Colgate-Palmolive: Managing International Careers

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Case

Reference no. 9-394-184

Subject category: Strategy and General Management

Authors: Phillip Rosenzweig (International Institute for Management Development (IMD))

Published by: Harvard Business Publishing

Originally published in: 1994

Version: 24 May 1994

Length: 22 pages

Data source: Field research

Topics: International business; Management development; Human resource management; Career planning; Families & family life; Multinational corporations; Employee development; Consumer markets

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Abstract

Colgate-Palmolive, the US-based consumer products firm, has long emphasized international experience for its managers and has developed a comprehensive policy to manage expatriate assignments. The rise in dual-career families has made some managers reluctant to accept foreign assignments, causing Colgate-Palmolive to reexamine the way it manages international career development.

Location:

United States

Industry:

Retail trade

Size:

USD7 billion revenues

Other setting(s):

1994