International HRM
Process of managing people across borders in multinational companies
International HRM Strategy
Ensuring development and implementation HR Strategies, policies and practices
Help companies to operate profitably in different countries
Within context, culture, legal and economical interest of the company
Issues/ challenges of international HRM
Globalization
Environmental differences
Cultural differences
Convergence and divergence
Global HR policies and practices
Talent Management/employee branding
International assignments management
Managing international workforces
Role specifications for expatriates
Specify a set of rules and behaviors expatriates have to adhere to
Specify how the exptratriate needs to translate the companeis interests in an international environment with possible cultural differences in making differences
International Workforce planning
How many people are needed across multi national company
Set out the sources of people available
Action plans for recruitment, selectior or assignment
Parent company will recruit managers, subsidiaries will recruit junior staff,
International talent management methods
Talent pool definition
Identiying talen internally
Recruiting talent
Performance management
Management development
Career planning
International performance management
Distance between HQ and subsidiary affects performance
Issues => Control of line managers, cultural differences, consistent rating results, level of maturity of subsidiary
Scope of multicultural working
Developing a cultural lense
Developing and motivatingfunctional cross cultural teams
Building relationships
Manage performance and conflict
Role of international HR
Integral partner of developing global strategy
Develop process and strategies for management
Help to understand people and cultures globally
Identify key skill required globally for company
Stages of international involvement
Outsourcing (Stages 3-5) => Hard to manage safety and quality
Barriers like taxes, production largely disappear
Expatriates
Individual relocating from home base to pursue companies interests abroad
Brings knowhow to foreign subsidiary
Managed in pre-departure, assignment and post-departure
When company wants to go more global, but knowhow abroad is insufficient
Three approaches to expatriates
Ethnocentric approach
Polycentric approach
Geocentric approach
Selecting expatriates
Need international experience and cultural sensitivity
Their environment needs to allow for overseas placement
Types of expatriate training
Information-giving approach
Affective approach
Impression approach
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