Key Takeaways
As managers are facing global challenges and increasing global diversity it is important for them to understand the world through global lenses. By taking on an international assignment an employee gain a tremendous amount of knowledge and is the best way to develop a global mindset because they must be able to function both personally and professionally in an unfamiliar setting. They are exposed to a different language, environment, value system, time zone, among other things which will instill new ways of learning and responding to different situation because of the social-cultural differences (Al & Chen, 2011). By having a global mindset it helps the employee and employer capitalize on more global opportunities.