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1、InternationalHumanResourceManagementMBSP0139InternationalHumanResourceManagementMBSP0139TheImportanceofInternationalHRMWordcount:3282Themoduleleader:DavidALLSOPStudent:ID:02059496Hand-indate:13/05/0519InternationalHumanResourceManagementMBSP0139Introduct
2、ionMoreandmorecompaniesneedtooperateinforeignmarketsandcompeteonaglobalscaletoremainviable.Becausetraditionalsourcesofcompetitiveadvantagearebecominglesseffective,manycompaniesarelookingtonewareasforideasonhowtogaincompetitiveadvantage.Togenerateacompeti
3、tiveadvantage,theresourcemustbevaluable,rare,imperfectlymobile,andinimitable(Barney,1991).Humanresourcemanagement(HRM)isoneoftheseareas(Ngo,etal.,1998)Tayloretal.(1996:960)defineinternationalHRM(IHRM)as:“Thesetofdistinctactivities,functionsandprocessesth
4、ataredirectedatattracting,developingandmaintainingasmultinationalcorporates’(MNCs)humanresources.”ItisthustheaggregateofthevariousHRMsystemsusedtomanagepeopleintheMNC,bothathomeandoverseas.IHRMbecomesmoreandmoreimportantasglobalisationforcesdemandorganis
5、ationstodesignandimplementaglobalstrategy.Itisthepeoplewithinanorganisationthatunderpinitseffectiveoperation.Therefore,effectiveIHRMisasignificantdeterminantofthefailureorsuccessoftheinternationalcompany(Caliguri&Stroh,1995).Toeffectivelyleveragehumanres
6、ourcestoimplementtheintendedstrategiesoforganisations,researchershavebeguntoexplorethetheoreticalandempiricallinkagesbetweenHRMandstrategyinthedomesticandinternationalcontexts(Taylor,etal.,1996).AccordingtoSchuleretal.,(1993),StrategicHumanResourceManage
7、ment(SHRM)canbedefinedas“humanresourcemanagementissuesfunctions,andpoliciesandpracticesthatresultfromthestrategicactivitiesofmultinationalenterprisesandthatimpacttheinternationalconcernsandgoalsofthoseenterprises.”.Amajortheoreticalconcernunderlyingthefi
8、eldofIHRMisthetensionbetweenglobalintegrationandlocaladaptation.Ontheonehand,MNCsdesiresomelevelof19InternationalHumanResourceManagementMBSP0139consistencyintheirHRMpracticesacrosscountries(globalintegration).Ontheotherhan
