Expatriate management and repatriation by Abdul Rahman

1. EXPATRIATION
AND
REPATRIATION

2. Group 01
Team Members:
Ashmil
Rafi
Ansar
Salsabeel
Sinan
Shifil
Zahir
Abdul Rahman

3. EXPATRIATI
ON
An expatriate is a person temporarily or
permanently residing in a country and
culture other than that of the person's
upbringing.

4. ROLES OF
EXPATRIATES
Control and coordination
of operations
Transfer of skills and
knowledge
Managerial development

5. EXPATRIATE
FAILURE
Reasons
Inability to adjust to host country culture,
leads to culture shock
Personal & emotional problems
Difficulties with the environment
Inability to cope with larger international
responsibilities
Other family reasons
Premature return of expatriates to their home country

6. REPATRIATI
ON
Refers to the termination of the overseas
assignment and coming back to the home
country – to the country where the HQ is
located or to the home country subsidiary
from where he/she was expatriated.

7. REASONS FOR
REPATRIATION
Period of posting got over
Expatriate wishes to return on account of desire
for children to study at the home country
Need for the expat to move to another global
assignment
Inability to adjust/ not happy in the overseas
assignment
Failure to do a good job on the global assignment