http://www.jeitosa.com/blog Making Global Business Possible Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:30:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 ©Jeitosa Group International admin@jeitosa.com (Jeitosa Group International) admin@jeitosa.com(Jeitosa Group International) 1440 Jeitocasts are 15 minute problem solving sessions with a member of Jeitosa's transnational network focusing on the specific challenges that companies face in HR, finance, IT and business strategy as they go global. Jeitosa Group International Jeitosa Group International admin@jeitosa.com No no http://www.jeitosa.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/jeitocast-rss.jpg http://www.jeitosa.com/blog 144 144 http://www.jeitosa.com/blog/2010/03/11/helping-companies-go-global-with-payroll/ http://www.jeitosa.com/blog/2010/03/11/helping-companies-go-global-with-payroll/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:30:09 +0000 Karen Beaman http://www.jeitosa.com/blog/2010/03/11/helping-companies-go-global-with-payroll/ http://www.jeitosa.com/blog/2010/03/11/helping-companies-go-global-with-payroll/feed/ 0 http://www.jeitosa.com/blog/2009/12/09/going-global-on-the-bill-kutik-radio-show/ http://www.jeitosa.com/blog/2009/12/09/going-global-on-the-bill-kutik-radio-show/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:36:39 +0000 Karen Beaman http://www.jeitosa.com/blog/?p=90 http://www.jeitosa.com/blog/2009/12/09/going-global-on-the-bill-kutik-radio-show/feed/ 0 http://www.jeitosa.com/blog/2009/05/27/unbundling-hcm/ http://www.jeitosa.com/blog/2009/05/27/unbundling-hcm/#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 04:00:18 +0000 Karen Beaman http://www.jeitosa.com/blog/2009/05/27/unbundling-hcm/ http://www.jeitosa.com/blog/2009/05/27/unbundling-hcm/feed/ 2 http://www.jeitosa.com/blog/2009/05/24/jeitocast-with-steve-parker-achieving-efficiency-and-effectiveness-through-hr-shared-services/ http://www.jeitosa.com/blog/2009/05/24/jeitocast-with-steve-parker-achieving-efficiency-and-effectiveness-through-hr-shared-services/#comments Mon, 25 May 2009 01:47:28 +0000 Karen Beaman http://www.jeitosa.com/blog/2009/05/24/jeitocast-with-steve-parker-achieving-efficiency-and-effectiveness-through-hr-shared-services/ http://www.jeitosa.com/blog/2009/05/24/jeitocast-with-steve-parker-achieving-efficiency-and-effectiveness-through-hr-shared-services/feed/ 0 20:50 In this month's Jeitocast Karen Beaman interviews Steve Parker on how HR Shared Services can help achieve greater efficiencies and effectiveness.nbsp; Steve talks about how ... In this month's Jeitocast Karen Beaman interviews Steve Parker on how HR Shared Services can help achieve greater efficiencies and effectiveness.nbsp; Steve talks about how it's important to realize that not every high-volume, transaction-based activity is necessarily a good candidate to move into a shared services group.nbsp; The most effective use of the HR Shared Services balances three components together to determine what should be transitioned: move non-strategic, non-business unit critical activities that will scale appropriately to Shared Services while making sure the business units can still operate effectively, make sure expertise exists within your Shared Services staff to handle the activities in a cost-effective manner with improved quality, re-engineer or streamline processes before moving them to Shared Servcies to take advantage of process improvement and standardization. If you can't standardize a process, you need to give some second thoughts to moving it into an Shared Services group.nbsp; Many failures in the delivery of services from the Shared Services function can be tied back to non-standard, one-off processes that cannot be effectively managed by the Shared Services group. Given today's economic environment, companies are under pressure to do more with less.nbsp; Often this involves standing up a Shared Services function.nbsp; But unless care is taken to ensure that the right processes are identified, standardized, optimized, and that the Shared Services staff is adequately trained to handle them, the result can often be more costly and less efficient. Jeitocast,,Shared,Services,,Strategy,,Trends Jeitosa Group International no No http://www.jeitosa.com/blog/2008/07/10/going-global-survey-results/ http://www.jeitosa.com/blog/2008/07/10/going-global-survey-results/#comments Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:36:48 +0000 Karen Beaman http://www.jeitosa.com/blog/2008/07/10/going-global-survey-results/ http://www.jeitosa.com/blog/2008/07/10/going-global-survey-results/feed/ 0 http://www.jeitosa.com/blog/2008/02/10/challenging-times-for-hr/ http://www.jeitosa.com/blog/2008/02/10/challenging-times-for-hr/#comments Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:54:13 +0000 Karen Beaman http://www.jeitosa.com/blog/2008/02/10/challenging-times-for-hr/ http://www.jeitosa.com/blog/2008/02/10/challenging-times-for-hr/feed/ 0 http://www.jeitosa.com/blog/2008/01/13/pondering-globalization/ http://www.jeitosa.com/blog/2008/01/13/pondering-globalization/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2008 05:24:41 +0000 Karen Beaman http://www.jeitosa.com/blog/2008/01/13/pondering-globalization/ http://www.jeitosa.com/blog/2008/01/13/pondering-globalization/feed/ 0 http://www.jeitosa.com/blog/2007/12/28/the-collaborative-transnational-organization/ http://www.jeitosa.com/blog/2007/12/28/the-collaborative-transnational-organization/#comments Sat, 29 Dec 2007 00:25:09 +0000 Karen Beaman http://www.jeitosa.com/blog/2007/12/28/the-collaborative-transnational-organization/ http://www.jeitosa.com/blog/2007/12/28/the-collaborative-transnational-organization/feed/ 1 http://www.jeitosa.com/blog/2007/07/07/jeitocast-with-michael-novak/ http://www.jeitosa.com/blog/2007/07/07/jeitocast-with-michael-novak/#comments Sat, 07 Jul 2007 20:16:25 +0000 Karen Beaman http://www.jeitosa.com/blog/2007/07/07/jeitocast-with-michael-novak/ http://www.jeitosa.com/blog/2007/07/07/jeitocast-with-michael-novak/feed/ 0 19:46 In this Jeitocast, Karen Beaman interviews Michael Novak, CEO of Tertia Corporation, U.S. representative for China's International Software Services Fair -- the Comdex of China ... In this Jeitocast, Karen Beaman interviews Michael Novak, CEO of Tertia Corporation, U.S. representative for China's International Software Services Fair -- the Comdex of China -- and past president of Clark Consulting Group, the largest intercultural communications company in the U.S. with a focus on U.S.-Asia business communications. The jeito Karen and Michael discuss is: What do companies need to know about doing business in China? Michael begins by discussing some of the cultural differences that organizations need to be aware of when doing business in China: 1- Group Decision-Making: Decision-making and information sharing are considerably more consensus based and group-oriented, which can be a source of conflict when coming in contact with more individualistic cultures, such as the U.S. 2- Saving Face: The importance of saving face in a group and not putting someone in the position where they have to make a decision in front of others is important. There is a Chinese saying, "A person needs face like a tree needs bark." 3- Demonstrating Humility: Humility is highly valued in China, particularly when talking about yourself or your family. Conflict can arise with the U.S. culture where much value is placed on self-promotion: this is seen as boastful in China. 4- Universal Knowledge: The Daoist tradition says that knowledge is universal: everyone is entitled to knowledge and wisdom. The cultural conflict shows up in issues around intellectual property, where in China ideas are seen as belonging to everyone. 5- Minimizing Idle Chatter: The Buddhist tradition values putting thought into everything you say; thus, typical Western activities like brainstorming can be more difficult in China as they are seen as wasting people's energy. Michael says there are four main reasons that companies are expanding their business into China: 1- Selling into consumer market, bringing growth opportunities outside of the first tier countries. 2- Lower costs, starting as a distributor and moving to set up offshore outsourcing operations. 3- Privatization of state-owned enterprises, offering significant new business opportunities. 4- Proximity to Korea and Japan, bringing access to other countries through regional operations. China,,Culture,,Jeitocast,,Strategy Jeitosa Group International no No http://www.jeitosa.com/blog/2007/06/02/global-20-think-local-act-global/ http://www.jeitosa.com/blog/2007/06/02/global-20-think-local-act-global/#comments Sat, 02 Jun 2007 18:08:15 +0000 Karen Beaman http://www.jeitosa.com/blog/2007/06/02/global-20-think-local-act-global/ http://www.jeitosa.com/blog/2007/06/02/global-20-think-local-act-global/feed/ 0