured. But it is done by person to person which is a better idea to
conduct a survey. It is generally take by the high level skilled professionals.
He or she focus on the employees believes, attitude and motivation which is
more effective in HR practice. It naturally takes half an hour to one hour. The
advantages of doing this interview are it goes deeper discussion that focus
group interview. Both can freely exchange their views which are not possible in
focus group interview method. Here respondents always feel free to answer the
questions with their own observations in word where questions are also free.
Ø Pilot testing:
To
do this research we will use questionnaires which are needed to collect correct
data from the employees of the Southeast Bank Ltd where the employees are
well-educated. We will conduct a pilot study to collect proper information.
With this statement (Sullivan and Gilbert 2004) suggested that pilot testing be
required to create a high quality of questions because the test helps to
identify and eliminate potential problems. Piloting can involve a pre-test of
the conducted questionnaire on a small of respondents to certify the validity
and reliability of the questions (Gill and Johnson, 1997).
Ø Validity:
By
the depth interview questions was done to ensure that the questionnaire
consisted of an appropriate subject based on the research's topic. It was
concluded that the questions were suitable to the study and that the final
answers version could be released. Validity is significant in doing such
research as it allows the research to be both meaningful and interpretable
(Symon and Khan1997). According to (Campbell-2005), validity is the ability to
measure what is supposed to be measured. The most common way is to measure the
face validity of the questionnaire (Karon-2000).
Ø Reliability:
According
to (Pallant-2005), internal consistency is commonly measured by using a
statistical tool called the Cronbach's coefficient alpha, which judges a score
greater than 0.7 as indicating a reliable logic. Reliability refers to the consistency
of a measuring instrument, i.e., the internal consistency Nachmias (1992). This
is “the degree to which the items that make up the scale are all measuring the
same underlying attribute” (Micheal 2000).
Chapter Five
Conclusion:
communication
with other countries which countries helps us to make our human resource manage
As the research question is practice Human Resource and its impact on
Globalization in context of Bangladesh? We will find out the HR practices in
Southeast Bank Ltd in Bangladesh. We will also explore the impact of HR
practices in different dimensions. Globalization brings diversity and
innovative way of working in Bangladesh. Basically the era of globalization
practices of HRM from recruitment to industrial conflicts are brought by Multinational
Enterprises (MNE's) by sending expertise or recruiting host country expertise.
MNE'S HRM practices in Bangladesh has an impact as difference between
headquarters and host country in aspect of culture, education, demographic
which has considerable impact on global practices. It is unlikely standard
practices will be successful regardless of geographic region. Globalization and
its impact can not be underestimate. Because every country in the world face with it especially developing countries like Bangladesh. If we can avoid it
negative side . Them we can impact has
both side positive and negative . So we need to find out effective solution
which solution helps us to some the negative side of globalization impact . In
Bangladesh there has a lot of shortages of human resource management with the
help of Globalization we can remove this shortage . For any country Human
resource is the main resource .By globalization there has a lot of changes in
trade and commerce in Bangladesh . Because globalization create huge
opportunity to make
effective.
By globalization an countries people work together . For that there has a nice
combination of language and cultural diversity . In Bangladesh If we want to make effective in human
resource management at first we need to keep peace with globalization . The
impact of globalization customer change their product demand only human
resource management can know how they can fulfill their demand . So the impact
of globalization on human resource
management in Bangladesh plays a vital role to change our present position of
our human resource management . We will collect primary data by making a sample
questioner to the employees or the authorities of the bank having answers from
them. Much of the research involves getting information from employees of the
bank about their perceptions concerning the HRM practices and the impacts of it
in globalization. We will also collect secondary data from the website of
Southeast Bank limited and other HRM and related websites. We will also try to
find data from the globalization related books and websites. In this report we
try to find the issues and sub-issues cause problems in HRM practices and
proposed the solutions to overcome the barriers.
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