Human Resources Management Strategies of Taiwan-based Enterprises in Vietnam

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The below table is comparison of the response of participant based on the 
interview question that could find out the statement of the localization management 
strategy in HRM 
Question 
Region/ Industry 
Statement of Participants 
5 
North 
Manufacture/ 
Trading 
1. Local managers could help company builds up 
friendly relationship with local government 
2. Local manager is unavoidable taking small tip 
from company’s suppliers 
Middle 
Manufacture 
1. Employ Taiwanese manager cost is higher than 
Vietnamese manager
2. The management concept of Taiwanese manager 
fixes with company require 
South 
Manufacture 
1. Taiwanese manager have language barrier with 
Vietnamese employees, contrary, local manager 
don’t have

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2. Local manager protects and sympathizes with 
local employees easily
6 
North 
Manufacture/ 
Trading 
Set the regular clearly 
Middle 
Manufacture 
For the key matter, Taiwanese manager will handle 
directly
South 
Manufacture 
Set the regular clearly 
7 
North 
Manufacture/ 
Trading 
Improve labor productivity 
Middle 
Manufacture 
Depend on local manager’s quality and company 
offers the training educational 
South 
Manufacture 
1. Local manager is able to bring mentally 
encourage and working morale to employees 
2. Don’t have language barrier
3. Understand local culture 
4. Reduce the conflict in workplace 
Through the response of interviewees, we clearly noticed that the participants 
recognized benefits of employing local managers to their company in which the 

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advantages of language as well as deeply understand one’s culture are indicated in the 
most. Likewise, localization management is as a strategy of company’s HRM helping 
to avoid conflict or strike activities occur, in the meanwhile promoting work effective 
and productivity.