human resource development
MELISSA CHETTY
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THE HUMAN
RESOURCE
FUNCTION
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Melissa Chetty
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Question 1
Based on the case study, compile a list of 10 international HR mistakes Mr. Watkins has made so far.
What is the aim of International Human Resource Management? It is a set of organizational activities aimed at effectively managing and directing human resources towards achieving goals
(Saleeth, 2010). These functions deal with recruitment, selection, training and development, performance appraisal and dismissal done at international level. It deals with three different types of employees. These are home country employees; this is where the employees are from the home country of the organisation. The Host country employees; these are employees belonging to the country to which the organisation has located to and lastly third country employees. These are employees that are neither host employees nor home country employees but belong to a totally different place but are working in the organisation. IHRM deals with employees from many different nationalities and the influences of the external environment. It s very complicated and deals with factors such as cultural distance and institutional factors that heavily affect it.
The case study “Boss, I think we have a problem” Mr. Watkins has made many mistakes in his approach to the situation. Firstly when he decided to expand his overseas, he did not identify the factors that would affect this move. These factors would include culture sensitivity, interpersonal skills and flexibility. These were not included and specified as required skills. Not everyone is equipped to manage such a huge change. People with different personalities need to be identified and evaluated, and based on that evaluation Mr. Watkins should make his decision. He had no system in place to evaluate the candidate’s skills. He needed to put a system in place to determine the people he
78407761
817982
THE HUMAN
RESOURCE
FUNCTION
AAHR01L
Melissa Chetty
78407761
AAHR01L - 817982
Question 1
Based on the case study, compile a list of 10 international HR mistakes Mr. Watkins has made so far.
What is the aim of International Human Resource Management? It is a set of organizational activities aimed at effectively managing and directing human resources towards achieving goals
(Saleeth, 2010). These functions deal with recruitment, selection, training and development, performance appraisal and dismissal done at international level. It deals with three different types of employees. These are home country employees; this is where the employees are from the home country of the organisation. The Host country employees; these are employees belonging to the country to which the organisation has located to and lastly third country employees. These are employees that are neither host employees nor home country employees but belong to a totally different place but are working in the organisation. IHRM deals with employees from many different nationalities and the influences of the external environment. It s very complicated and deals with factors such as cultural distance and institutional factors that heavily affect it.
The case study “Boss, I think we have a problem” Mr. Watkins has made many mistakes in his approach to the situation. Firstly when he decided to expand his overseas, he did not identify the factors that would affect this move. These factors would include culture sensitivity, interpersonal skills and flexibility. These were not included and specified as required skills. Not everyone is equipped to manage such a huge change. People with different personalities need to be identified and evaluated, and based on that evaluation Mr. Watkins should make his decision. He had no system in place to evaluate the candidate’s skills. He needed to put a system in place to determine the people he
References: 1. Saleeth, H. (2010). What is International Human Resource Management, viewed 26 August 2014, from http://tutebox.com/hrm/what-is-international-human-resourcemanagement/ 8