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Module Aims
• To critically examine the meanings of the concept of International Human Resource Management
(HRM).
• To explore the impact of the global environmental context on human resource management
strategies.
• To investigate strategies applied in a range of organisations to the international management of
human resources.
• To familiarise students with the issues involved in managing international human resources of
organisations in strategic ways.
• To examine the ideas of best practice and good employer in international HRM
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. Critically evaluate and compare strategic approaches to international people management
2. Summarise the aims and roles of the various stakeholders in Human Resource Management
in the context of global constraints and the implications of HRM decisions.
3. Explore and interpret a range of contemporary approaches to managing people in
international organisations.
4. Critically evaluate models and theories of HRM.
5. Critically analyse the relationship between HRM and organisational performance.
Models of HRM and international human resource management. The module will review ways of
studying HRM: for example surveys, interviews, observation and secondary data. We will explore the
context for the evolution of HRM ideas: for example, recessions, excellence and quality movements.
Models of HRM will be introduced.
Models and practice. Students will be encouraged to critically evaluate HRM models and
assumptions and to question, for example, whether practice matches prescriptions. The interests in
HRM of a range of stakeholders will be discussed: investors, managers, employees, including
professionals, trade unions, politicians.
Assessment Rationale:
Achievement of learning outcomes will be assessed through an in class test and an end of module
assignment. The in-class test will be a formative test to provide feedback on understanding, enable
reflection on learning and the development of enhanced learning strategies. It will focus on learning
outcomes 2,3,5. The end of module assignment will assess all learning outcomes, with a particular
focus on learning outcomes 1,4,2,3,5 above.
Both parts of the assessment will require students to demonstrate theoretical understanding and
practical relevance.
Assessment criteria:
The in class test will relate to HRM in international business. It will typically involve answering
questions, or giving a seminar presentation on a case study. The assignment will require students to
integrate material from the module.
The end of module assignment will be related to HRM in a global context and may include questions
on a seen case study and essay questions; requiring students to reflect and integrate work across
the module.
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module to date and to offer the opportunity for adjusting learning strategies according to the test
outcomes. The aim of the end of module assignment, which would usually include a case study, is
to integrate learning from the entire module.
In each year’s module handbook the following table, or similar, will be included, where all learning
outcomes are mapped against forms of assessment.
The student effort required for the assessed work is equivalent to 10 credits. The two components
to the assessment are designed in such a way that; the in class test is formative and feedback on
performance on the test is intended to support students in reflecting on their understanding of the
module and in preparing for the end of module assignment.
Sources
Essential reading
Edwards,T. and Rees, C. International Human Resource Management, Prentice Hall, 1st edition,
2006
Noe, Raymond A., Hollenbeck, John R., Gerhart, Barry, Wright, Patrick M. Human Resource
Management, McGraw Hill, 4th edition, 2002
Further reading
Briscoe, D.R. and Schuler R.S. International Human Resource Management, Routledge, 2nd edition,
2004
Harzing, A-W. and Van Ruysseveldt, J. International Human Resource Management, Sage, 2004
Scullion, H. and Linehan, International Human Resource Management, Palgrave Macmillan, 2005
Sparrow, P., Brewster, C. and Harris, H. Globalizing Human Resource Management, Routledge,
2004
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Module lecturers
in Valencia:
963828312
CAMPS TORRES, JOAQUIN joaquin.camps@uv.es
ext. 21659
963828312
RIVERA ALCAMI, JOSE JAVIER
EXT. 21655 j.javier.rivera@uv.es
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