8/14/2019 What is International Human Resource Management.doc

1/2

What is International Human ResourceManagement?

http://www.tutebox.com/285 /business/hrm/what!is!international!human!resource!management/

December 12, 2010 by Hajara Saleeth in HRM with 9 Comments

Human Resource Management (HRM is set o! organi"ational acti#ities aime$ at e!!ecti#elymanaging an$ $irecting human resources%labour towar$s achie#ing organi"ational goals& 'y ical!unctions er!orme$ by HRM sta!! woul$ be recruitment, selection, training an$ $e#elo ment,

er!ormance a raisal, $ismissal, managing romotions an$ so on&

'hen what is )nternational Human Resource Management ()HRM *

)HRM can be $e!ine$ as set o! acti#ities aime$ managing organi"ational human resources atinternational le#el to achie#e organi"ational objecti#es an$ achie#e com etiti#e a$#antage o#ercom etitors at national an$ international le#el& )HRM inclu$es ty ical HRM !unctions such asrecruitment, selection, training an$ $e#elo ment, er!ormance a raisal an$ $ismissal $one atinternational le#el an$ a$$itional acti#ities such as global s+ills management, e atriatemanagement an$ so on&

)n sim le terms, )HRM is concerne$ about managing human resources at MultinationalCom anies (M-C an$ it in#ol#es managing 0. ty es o! em loyees namely,

1& Home country em loyees/ m loyees belonging to home country o! the !irm where thecor orate hea$ uarter is situate$&

2& Host country em loyees/ m loyees belonging to the nation in which the subsi$iary issituate$&

.& 'hir$ country em loyees/ 'hese are the em loyees who are not !rom home country%hostcountry but are em loye$ at subsi$iary or cor orate hea$ uarters& s an e am le a

merican M-C which has a subsi$iary at )n$ia may em loy a 3rench erson as the C 4to the subsi$iary& 'he 3renchman em loye$ is a thir$ country em loyee&

Di!!erences between $omestic HRM an$ )nternational HRM ()HRM are summari"e$ below5

Domestic HRM is $one at national le#el an$ )HRM is $one at international le#el& Domestic HRM is concerne$ with managing em loyees belonging to one nation an$

)HRM is concerne$ with managing em loyees belonging to many nations (Homecountry, host country an$ thir$ country em loyees

http://www.tutebox.com/2850/business/hrm/what-is-international-human-resource-management/http://www.tutebox.com/2850/business/hrm/what-is-international-human-resource-management/http://www.tutebox.com/author/sasha/http://www.tutebox.com/category/business/hrm/http://www.tutebox.com/category/business/hrm/http://www.tutebox.com/2850/business/hrm/what-is-international-human-resource-management/#commentshttp://www.tutebox.com/business/hrm/introduction-to-human-resource-management/http://www.tutebox.com/business/multi-national-companies/http://www.tutebox.com/business/multi-national-companies/http://www.tutebox.com/2850/business/hrm/what-is-international-human-resource-management/http://www.tutebox.com/2850/business/hrm/what-is-international-human-resource-management/http://www.tutebox.com/author/sasha/http://www.tutebox.com/category/business/hrm/http://www.tutebox.com/2850/business/hrm/what-is-international-human-resource-management/#commentshttp://www.tutebox.com/business/hrm/introduction-to-human-resource-management/http://www.tutebox.com/business/multi-national-companies/http://www.tutebox.com/business/multi-national-companies/

8/14/2019 What is International Human Resource Management.doc

2/2

Domestic HRM is concerne$ with managing limite$ number o! HRM acti#ities atnational le#el an$ )HRM has concerne$ with managing a$$itional acti#ities such ase atriate management&

Domestic HRM is less com licate$ $ue to less in!luence !rom the e ternal en#ironment&)HRM is #ery com licate$ as it is a!!ecte$ hea#ily by e ternal !actors such as cultural$istance an$ institutional !actors&