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Understanding human resource management in a global context is critical for business managers as globalisation provides increasing opportunities for companies to grow and be competitive in more diverse and international contexts. This module provides you with an overview of the field and a new set of contemporary principles, theories and concepts for managing employees within the context of the growing internationalisation of a business.
This module focuses on the implications of the rise of multinational corporations and foreign direct investment for international human resource management and the challenges of managing a diverse workforce across national borders. This module will help you critically examine the impacts of institutional environments, international labour regulations and global business ethics on the choice and effectiveness of HR practices.
The course also helps you learn and adopt a comparative discussion of convergence and divergence of human resource practices across national contexts. You will learn to understand the fundamental HR functions and the responsibilities of HR professionals across national borders to help businesses achieve employee and firm outcomes. Finally, you will reflect on and gain an in-depth knowledge of the challenges and opportunities that companies face in managing people and workplaces at the global level.
Key themes: HR practices of multinational corporations and subsidiaries, institutional environments, cross-culture, comparative human resource management, HR functions.
Topics may include:
• specific international HR functions (such as recruitment and selection, training and development, expatriation and repatriation, pay/rewards systems, performance management, career development)
• high performance HRM systems
• 'home-country' and ‘host-country’ effects shaping multinational and subsidiary employment practices across borders
• convergence and divergence of HR practices
• international assignments as an HR tool
• equity and diversity dimensions of MNC HRM practices
• the role of culture and business ethics in global HR management
• corporate social responsibility issues in global HR practices
• global talent management
• implications of outsourcing and offshoring for HR practices in a global context