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Strategic IHRM
Impact of external and internal contexts on IHRM practices.
Crisis management Health and Safety of business travellers.
Global HR Challenges.
Global HR support services.
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Globalisation
The drivers of globalisation.
The extent of international business.
Globalisation of HRM - its extent and importance to business.
The role of HRM in sustaining international business activity.
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Managing cultural differences
Impact of national culture on HRM practices.
Managing a cross-cultural organisation.
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Structure and Strategy
Organisational structures of global firms.
Choices for entry into international markets.
HR implications of cross border alliances, acquisitions and wholly owned subsidiaries.
business Role of culture in strategic choice.
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Staffing International Operations
Global staffing.
Focus on international assignees.
Global talent management Staffing choices – geocentric polycentric, regiocentric, ethnocentric.
Function and roles of expatriates.
Reasons for international assignments.
Expatriate failure Selection criteria in IHRM.
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MNE Performance Management
Constraints affecting goal attainment of foreign subsidiaries.
Managing individual expatriate performance.
The role of culture in the design and implementation of international performance management systems.
Standardisation versus localisation of international performance management systems
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International Training and Development
Training expatriates Global organisational learning and T & D Cross cultural issues in T & D.
The global mindset.
Developing global leaders.
Developing international teams through international assignments.
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Recommended Book Resources |
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Dowling, Festing and Engle. (2017), International Human Resource Management, 7Th Edition. Cengage Learning EMEA.
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Reiche, Harzing, Tenzer. (2018), International Human Resource Management, Fifth edition. SAGE Publications.
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Christopher Brewster, Elizabeth Houldsworth, Paul Sparrow, Guy Vernon. (2017), International Human Resource Management.
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Supplementary Book Resources |
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Ibraiz Tarique , Dennis R. Briscoe , Randall S. Schuler. (2022), International Human Resource Management: Policies and Practices for Multinational Enterprises 6th edition (Global HRM), Routledge.
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Rees, G. and Smith, P.E. (2017), Strategic human resource management: an international perspective, 2nd ed. Sage Publishing.
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