A Married Manager with Two Children Has Been Offered the Opportunity

question 18

Essay

A married manager with two children has been offered the opportunity to go abroad on an expatriate assignment for the company in a foreign country for a period of three years. If the manager chooses to accept the assignment, he or she wants to perform very well in order to continue moving up the corporate ladder. What sorts of preparations should the manager expect the company to provide in order to ensure his or her success on the assignment? Comment on these training and preparatory expectations in an ideal world as well as the real world that the manager probably will face.

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