International Human

Description

This course aims to introduce students to the nature of developing and managing human resources in international, multinational, global, and transnational firms. It also aims to explores the complexity, challenges, and choices that firms are faced with and strategies they use to effectively develop and manage their international workforce in culturally and geographically diverse environments. International human resource management (IHRM) has many similarities with domestic human resource management (HRM), but there are also some important differences. In IHRM, the familiar HRM activities are placed in a global context. Among the results of this are circumstances such as organizations bringing their operations into social contexts with which they are unfamiliar; employees from different cultural backgrounds working together; and movement of employees to unfamiliar foreign work and social environments.

Program

MBA

Objectives

• Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: • Understand the nature and major concepts of international human resource management. • Be aware with the role of the HR manager in an international context. • Understand HR activities in an international context. • Distinguish between international and domestic HR practices. • Demonstrate how cross-national differences of culture and institutions affect human resource management of multinational firms. • Analyze business cases of international human resource management. • Evaluate diverse perspectives on international human resource management practice. • Synthesize concepts and diverse perspectives pertaining to international HR functions. • Use the theories of international HRM to interpret and analyze real problems in people management. • Evaluate the different approaches to and strategies for HRM in international business activities, and their impact on employees. • Critically evaluate the HRM implications for Multinational corporations. • Evaluate the problems of transferring HRM practices from one country to another and the role of MNCs as agents of knowledge transfer. • Discuss the complexities associated with managing a global workforce. • Identify and assess environmental and sustainability considerations in problems in international HRM. • Understand the cross-national diversity of cultural values and institutional arrangements.