International human resource management - Chapter 3 ppt

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Chapter 3

IHRM: Sustaining international

business operations

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Chapter objectives

• issues relating to the various approaches to staffing foreign operations

• the reasons for using international assignments: position filling,

management development and organizational development

(cont.)

The previous two chapters concentrated on the global

environment and organizational contexts. We now focus on

the ‘managing people’ aspect. The aim is to establish the role

of HRM in sustaining international business operations and

growth. We cover the following: