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International HR Management

1. There are several human resources related challenges facing Molex as a global organization. One of the most difficult of these challenges involves the need to respect individual cultures in the countries in which Molex operates while maintaining Molex's minimum standards for its HR management function. Another challenge is communicating its HR commitments to managers of its foreign subsidiaries, and accepting the fact that in some countries local customs or regulations may prevent them from implementing Molex corporate HR policy in the same way it would be done in the United States. A third challenge is to find local managers willing to accept the need for this level of involvement and oversight by a foreign parent company. A fourth challenge is to make certain that the HR professionals in the twenty-one countries in which Molex has employees share ideas and develop 'best practices' for the corporation as a whole. The biggest challenge is to make certain that Molex's 13,000 employees are working together to achieve the company's four corporate goals.

2. Molex places an emphasis on spreading the company culture to every employee in every country in which it operates. Like many other companies, Molex has made a commitment to maintaining and encouraging frequent and active communications between subsidiaries, and between subsidiaries and the parent company. Unlike some multi-national companies, Molex has made a substantial financial commitment to ensuring that it is able to communicate effectively with its subsidiaries so that managers have a common understanding of corporate goals, the company's financial performance, how they are expected to manage employees, and how to improve service to customers.

Molex is committed to sharing its corporate culture globally because senior management believes that the time, energy, effort and money used to do so results in substantial and tangible benefits to the

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