This module explores the international variety of national models of employment and styles of human resource management with special attention to understanding how multinational companies adapt in diverse host country conditions and the factors that shape their HR practices. Several key themes are addressed in the module, including theoretical approaches for understanding cross-national differences in employment policy, practice, and systems.
This module investigates the key international HRM issues including the recruitment and selection of expats, management of expats, training and career development, performance management, rewards strategy and health and safety. The aim throughout is to explore the complex interplay between distinctive home and host country employment models and the development and transfer of HR practices in multinational companies.
- The cultural and institutional context of IHRM
- National approaches to HRM versus HRM in an international context
- Globalisation and National Employment Models
- IHRM: The Organisational Context – Recruitment and Selection, Learning and Development, Health and Safety
- Managing & Supporting International Assignments - Performance Management and Rewards
- Expatriate Failure and Early Return, Repatriation
- The Enduring Context of IHRM, Covering IHRM mainstream trends and future challenges
Classroom work is comprised of two principal elements: lectures and case study discussion. Students will also be encouraged to develop their learning skills by self-stud and research. Journal articles will be available and will be required to be studied on an ongoing basis.
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| Other Assessment(s) | 100 |