534-STUDY ABROAD HR ISSUES IN EUROPE

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1、NOVEMBER2007WelcometotheW.T.BeebeNewsletter,writtenbythestudentsoftheW.T.BeebeInstituteofPersonnelandEm-ploymentRelationsintheDepartmentofManagerialSciencesatGeorgiaStateUniversity.Alongwithprovidinginfor-mationonBeebeevents,itprovidesinterestingreadingforHRprofessio

2、nalsandstudentsalike.STUDYABROAD:HRISSUESINEUROPEBY:MARGARITAALMEDAThejourneytowardaunifiedEuropebroughtabouttheeuroandtheEUpassport,butitseffectsarealsoseeninhumancapitalissuesthatareimportantnotjusttotheEUcitizensbutthevariouscorporationsandcountriesthatplayinthegl

3、obalbusinessarena.Ingeneral,onecasuallyreferstoEuropeasawholebutmaymeanFranceorGer-manyorBelgium.Becauseofhistoryandgeography,peoplecombineallcountriesinEuropeinonecategory.Inre-centyears,however,onemayactuallyspeakofEuropeasasingleentityandnotbethatfarfromthetruth.T

4、hevari-ousEuropeanUnion(EU)institutionscontinuetoevolveandtoshapehowtheworldviewsandnegotiateswithall27membercountries.GraduatestudentsofGeorgiaStateUniversitywereabletoexploresomeoftheseissuesinthethree-weekstudyabroadprograminToulouse,FranceinMay2007.Thefirsthalfof

5、theprogramwasdevotedtomarketing,whilethesecondhalffocusedonmanagementissues.LedbyProfessorsCordulaBarzantnyandAlainKlarsfeldofEcoleSupérieuredeCommerceToulouse,studentslearnedaboutcompensationandthesocialstructureinmostEUcountriesandEUdirectivesinareassuchascollectiv

6、eredundancies,healthandsafetyanddiscrimination.DiscussionsregardingcompensationissuesinEUcountriestouchedonhowmuchoftotalcompensationisbenefitsandtherealcosttotheemployers.Thedifferencesincompensationbetweenthewesterncountriesandtheeasterncountriesandtheeffectonhowfi

7、rmsdecidewheretoopenanofficealsogeneratedinterestingdiscussionsamongthestudents.MostwereabletorelatetothesedifferencesbecauseoftheregionaldifferencesinpayhereintheUnitedStates.Interestingly,theconceptofregionaldifferencesincompensationisfairlynewtotheEUcitizenswhower

8、enotasmobileinpriordecadesastheyarenow,whereasworkersintheUnitedStateshavealwayshadtheoptionofworkinginstatesthatareknowntopayhighe