International, Global and Domestic Business
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International, Global, and Domestic Business
Being a manager of a security company in greater Atlanta area in Georgia, there are many contracts with a diverse type of businesses all over and beyond the state that need to be renegotiated every month. These negotiations, includes things like, what the business expected of the security company in regards to security protection, job duties, man hours needed, and the payment for the duties. After a new company has agrees and signed a contract, the contract will be reviewed with six months intervals. After the contract is signet it is the managers job to ensure that the personnel assigned to the new client are professional, properly trained and equipped officers so they can perform the assigned job duties adequate. While managing of a private security company do seems to have a little or no direct impact on international or global business, it will still affects the economy and labor situation in each country working in, and at the same time safety and security of each.
The question is asked; how the local contract security company can affect international/ global business and domestic businesses. This will be done because the head offices is located in Atlanta Georgia, and the company have business all over the US, and by that have interest beyond the state borders. This also means that many of the managers will have a less direct contract with customers, mid management and the security officers on the different locations, since most contact will be by phone or email. If not careful the level of safety and security will over time diminish because officers is not being supervised constantly which will lead to misinterpretations, and lack of clarifications, and depending on where the company have deployed officers overseas, the language barriers could play a role to. On the top of that the local companys security and safety of property and personnel could be threatened by the threat of terrorism, kidnappings, and drug trafficking (Ortmeier, 2009, p. 355). A manager has to be able to work and function in this global and high technological setting and at the same time should be able to confront the ever changing world. A manager has to be knowledgeable, understanding, appreciated and at the same time able to manage new world requirements.
Since 9/11, all Americans know what terrorism is and what will happen if America let its guards down, and because of that security has broadened immensely and today it includes the Department of Homeland Security which today is the head of US security. Being located in the state of Georgia, security issues also includes dealing with illegal immigration and helping to keep drug cartels out of the United States.
Cultural differences are an additional major aspect that can have a serious impact on how to do security in a foreign country. There are many cultures worldwide that is very different from what Americans are use to. These differences will from time to time create problems in the communication between the security company and their associates. A very good example of a cultural difference is religion, and how people is worshiping around the word, a good example is that here in the US we are use to go to church on Sundays but for example in the Muslim