Posted: April 12th, 2015

Research Report

Research Report

Background
Ameramotion is an American logistics company headquartered in New York City. It has a small
logistics center in Chiang Mai, Thailand that handles a rapidly growing volume of traffic in the
Chiang Mai and north Thailand area. Ameramotion has decided that the situation in the Chiang
Mai center requires special attention, and will now appoint an expatriate as the next General
Manager of Ameramotion Chiang Mai.
Ms. Delilah Jones, an American who is the Operations Manager for the Northeast U.S. Region,
has been chosen as the next General Manager of Ameramotion Chiang Mai. Her current salary is
$170,000, and she is also eligible for a 25 percent bonus if she meets annual performance targets.
Ms. Jones is married with a 15 year-old daughter and a 12 year-old son. Her husband, Jack, is a
web developer who works at home. Jack and the two kids, who will have to go to school, will
accompany Ms. Jones throughout the assignment in Chiang Mai. Ameramotion expects the Jones
family to live in Chiang Mai for three years. The family is excited, but they will miss their cozy
1,400 square foot apartment in Brooklyn, which they rent for $3,950 per month.
Assignment (Due Friday, April 17 at the beginning of class)
As the Human Resources Manager of Ameramotion, you have been tasked with putting together
the compensation and benefits package for Ms. Jones. Include the following:
1. Produce a two-currency spreadsheet based on research into the current situation in
Chiang Mai and your understanding of conditions for expatriates there. Prepare and price
out (using real costs) the expatriate compensation and benefits package for the first year
of Ms. Jones’s Chiang Mai assignment, including:
a. Salary and all legally required U.S. and Thai benefits and payroll taxes
b. Other benefits and allowances you feel are important to making the family’s stay
in Chiang Mai successful
c. All relevant relocation expenses
d. Costs for the first year of the assignment in U.S. dollars: Assume a U.S. dollar –
Thai baht exchange rate of USD1 = THB32.50.
e. PLEASE DISREGARD INCOME TAXES – Income taxes will be equalized by
the company.
2. Attach your spreadsheet to a short memo to me (maximum five bullet points of no more
than two sentences each in the body of your memo) in which you explain the philosophy
or rationale behind your proposed package. Write no more than one page (12-point Times
New Roman font, 1” margins).
3. A list of sources you used in completing the assignment
4. Include the signed, handwritten Honor Pledge: “On my honor, as a student, this is my
own work unless otherwise cited. I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid on
this academic work.”
This assignment is worth 18 percent of your semester grade. I will grade your work on the
completeness and clarity of both the spreadsheet and the reasoning behind the compensation and
benefits package you design. Thanks in advance for your hard work on this assignment.