Chapter 14 - Human Resource Management

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Human Resource Management

By Laura Portolese Dias

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Chapter 14

International HRM

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Learning Objectives

1. Be able to explain the terminology related to

international HRM.

2. Define Global HRM strategies.

3. Explain the impact of culture on HRM

practices.

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Offshoring, Outsourcing

Domestic

International

Global

Multinational

Transnational

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Trade agreements EU

NAFTA

The business environment Education

Economics

Legal systems

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HR Strategy Globally Transnational scope

Transnational representation

Transnational process

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Hofstedes cultural dimensions Individualism-collectivism

Power distance

Uncertainty avoidance Masculinity-Femininity

Long- and short-term orientations

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Learning Objectives

1. Be able explain the three staffing strategies

for international businesses and explain

advantages and disadvantages for each.

2. Explain the reasons for expatriate failures.

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Staffing Internationally

Staffing strategy

Home-Country National

Host-Country National

Third-Country National

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Five factors determine expatriate success

Job factors

Relational dimensions

Motivational state

Family situation

Language skills

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Expatriates Four Phases of Adjustment

Elation/honeymoon

Resistance

Adaption

Biculturalism

Reasons for Expatriate Failure

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Learning Objectives

1. Be able explain how the selection process for an expatriate

differs from a domestic process.

2. Explain possible expatriate training topics and the

importance of each.

3. Identify the performance review and legal differences for

international assignments.

4. Explain the logistical considerations for expatriate

assignments.

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International HRM Considerations

Recruitment and Selection

Skills of the expatriate

Costs associated with failure

Job analysis for expatriate assignment

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Training

Possible training topics for the expatriate

Repatriation training

Reverse culture shock

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Compensation and rewards

Balance sheet approach

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Performance evaluations

Sources of information

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International Labor Environment

Laws and relation to host-country employees

Logistics of International Assignments

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Chapter 14 - Human Resource Management