BUSN9242 International Human Resources Management

2011

4.5

1 x 3-hour seminar weekly

BUSN9217 has been successfully completed

Master of Accounting; Master of Accounting (Advanced); Master of Business Administration; Master of Business Administration (Advanced); Graduate Diploma in Research (Business); Graduate Certificate in Research (Business)

This topic provides students with an introduction to issues in, and strategies for managing the workforce in international business operations. It extends basic principles in Human Resource Management (HRM) to the international business arena, and examines HRM issues that are distinctive features of global, transnational and multidomestic business operations. Areas covered include: international HRM planning and staffing; international recruitment and selection; staff training and development; expatriation and repatriation; international employment relations; managing multicultural teams; managing diversity; performance appraisal; compensation; HRM issues in international joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions.

This topic introduces issues in, and strategies for, managing the workforce in international business operations. Much of the topic is based on international business case studies and International Human Resource Management (IHRM) theory, research and practice, and involves a high level of student participation. Students will be expected to develop an understanding of:

• IHRM vs. domestic HRM
• International HRM planning, staffing and organisational structure
• International recruitment and selection
• Staff training and development
• Expatriation and repatriation
• Performance appraisal and compensation
• International employment relations
• Managing multicultural teams
• Managing diversity
• HRM issues in international joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions.

Students successfully completing the topic will be able to:

• investigate and critically analyse IHRM theory and research
• analyse and report on the IHRM components of contemporary business operations
• examine written international business cases, with particular emphasis on IHRM elements
• develop skills in written and oral international IHRM case presentations.