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Lecture 1
Introduction to Human Resource
Management
Aims & objectives of the session
To introduce the teaching team.
To answer your questions about this module: Where? Why?
When? How? Who? What?
To direct you to where the information about the module
may be found.
To provide an overview of the module.
To discuss some of the key ideas which underpin the module.
To briefly introduce the assessments.
To present materials for our first week of tutorials.
Teaching team
Module leader/ tutor
Dr Hilary Drew
Email: Hilary.Drew@uwe.ac.uk
Office: 6X206 (please email to make an appointment)
Tutors
Dr David Beard
Email: David.Beard@uwe.ac.uk
Office: 6X212 (please email to make an appointment)
Dr Mahwish Khan
Email: Mahwish.Khan@uwe.ac.uk
Office: 6X214 (please email to make an appointment)
Teaching team IHRM experience
Europe Asia
Belgium, Cyprus, China, Hong Kong,
France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan,
Greece, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Macau, Pakistan,
Lichtenstein, Malta, NL, Singapore, Sri Lanka,
Portugal, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand
Sweden, Switzerland, Middle East
UK Bahrain, Israel, Jordan,
Kuwait, Oman,
Africa
Palestine, Qatar, Turkey,
Botswana, Egypt,
UAE
Ethiopia, Ghana,
Kenya, Libya, Malawi, Americas
Mauritius, Barbados, Costa Rica,
Mozambique, Namibia, Trinidad and Tobago, St
Nigeria, Rwanda, Lucia, Suriname, USA
Sierra Leone, South Specialist IHRM Australasia
Africa, Swaziland, expertise in the ICT Australia, New Zealand,
Tanzania, Uganda, sector Papua New Guinea
Zimbabwe, Zambia
Why is Blackboard so important?
We will use Blackboard to post the following:
all materials for the module. Please note all materials for the
module are electronic as this is an environmentally friendly
module (see module FAQ for more about this!).
useful/interesting articles
information about assessments
details of/changes to the next sessions
materials for the forthcoming lectures and seminars
If Guinness Nigeria employed Irish expatriates, these would be PCNs (as Guinness
is headquartered in Ireland).
The majority of the workforce would be Nigerians. So the Nigerian workers
would be HCNs, or locals. If a British or Dutch employee was the operations
manager, or a South African the HR director, they would be TCNs.
What leads to differences between HRM and IHRM?
Cultural
environment Primary
industry
Domestic and
International HRM
activities
Reliance on Complexity of
home-country employing different
market nationalities
Attitudes of
Senior
management
Dowling (1999)
Questions?
Never be afraid to ask questions…..
Don’t be afraid to make mistakes……
We’d prefer you to ask for help sooner than later…..
Bibliography
Bowen, D. E., and Ostroff, C. (2004). Understanding
HRM–firm performance linkages: The role of the
“strength” of the HRM system. Academy of management
review, 29(2), 203-221.
Dowling, P.J., Festing, M. and Engle, A.D. (2011).
International Human Resource Management. South-Western
Keenoy, T. (1999). HRMism and the languages of re-
presentation. Human Resource Management: Critical
Perspectives on Business and Management, 1: 246.
Boxall, P., Purcell, J., and Wright, P. (2007). Human
resource management: scope, analysis, and significance.