International Human Resource Management

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2009:

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This subject will examine the challenge of managing a global workforce in an international setting. The relationships between the external environment, organisational factors, and international HRM strategies and practices will be studied from both a theoretical and empirical perspective. The key issues considered will be cultural diversity in global business; international recruitment and selection; international performance management; training and development for global workforces; international compensation and international comparison of labour relations.

On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:

• Explain the cross-cultural issues in dealing with an international workforce;
• Evaluate and analyse the relationships between the external environment, organisational factors and international HRM strategies;
• Analyse the impact of local labour relations and employment policies on the firm's HRM strategies;
• Analyse the implications of the differences between HRM in domestic and international settings;

• Identify changes in international human resource management practice.

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

On successful completion of this subject, students should have improved the following generic skills:

• Problem solving and critical thinking skills, which should be developed through group discussion and major project work;
• Communication skills and collaborative learning, which should be developed through group work and oral presentations in class;
• Application of theory to practice, which should be enhanced by analysing case studies;
• Synthesis of information, which should be fostered by evaluating international HRM strategies and practices;
• Research, both in terms of accessing the appropriate material and analysing this information.