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HRM 008

INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT


MODULE : 1 Introduction: Overview
Concepts of International Management, Indias attractiveness for International
Business, What is IHRM, Issues in IHRM, Barriers to Effective Global HRM,
Expanding the Role of HRM in International Firms.
MODULE : 2 Organisational Structure in MNC and International
Dimensions of HRM
International Human Resource Management Approaches, The Path to Global
Status, Initial Division Structure(Early Stages of Internationalization),
International Division, Global Product/ Area Division, New Types of Multinational
Structures, Role of Human Resource, Strategies for International Organisations,
Implications for Human Resource Management Policy, An Integrated Strategic
Framework, The Flexible Organisation : The EU Model, The Context of
Management and Organisations in Europe
MODULE : 3 International Staffing
Nature of IHRM, Net HR Requirements, International Labour Market Sources,
Executive Nationality Staffing Policies
MODULE : 4 Compensation and Benefits
Compensation and Benefits, Deigning Compensation Programme, Key
Components of Interaction Compensation Programme, Approaches to
International Compensation, Differentiating Between PCNs and TCNs, Termination
of Contract, Incentives and Corporate Commitments, The Japanese Model and Ma
Tsushita.
MODULE : 5 Training and Development
Reasons for Training, Expatriate Training, Impact of Different Learning Styles on
Training, Types of Cross-Cultural Training, Cultural Assimilators, Action Learning
and the Experiential Approach, Transferability across Cultures, The
Organisational Learning
MODULE : 6 Performance Management in international Organisations
Basis of Performance Management, Performance Management and its Link with
other HR Processes, Performance Management- Two Examples, Culture and
Organisational Performance, Competence Approach to HRM, Management
Competences Approach, European and International Competences, The Cultural
Regard for Managers and their Competences, Different Degrees of
Internationalisation of Companies, Problem Inherent within the Competences
Model, Job Satisfaction
MODULE : 7 Expatriation and Repatriation

Expatriation, Selecting Third-Country Nationals (TCNs), Selecting Host-Country


Nationals (HCNs), An Expatriation Adjustment Model, Expatriate Failure, The Role
of Expatriate, The Reasons for Expatriation, Success in Expatriate Assignment,
Cultural Factors in International Career Choice, Women and Expatriation, sOther
Cultural Factors in International Career Choice, Implications for HR Managers,
Repatriation, Designing a Repatriation Programme.
MODULE : 8 Industrial Relations
Introduction, Key Issues in International Industrial Relations, Trade Unions and
International Industrial Relations, Preventing Global Integration of MNC
Operations, The Response of Trade Unions to MNCs, Regional Integration : The
European Union (EU),Regional Integration: The North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA), The Impact of Digital Economy
MODULE : 9 Sustaining International Business Operations
Transferring Staff for International Business Activities, The Role Of NonExpatriates, Role of the Corporate HR Function, International Joint Ventures,
Implications for the Management of Joint Ventures.
MODULE : 10 Managing People in International Context
HRM and Beyond, Swedish Cultural and People Management, People
Management in Spain, French Culture and People Management, The American
Model of People Management, The Dutch Model of People Management, Japanese
People Management, The British model of People Management, A European union
Model of People Management, Chinese Model of People Management, German
People Management, Soviet Union People Management, Russian People
Management, People Management in the Czech Republic, People Management in
South Africa, African People Management, Indian People Management, The Future
Organization.
MODULE : 11 Indian Multinational Companies
India Inc.s New MNCs: M & A, Indian Joint Venture, Indian Greenfields,
International Operations of the Tata Group.
MODULE : 12 Issues, Challenges and Theoretical Developments
IHRM Trends and Future Challenges, Challenges for the HR Function of the
Multinational Firm, Mode of Operation and IHRM, Theoretical Development in
International HRM (Micro & Macro), Political Risk Assessment, The Legal Context
of Human Resource Management, Bribery: A Recurring Problem in International
Business, MNC as a Global Citizen and Good Corporate Citizen, Corporate Society
Responsibility: A Case of Tata Steel, International Accords and Corporate Codes of
Conduct, Implications for the HR Function of the MNCs Firm.
MODULE : 13 Cultural Dimensions of HRM
Understanding Culture, Determinants of Culture, Importance of Cultural
Sensitivity, Cross Cultural Theories, Cross Culture Communication, Cross Culture
Negotiations, National Culture and Organisation Culture, Cross Cultural
Organisation, Transferability Across Culture, Potential Cross-Cultural Problems.

RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1. International Human resource Management PL Rao, Excel Books
2. International Human Resorce Management, K Aswathappa, Sadhna
Das, Mc Graw Hill Companies
3.International Human Resource Management - Monir H Tayeb
Oxford University Press - 2005.

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