 We are discussing various different approaches to staffing international operations and in this topic We are going to discuss Regiocentric approach Regiocentric approach as the word is self-explanatory is something which is originating from the regional approach. So Regiocentric approach is it means giving preference to a particular region Alright, so like the geocentric approach The regiocentric approach utilizes a wider pool of managers, but in a limited way so a geocentric approach it takes the entire globe as a Source and pool of human resource Whereas a regiocentric approach it applies the same approach But in a limited way in the way that the regional people from a particular region They are appointed for managing operations in that particular region So if an organization is a global organization It may have different regions for example the America region the America Americas then the European region and then the Asia-Pacific region could be one of the settings of Classifying different regions if it is if it is It wants to go for more regional Classifications then it could be the Middle East then it could be the Far East then it could be the Southeast Asia and Russia as a separate one and Australia as a separate one So it depends on how the organization Classifies various different regions. So sometimes Australia, New Zealand is classified as a separate reason as a separate region Sometimes the Far East is classified as a separate region for some organizations Asia-Pacific Which includes Australia and New Zealand as well is classified as a one block of region So it depends on how much a Or an organization has got various different operations in various different regions and how that is how much that is given importance and separate classifications in a particular organization So staff in in this kind of an approach in a regiocentric approach The staff may move outside their home countries But only within that particular geographic region So they if an if it is Asia-Pacific region so people from Asia-Pacific countries They will not be moving to the European countries or the Americas but they will moving in between the Middle East and the Southeast Asia and the China and and and Middle East and Southeast Asia and all these different Categories Then regional managers they may be promoted to headquarter positions But enjoy a degree of regional autonomy in decision-making Say so so people from The that particular region they may not be going to the headquarters But they will have a certain level of autonomy and decision-making within their own region Why we would go for a regiocentric approach the reasons is that It facilitates interaction between managers in one particular region. So The resources the culture the values the different type of management styles They can be mixed and they can be utilized and exploited in a particular region And that would lead to more interaction and utilization of of resources because people are appointed from the from The same region it reflects some sensitivity to the local conditions Since the local subsidiaries they are usually staffed Almost totally by the home country nationals So in a regiocentric approach Regional people would would be moving around in that organization But mostly the pool of management positions is going to be held by the home country nationals because it is it is mixing people in a relatively limited way What could be the disadvantages of regiocentric approach? It is a miniature replica of the geocentric approach and a Also, it is something which is Lies in between the geocentric approach and the polycentric approach the polycentric approach gives complete autonomy to the national subsidiary the geocentric approach mixes the All the subsidiaries and the headquarters With with each other integrates them. So geocentric approach is something which Takes out the autonomy and decision-making from the national boundaries, but puts another boundary, which is the regional boundary, so it could lead to a certain level of federalism Which is a disadvantage of the polycentric approach, but the federalism would then move from The national level to the regional level. So now if a organize if an organization has got three Regions the Americas Europe and the Asia Pacific it means that they will have a kind of federalism in these three regions and that is one of the disadvantages of a regiocentric approach and This approach it does improve career prospects at the national level, but it What it does is that it moves the barrier from the country the national level to the regional level So there is kind of a barrier whereas in geocentric approach There is no barrier for anybody to move anywhere and progress anywhere in their career But in a regiocentric approach, there is a limitation that well, okay You can be promoted to the regional level But then that regional level is the barrier and limited the limit for the career progression of The human resources of that organization. So this could be taken as a disadvantage of the regiocentric approach