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Q First, read the following journal article by Gloria Ferguson Pobst: Meeting the Challenge of Knowledge Worker Shortages with Strategic Talent Management. Next, based on the challenges you reviewed in the textbook (refer back to Chapter 9) regarding global talent management in Brazil, analyze and explain how the concept of jeitinho can be leveraged as a method to manage managerial talent. Finally, which solution strategy mentioned in the Pobst article would you use to meet the knowledge worker shortage challenges? Explain your reasoning. In responding to your peers’ posts, respectfully critique the strategy your peer discussed. Do you agree with their rationale? Why or why not?

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The Brazilian jeitinho is a part of Brazilian culture and is a social influence strategy. It is a strategy to solve problems using social influence. This is a tricky way to achieve goals even though it breaks formal rules. The concept of jeitinho is being flexible and using the partnership as a tool to achieve the goal. These are the best method to manage managerial talent. They deal with the complications of life creatively and do not easily give up while trying to find solutions. These characteristics of the Brazilian workforce are most valued globally. They prefer to become friends before doing business and cannot separate public and private dimensions. They believe that friendly relations will enhance trust and open scope for negotiations. Exchange of favors in Brazil is common and to do business in Brazil one has to treat everyone with friendship, only then everything will run smoothly.