Role of HR manager for a Multinational Corporation. Take the role of a HR manager, taking part in an internal evaluation of your international organisation’s Human Resource Management strategy.
As a result will be expected to submit a report with your recommendations to the HR Director.
Please select an appropriate (Multinational Corporation) MNC and a Host country of your choice.
Your audit is from an ‘HR’ perspective as it is likely that the business will establish a joint venture in the new market which will require some staff to be recruited locally and also the relocation of some expatriate staff from within your organisation to manage the new venture alongside those of your joint venture partner.
Your report will discuss and analyse the following 3 HR functions including realistic recommendations:
1. Recruitment and Selection 2. Training and Development 3. Reward Management
HRM is a strategic function concerned with recruitment, training and development, performance appraisal, communication and labor relations. HR policies guide the various functions of HRM. The need for a particular type of HRM is determined by the need for standardization or adaptation. Managing human resources in an international context is more complex than in a domestic set up because of the many differences between headquarters and the subsidiaries. The HR policies of certain companies seem to discriminate on the basis of religion, race, caste, sex or nationality. Companies like Ford and Volvo, however, strive to maintain equality in work and pay.
Staffing is an important aspect of HRM. The staffing policies of MNCs are determined by their approach to globalization. MNCs with an ethnocentric approach fill all top management positions with home country nationals to ensure that home country practices are replicated in subsidiaries. Companies that adopt a polycentric approach to globalization, fill all senior management positions with local nationals to ensure maximum adaptation to local conditions. Companies that adopt a geocentric approach to globalization, identify managers irrespective of their nationality for various international assignments to ensure that best practices are identified and replicated in all the units of the organization. Managers belonging to a particular country and working in another country are called expatriates. The selection, training, period of stay abroad, compensation and repatriation of expatriates are delicate issues that have to be managed by the HR department. On their repatriation, they must be provided suitable challenging assignments that give them the autonomy they have become accustomed to. Since maintaining expatriate managers is expensive, a company must develop local talent. |