7303 Post 3: Globally? . . . It's a small world.

This weekend was homecoming for Abilene Christian University (my first purple almamator). My husband didn't drag me to many events but we did hit his reunion year reception. My husband loves these kind of events so I pretend that I do. As we visited with a couple that seemed to know me (didn't really remember them because we've aged just a tad)the husband of the pair was explaining that worked international businesses in his job. I made reference to our class and the discussions we have had regarding transnational leadership. He began to tell me about working with Swedish companies. They are highly protected of their own when it comes to employment by other countries. In order to let someone go, he had to appeal to the court system and ultimately paid out the employee through the year. He mentioned that they hire out globally because they do not face that issue when they do. Quite interesting to get a look at the world's differences in business and the affect it has in us globally -- the new business concept. Just another tidbit to learn when stretching to the global side.