The Competency for Taiwanese Bank Expatriate Managers in China

Abstract

[[abstract]]To expand the market share, Taiwanese banks has increasingly invested in China. In this start-up period, many managers were sending from Taiwan to China for running the business. The issues of managing expatriates have drawn attentions. To investigate the current situation of expatriate management of the Taiwanese banks to China, this study interviewed the business practitioners to portrait the general pictures of the following focuses: 1.The selection criteria for the Taiwanese bank expatriate managers assigned to China. 2.The roles and tasks for the Taiwanese bank expatriate managers assigned to China. 3.The required competencies for the Taiwanese bank expatriate managers assigned to China. 4.The content of training programs for the Taiwanese bank expatriate managers assigned to China. Base on the contents retrieved from the selection criteria, roles and tasks and content of training program, the study generated the required knowledge, skills, experiences and personality traits for the expatriate managers as a reference resource for the Taiwanese banks that designate expatriate to China. Keywords: competency, competency models, expatriate manager, banks