Details:
Price:
Discounted GMS® Modules 1-3 Master Package:
Members: US$1245.
Non-members: US$1345
Individual GMS® Modules:
Members: US$500
Non-members: US$550
Approximate Course Duration: 6 hours/Module
Length of Time Given to Complete the Course/Exam: 180 days from the date of registration
CE Credits Available: 6 CRP-INTL/Module
Description:
Module 1 - Applied International Assignment Policy Development
By completing Module 1, following is an example of a few things you will learn:
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Build a strong foundation in the basic compensation, benefits, policy, and logistical aspects of an effective international assignment
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Gain insights into today’s key challenges that are shaping the management and service of a worldwide mobile workforce
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Develop an in-depth understanding of global mobility assistance, policies and practices
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Discover methods that will enable enhanced communication among peers, clients, service partners, and expatriates and their families
Content includes:
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Overview of the classic principles and components of the traditional international assignment and today’s changing practices
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Corporate philosophies on compensation and benefits and how they shape policy and procedures
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The strategy behind constructing or revising an expatriate policy and the key factors that drive it
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The challenges of international assignment administration and how they affect policy, clients, and service partners
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Emerging trends in global workforce mobility that will shape the future
Module 2 - Policy Alternatives, Strategies and Tactics for Global Workforce Mobility
By completing Module 2, following is an example of a few things you will learn:
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Explore the strategic, compensation, and employee relations implications of short-term, commuter, rotational, career and localization assignments
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Anticipate challenges and adapt your programs and policies to new business imperatives and the evolving needs of “the new expatriates”
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Develop cost-effective alternatives to the traditional expatriate approach
Content covered includes:
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Business drivers that cause organizations to consider alternative mobility programs and when and why they are appropriate
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How cost reduction pressures can drive short-term, commuter, rotational, career, localization and hybrid assignment programs and how an economic recovery and changed labor market can impact these programs
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The myths and realities of short-term assignments
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The difference between short-term assignments and extended business trips
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How to develop a short-term assignment policy that will help your organization meet its global objectives cost-effectively while providing appropriate support for those who accept a short-term assignment on behalf of your organization
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Terms and conditions for short-term, hybrid, commuter, and rotational assignments
Module 3 – The Intercultural Challenge: Supporting Successful International Assignments
By completing Module 3, following is an example of a few things you will learn:
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Learn the basics of intercultural education theory
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Apply intercultural theory to relocation processes and real-time global business practices
Content includes:
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Assignee selection and assessment techniques, tools, and their applications
- Opportunities for attracting and serving culturally diverse market segments
- The explicit and implicit costs of international assignments borne by the organization as well as the expatriates and their families
- The stages and phases of the adaptation process and the variety of coping styles employed by expatriates and their families
- The key characteristics that contribute to an employee’s success on international assignment.
- Methods to measure assignment success
Modules can be taken in more than one sitting as the course has the ability to save your place.
Upon successful completion of all 3 Modules and their corresponding feedback evaluations, you will receive access to the GMS online examination. The examination is comprised of 75 questions (multiple choice and true/false) and a score of at least 70% must be received in order to pass the exam. The exam is open notes, open book and you are given 3 attempts to pass it.
All three Modules and the examination must be completed no later than three years from the start of the first Module in order to earn the GMS® designation. Modules can be taken in any order. If you have any questions, please contact GMS@WorldwideERC.org.
