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The module focuses on understanding how to procure and allocate human resources for international markets; identifying training and development needs; utilising and motivating human resources internationally; developing cross-cultural literacy; building a corporate culture; understanding policies and practices for managing international operations; managing information systems; engaging in strategic international human resource management (HRM).

The aims of this module are:

• To enable students to acquire a critical understanding of the diverse national contexts in which organisations operate and the strategic role of HRM in the context of globalisation.


• To develop a sound understanding of key HR strategies, structures, and processes in multinational organisations.


• To learn about the changing role of the HR manager in the context of different stakeholder demands.


• To examine HRM policies and regulations in different countries and to apply them with reference to the specific nature of companies and businesses.


• To identify appropriate interventions for the strategic implementation of HR practices, particularly international recruitment and training.


• To understand the ongoing challenges in motivating different kinds of employees, both in terms of rewards and pay as well as through the ways individuals and groups can be supported in their work.


• To understand the changing nature of jobs and careers in an international perspective and under influence of the current knowledge economy.

By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:

1. Analyse and evaluate differing international perspectives in relation to the management of human resources.


2. Appraise how national institutional and cultural differences lead to differences in country-specific HRM practices and underpin the differing perspectives on HRM.


3. Analyse and evaluate the way in which the external forces referred to above affect international businesses.


4. Exercise judgement regarding the skills required by international managers for the management of cultural diversity.


5. Analyse the impact of international businesses on their host countries' systems and evaluate convergence or divergence in HRM practices and approaches.


6. Critically review HRM practices in a range of countries, in relation to work and organisational design, employee resourcing, reward and benefit systems, the management of performance, and the professional development of different kinds of employees.


7. To undertake appropriate research about HRM practice and decide about appropriate interventions.

This module will be delivered via:

• Lectures; Seminars and tutorials (for discussion of case studies, journal articles, presentations); Group work; Signposting to additional resources.