1. Advantages of the host-country staffing strategy 

According to the book we have read before this assignment and which is cited in the source, the most significant advantages of the host-country staffing strategy are:

•  The language barrier is eliminated
• A possible better understanding of local rules and laws
• Hiring costs such as visas are eliminated

 

These advantages are an overall point of view. This strategy helps the organization to settle effectively without any misunderstanding on the religious, social, and cultural rules ongoing in the new country. Less concern on the communicational aspect and a perfect understanding of local labor requirements will prevent the company from law pursuits and discrediting.

2. The compensation plans: 

UK

According to the website https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/fast-food-restaurant-manager a general manager of a restaurant “earn between £28,000 and £32,000”. These amounts converted in Dollars will be in the range of salary Fish to Go is willing to pay the managers ($45,000 per year, plus 2 percent profit sharing). Obviously, with this, Fish to Go can be attractive and on top of that, the compensation plan should include bonuses from $1,500 to $12,000 per year depending on the dedication of the worker, seniority, and the rate of execution of the objectives assigned to him. The benefits package must also include:

• Retirement benefit
• Paid vacations
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Free or discount on the meal price.

Mexico

As the senior level salary for a restaurant manager in Mexico is $274,607 (MXN) per year with an annual average bonus of $8,353 (MXN), the total pay benefit approximately 282,960 per year. This total amount in USD is around $14,000 that is way below the pay proposed by Fish to Go. If our company pays, at least on average $5,000 more than the other fast-food firms, obviously we can be more appealing than all the competitors.

On top of what will be offered in the United Kingdom, the compensation benefit must include bonuses for civic holidays, festivals, and statutory holidays. In terms of public holidays, we have: New Year’s Day, Constitution Day, Benito Juarez’s birthday, Labor Day, Independence Day, Revolution Day, and Christmas day.

The benefit package may also include:

• Vacation bonus
• Profit-sharing each year (10% of net profit of the company).

3. The new managers will need to be trained in the different fields below:

Technical training: training is some specific technical aspects of the new job.

Quality training: this training teaches the manager how to test products for making sure that they are not defective. It is a program for handling the methods of investigations on the procedures utilized for making products.

Skills training: this program will be designed for providing the abilities and knowledge necessary to fulfill specific requirements of the job assigned to the manager.

Team training: this program will provide to the new manager the tools required to improve the individual performances of the team

Facility management: will provide the knowledge necessary for ensuring safety, comfort inside the restaurant facility.

Restaurant leadership training: this training is such a cocktail of must the elements needed by the new manager for running the restaurant. It provides customer service skills, interpersonal skills, communication skills, organizational skills, commercial awareness, and problem-solving skills. It may include hiring training that focuses on recruiting, retaining, training, and enhancing the workers’ abilities. Further, it may include finance and marketing courses to give him the knowledge necessary to handle the books and conduct marketing plans.

Sources:

https://www.globalization-partners.com/globalpedia/mexico-employer-of-record/compensation/

https://www.salaryexpert.com/salary/job/fast-food-restaurant-manager/mexico 

https://careers.stateuniversity.com/pages/552/Restaurant-Manager.html#ixzz6uOYU229f

https://www.oercommons.org/courses/human-resource-management-3/view