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HR professionals' guide to creating a culturally agile talent pipeline Succeeding in today's global economy requires organizations to acquire, develop, and retain professionals who can operate effectively around the world, irrespective of country or culture. More than ever before, organizations need a pipeline of professionals who possess cultural agility, the ability to quickly, comfortably, and successfully work in cross-cultural and international environments. As the competition for culturally agile talent grows, meeting this critical human resource challenge requires highly effec.

"In today's highly competitive global business environment, organizations need to aggressively compete for new markets, products, services, and top human talent in order to develop and sustain competitive advantage in the global arena. For many years, international firms have effectively managed their financial and material resources globally, leveraging economies of scale, low cost production, currency fluctuations, and the like. Human resources, as all other resources in multinational firms, are now being managed on a global scale"--Provided by publisher

Part I. Describing different work-life policies, policy development, and pitfalls -- Strategic human resources and work-life balance / Paula Caligiuri and Nicole Givelekian -- Reviewing policies for harmonizing work, family and personal life / Steven Poelmans and Barbara Beham -- Integrating career development and work-family policy / Tammy Allen -- Work-life balance on global assignments / Paula Caligiuri and Mila Lazarova -- Case study 2005 - work-life, flexibility, and mobility: ensuring global support of flexibility within IBM's on-demand company / Joan Giue and Oana Petrescu -- Part II. Policy design, implementation, and deployment -- Stages in the implementation of work-life policies / Steven A. Y. Poelmans, Shilpa Patel and Barbara Beham -- Policy development across borders: a framework for work-life initiatives in multinational enterprises / Anne Bardoel and Helen DeCieri -- Part III. Cultural change -- Barriers to the implementation and usage of work-life policies / Cynthia Thompson -- How to become a family-responsible firm: proposing a model for cultural change / Steven A. Y. Poelmans and Olena Stepanova / Epilogue: flexibility and diversity in the twenty-first century - the responsibility of human potential managers / Steven A. Y. Poelmans and Aline Masuda