TY  - JOUR
AB  - Subject area Organizational innovation, leading change, customer service management in professional service firms.Study level/applicability Advanced undergraduate, MBA/executive education.Case overview This case describes the human resource (HR) dilemma faced by BDO Hungary in 2010, an international audit and tax consulting partnership, operating in the country since 1989. In order to continue its past growth story and to reach closer to “Big Four” BDO has to enter new business segments, offer more services to its existing customers and seize higher value-added business potentials. The new strategy, however, is challenged by its incumbent, traditional core business: auditing, which is highly regulated by ethical, legal, and professional standards including non-advertisement regulations to which the resulting organizational culture and HR routines are congruent. The case is described from the perspective of the Equity Partner, HR Director and Executive MBA student, who is tasked with a new HR plan for training and development and is charged with implementing it successfully. How best to adjust current training and development policies to the best meet new strategic growth goals? How to develop existing human capital? How to make employees more commercially oriented in such a conservative, risk averse, and highly regulated environment? How to improve their customer service and the sales skill?Expected learning outcomes Exploring the importance of training and development in improving customer service levels in professional service firms operating in emerging markets. Understanding the limitations and the possibilities of transferring international HR policies and standards across borders and cultural differences.Supplementary materials Teaching notes.
VL  - 1
IS  - 4
SN  - 2045-0621
DO  - 10.1108/20450621111186183
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/20450621111186183
AU  - Buzády Zoltán
PY  - 2011
Y1  - 2011/01/01
TI  - Teaching farmers to hunt – developing commercial skills at BDO Hungary
T2  - Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 1
EP  - 20
Y2  - 2024/04/23
ER  -