Total Course Duration: 135 Hours
- Unit 1: Approaches to International Human Resource Management
- Introduction
- Objectives
- What is human resource management?
- What is international HRM?
- References
- Unit 2: Context of International HRM
- Introduction
- Objectives
- The organisational context
- The cultural context
- References
- Unit 3: Staffing the Organisation
- Introduction
- Objectives
- Human resource planning
- Approaches to international staffing
- Expatriate staffing
- Integration without parent-country expatriates
- Selecting expatriates
- Selecting host- and third-country nationals
- International differences in selection practices
- Summary
- References
- Unit 4: Managing Performance in an International Context
- Introduction
- Objectives
- What is performance management?
- Appraising individual performance
- Expatriate performance management
- Appraising host-country nationals
- Summary
- References
- Unit 5: Training and Developing the International Workforce
- Introduction
- Objectives
- Training and career development for expatriates
- Training and development of host-country nationals
- Training and culture in the local environment
- Developing a global perspective
- Summary
- References
- Unit 6: Reward Management for International HRM
- Introduction
- Objectives
- Aims of international reward management
- Components of international remuneration
- Approaches to international reward management
- Taxation
- Pay and motivation in an international context
- Summary
- References
- Unit 7: Repatriation Policies and Practices
- Introduction
- Objectives
- The repatriation process
- Career development issues
- Easing the repatriation process
- Summary
- References
- Unit 8: Employee Relations and the International Firm
- Introduction
- Objectives
- Trade union recognition
- Country of origin and employee relations
- Response from labour
- Regional integration and employee relations
- Summary
- References
- Unit 9: Issues and Challenges in International HRM
- Introduction
- Objectives
- Country case studies: China and India
- Social responsibility in an international context
- Strategic IHRM
- Summary
- References
- Appendix