International Human Resource ManagementManaging people in a multinational context

IHRM Chapter 1*Define key IHRM termsReview expatriate* management evolutionOutline differences between domestic and international HRMDiscover the increasing complexity and potential challenges of current IHRM Chapter Objectives* = Give up residence in ones homeland and take residence in another country.

*IHRM Chapter 1Inter-relationships between approaches to a field Figure 1-1IHRM = International Human Resource ManagementHR = Human ResourcesIR = Industrial Relations (Employment Relations)

Defining HRM*IHRM Chapter 1An organizations HRM activities include:Human resource planningStaffing (recruitment, selection, placement)Performance managementTraining and developmentCompensation (remuneration) and benefitsIndustrial relations

*IHRM Chapter 1Inter-relationships between approaches to the field Figure 1-2

*IHRM Chapter 1International assignments create expatriates Figure 1-3

Differences between domestic HRM and IHRM*IHRM Chapter 1IHRM complexity can be attributed to six factors:Human resource planningStaffing (recruitment, selection, placement)Performance managementTraining and developmentCompensation (remuneration) and benefitsIndustrial relations

*IHRM Chapter 1Variables that moderate differences between domestic and international HRM Figure 1-4

Steps to truly international HRM*IHRM Chapter 1Recognize that ones own HRM reflects home culture assumptions and values.Recognize that ones own peculiar ways are neither universally better nor worse than others - just different and likely to exhibit strengths and weaknesses, particularly abroad.Recognize that organizations foreign subsidiaries may prefer other ways to manage people ways that are neither intrinsically better nor worse, but possibly more effective locally.Headquarters willingness to acknowledge cultural differences and steps to make them discussable and therefore usable.Build shared genuine belief that cross-cultural learning will result in more creative and effective ways of managing people.

*IHRM Chapter 1Strategic HRM in multinational enterprises Figure 1-5

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