Strategic Human Resource Management

Section Two

companies have failed, leaving the employers using leased
employees liable for workers’ compensation.^128

„ INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS

Global Competition

Companies competing on a global basis will need to use world-
class labor to obtain the quality needed for some product
markets. For example, the Dana Corporation uses its training
programs to develop employees who can produce at the level
of world competitive standards. One of Dana’s
accomplishments has been to develop some of its U.S. workers
into world-class machinists.^129 One large food manufacturer has
obtained specialized world-class information services by having
programming done in Mexico and routing work done in
England.

Moving foreign nationals across international boundaries
is another approach for highly skilled individuals. However, the
use of U.S. expatriate workers in overseas holdings may be
declining. In some U.S. companies with large overseas
holdings, the number of U.S. expatriate workers is relatively
small. For example, during one year, Honeywell had 27, 159
employees overseas but only approximately 200 were U.S.
citizens.^130 Instead, there may be a growing tendency to bring