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TOPIC 11: Managing Global Human Resources - Coggle Diagram
TOPIC 11: Managing Global Human Resources
The Manager Global Challenge
Social
Political
Culture
Legal
Definition
International Human Resource Management (IHRM)
- the human resource management concepts and techniques employers use to manage the human resource challenges of their international operations
Offshoring
- having local employees abroad do jobs that the firm's domestic employees previously did in-house
International Staffing
Parent (Home-Country) Nationals
Locals (host-country nationals)
Expatriates (Expats)
Third-Country Nationals
Why Expatriate Assignments Fail
Family pressures
Inability of spouse to adjust
Personal intentions
Inability to cope with overseas responsiilities
Personality of expatriate
Lack of cultural skills
Selecting International Managers
Adaptability Screening
Legal Issues
Realistic Previews
Avoiding Early Expatriate Returns
Testing
Family Pressures
Helping Expatriate Assignments Succeed
Improved orientation
Cultural and language training
Careful screening
Improved benefits package
Realistic previews
Incentives for International Assignments
Hardship Allowances
- for hard lving and working conditions at certain foreign
Mobility Premiums
- lump-sum payments to reward employees for moving from one assignment to another
Foreign Service Premiums
- above regular base pay
Steps in Establishing a Global Pay System
Global philosophy framework
Identify gaps
Identify crucial executive behaviours
Systematise pay systems
Set strategy
Adapt pay policies
Repatriation
Problem
- making sure that the expatriate and his/her family don't feel that the company left them aimless
Definition
- bringing the manager home after a foreign assignment
Solution
Make sure the expat always feels "in the loop" with what's happening back at the home office.
Provide formal repatriation services.
Match the expat and his/her family with a psychologist trained in repatriation issues.
Global Human Resource Management Program
Making the Global Human Resource System More Acceptable
Implementing the Global Human Resource System
Developing a More Effective Global Human Resource System