International Business Enterprises - Personnel Management

Indeks : p.535 - 554 ; p.449 - 534 ; This book focuses on the human resource management challenges that accompany the process of internationalization and how to operate in an interconnected world where people are the source of sustainable competitive advantage. Each chapter in it is a stand-alone guide to a particular aspect of international human resource management - from the history of international human resources management in the first chapter to the functional implications for human resource professionals in the last; from managing the human side of cross-border acquisitions to building multinational coordination without falling into the traps of stultifying bureaucracy. A version of it can be tailor-made for a particular course using selected chapters with appropriate case and reading material. Part 1, sets the stage for it by reminding the reader of our historical context, tracing how the domain of international human resource management has evolved. Part 2, reviews the human resource management implications of four paths for international development. Part 3, addresses the role of human resource management in resolving the contradictions of the transnational enterprise, with its challenges of local entrepreneurship and global coordination. Part 4, consists of a final chapter that addresses the implications, above all for the professional human resource manager.