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'How to "Globalize" Your Company AND Build an Internationally Competitive Team!' Seminar for Automotive Suppliers Set for September 27 At Troy Marriott Sponsored by HCI Group

'How to "Globalize" Your Company AND Build an Internationally Competitive Team!' Seminar for Automotive Suppliers Set for September 27 At Troy Marriott Sponsored by HCI Group

    TROY, Mich., Aug. 10 HCI Group, Ltd. will conduct a
"Globalization of the Workforce" seminar to help suppliers make their
workforces "globally-minded" and "internationally-oriented."   As the world
gets smaller and the automotive industry expands, suppliers interested in
succeeding internationally and gaining significant market share must
understand and manage 'globalization' issues including creating
differentiation through human capital.
    The "Globalization of the Workplace" seminar will present a knowledgeable
and stimulating mix of Global Experts who will provide information and
education on how to devise and implement strategies and action plans, from the
plant floor to the executive office suite, on a worldwide level.  Mr. Robert
Wesselkamper, Practice Leader, Watson Wyatt Worldwide, a leading global HR
consulting firm, will keynote the event.
    HCI Group seminars are unique and powerful, providing attendees short, to-
the-point presentations by Global Experts on a variety of related subjects.
The seminar will be held at the Troy Marriott (Troy, Mich.) Thursday,
September 27 from 8 a.m. to 12 noon.   The cost is $195 per person.
    Thought-provoking subjects covered by Global Experts:

    *  "Global employment & HR issues and trends"
    *  "Employment law issues for a global workforce"
    *  "Immigration & executive transfer issues"
    *  "European recruitment practices"
    *  "Donnelly Corporation's global HR experience"
    *  "Global employees?  Tapping the global labor pool"
    *  "Integrating international cultures into a global organization"
    *  "The role of new technologies in international recruitment"
    *  "The role of new technologies in global HR management"
    *  "International engineer trainee programs"

    Speakers include:

    *  Steve Wesselkamper, Watson Wyatt Worldwide - Chicago, IL
          Practice Leader - International Group
    *  John Hancock, Butzel Long - Detroit, MI
          Shareholder and Chair, Employment & Labor Department
    *  Peter Bradford, N.R.P. - Birmingham, United Kingdom
          Managing Director, Automotive - International Recruitment
    *  Jim Wujkowski, Donnelly Corporation - Holland, MI
          Manager, Global Recruitment
    *  Reggie Pacis, Butzel Long
          Immigration Attorney
    *  Mick North, Metaldyne Corporation - Royal Oak, MI
          Plant Manager
    *  Mario Domingo, PALS International - Troy, MI
          Global Business Consultant
    *  Ken Wood, N.R.P. - Birmingham, UK
          Managing Partner, Automotive

    In addition, the following will provide short introductions to their
Global trainee programs:

    *  Margaret Shonat, CDS International - New York, NY
          Manager, Special Projects - 'German engineer trainees'
    *  Diane Thompson, University of Detroit Mercy - Detroit, MI
          Director, International Programs - 'Mexico & China engineer
          trainees'
    *  Gregory Allar, University of Michigan - Flint, MI
          School of Management, Russia Program - 'Russian business trainees'

    The HCI Group is a supplier of globalization products, services and
programs to the worldwide automotive supplier community.  The company
publishes the quarterly EUROtalk, LATINtalk and AMERItalk newsletters; the
GLOBALtools product catalog; conducts the Globalization Seminars series; hosts
the One-on-One International Meetings series (during the recent SAE World
Congress March 6 - 7 in Detroit, the company set-up more than 250 individual
meetings among 72 European and 45 United States automotive suppliers); markets
the Global Engineer Recruitment Program; and hosts the
GlobalAutoRecruitment.com website.
    For additional information, executives may visit
http://www.GlobalAutoIndustry.com .

               
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