This study of Credit Lyonnais, one of the world's largest banks with offices in oer !"countries, e#a$ines the organisation and hu$an resource $anage$ent strategies thoughtnecessary to surie the ra%id $arket changes in international banking& Credit Lyonnais%roides a %articularly good e#a$%le of a large bank which is deter$ined to succeedthrough growth in serices offered in e#isting $arkets and through e#tending into new$arkets&Credit Lyonnais has offices on all continents, and in the countries where it has o%erations, ita%%lies one of two growth strategies:iorganic growth (increasing the actiity of its branches and subsidiaries, or o%eningnew branches ii ac)uisitions * $ergers (inoling either take-oers or %urchase of $inority interestsin local banks&Credit Lyonnais now has !+" offices outside uro%e and these are either subsidiaries(where the ./ has a $a0ority shareholding or associated co$%anies (where the ./has a $inority shareholding& The Credit Lyonnais 1rou% has grown ery ra%idly oer the%ast few years and will continue to grow with %lanned e#%ansions on all Continents and inall areas of business&.eali2ing at an early stage of its e#%ansion that its serice and $arket strategies re)uiredan e)ually strong hu$an resource strategy Credit Lyonnais set out to i$%le$enting ./%olicies to achiee its business goals&