Wei Xu is the human resources manager of a medium-sized construction company based in China. his company just signed its first multi-million dollar contract to build a hotel in India. He needs to quickly hire a site manager, one familiar with Indian customs and the language. What should he do?a. Send a Chinese employee overseas to run the projectb. Do a global search to find the best candidate for the jobc. Place an ad on Monster.com listing the job openingd. Post a job opening placard on the job site fencee. Hire a host-country national who has the job qualifications

Indian and Chinese cultures are very different, and Wei Xu will be more successful if he hires an Indian engineer who has the experience and education required to manage this project.

Many western companies (American and European) made big mistakes in China when they starting operating there, because they thought that an American or European Manager would be suitable for their Chinese operations. Volkswagen is famous for being one of the first multinationals to understand that European managers weren't suitable for Chinese factories and started developing co-working techniques between Chinese and German managers. This may seem an obvious example but it took other car manufacturers decades to understand what Volkswagen was doing, and that is why around half of all Volkswagen cars are sold in China and the Asia Pacific region.