he founders, and the capital of the European Union, Belgium is nowadays an economic center of the world (The Wilson Quarterly 93). Belgium’s culture has obviously being of great importance for the development of a company like Solvay. Belgium’s understanding and respect of other countries and their cultures has helped Solvay to expand itself with less cultural-shock difficulties. The country’s culture has helped Solvay expand their business to markets all over the world. And most of all, it has helped Solvay to manage efficiently a diverse work force all over the world. For a company like Solvay, Human resource Management has been a key factor in its global expansion. Solvay, just like many other multinational companies, has made of great importance to be able to get the best out of their workforce and to hire the most competitive personnel in the field. The diversity of its work force is one of the key factors for the company’s successes. Solvay has always made a priority to draw the best people from everywhere in the world and combine their cultural knowledge to strength the company. “Solvay's international dimension is consolidated by the many managers of many nationalities on its staff. This international blend of cultures and skills is one of the Group's greatest assets” (Solvay s.a. H.R. development) The importance of having a diverse workforce in a multinational company is increasing everyday. “A diverse workforce is one that can be characterized as a multicultural group working as one, combining their merits and capabilities” (Jamieson 6). An example of another company with a diverse work force is the U.S. base company Microsoft. Microsoft Corporation is another company that like Solvay has an efficient H.R management system, combining a large number of Americans and Asians. The principle and most important reason for having a diverse workforce is to guarantee that the compan...
