This module examines HRM in an international context. Foreign direct investment (FDI) has grown dramatically over the past 25 years. This FDI manifests itself as foreign affiliates of international companies. Currently more than 800,000 of these foreign affiliates are in existence, all of which need to be staffed. These staffing needs bring with them unique challenges that domestic firm do not face. This module will explore the additional complexities introduced by conducting HRM across national borders. HRM is a complex and often contested topic in a domestic context. Once organisations start operating across national borders, these complexities and challenges grow exponentially. This module will explore these complexities and outline some of the key differences between domestic and international HRM and look into the additional challenges emanating from having to fulfil various HR functions in an international context. A particular emphasis will be put on the management of globally mobile employees.
Aims
Students will gain an insight into:
- the key HR challenges facing organisations working internationally;
- the impact of national culture on how individuals react to HR interventions in different countries;
- differences in HR policies and practices in different countries;
- the management of globally mobile employees
Learning Outcomes
On completing this module, students will be able to understand, analyse and critically evaluate:
1) how organisational and HR strategies are shaped by and developed in response to internal and external environmental factors.
2) globalisation and international forces and how they shape and impact on organisational and HR strategies and HR practices.
3) analyse and evaluate the major features of national and international employment markets from which organisations source staff and ways in which these markets evolve or change.
Skills for your professional life (Transferable Skills)
- Enhance your written communication skills through preparing a logically coherent and cogently argued integrated HR project
- Develop your research skills through locating and retrieving information from a variety of online and offline sources in preparing your integrated HR project
- Critically evaluate information from a variety of sources when building a compelling argument in preparing your integrated HR project
- Being innovative in building your own case when preparing your integrated HR project
- Develop your commercial awareness by researching the real-life commercial context of the company at the centre of your integrated HR project
Aims
Students will gain an insight into:
- the key HR challenges facing organisations working internationally;
- the impact of national culture on how individuals react to HR interventions in different countries;
- differences in HR policies and practices in different countries;
- the management of globally mobile employees
Learning Outcomes
On completing this module, students will be able to understand, analyse and critically evaluate:
1) how organisational and HR strategies are shaped by and developed in response to internal and external environmental factors.
2) globalisation and international forces and how they shape and impact on organisational and HR strategies and HR practices.
3) analyse and evaluate the major features of national and international employment markets from which organisations source staff and ways in which these markets evolve or change.
Skills for your professional life (Transferable Skills)
- Enhance your written communication skills through preparing a logically coherent and cogently argued integrated HR project
- Develop your research skills through locating and retrieving information from a variety of online and offline sources in preparing your integrated HR project
- Critically evaluate information from a variety of sources when building a compelling argument in preparing your integrated HR project
- Being innovative in building your own case when preparing your integrated HR project
- Develop your commercial awareness by researching the real-life commercial context of the company at the centre of your integrated HR project
Category: Management