Proposal Hrm

Postgraduate Research Methodology for HRM A - 7BSP1034

Research Proposal Front Sheet

*My Family Name: Sarna
*My Given Name: Sharmin Gias
*My Student Number: 09242177
*Supervisors Name: Natalia Rocha-Lawton
*Second Markers Name: Sue Anderson

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Submission Date: 7th January 2013

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Can Supervisors and 2nd Markers please mark and come to an agree grade then return this front sheet to Michael Pye, Module Leader, no later than 4th of February 2013. Please keep the Research Proposal for your records.

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Contents Page No

A Provisional Dissertation Title 3

Introduction 3

Part one: Research Context 3

Part two: Literature Review 4

Part three: Research Methodology and 5
Research Methods

Part four: Data and Data Analysis 8

Part five: Possible Problems and Limitations 9

Part six: Main Tasks and Time scale 10

Conclusion 11

References 12

A Provisional Dissertation Title:

‘‘The Practices of Human Resource Management in an International Context – Barriers and Possible Solutions’’

Introduction:

International Human resource management (IHRM) describes as human resource management issues and problems arising from the internationalisation of business, and the HRM strategies, policies and practices that global firms pursue in response to the internationalisation process. The process of globalisation - the integration of markets, new markets increased foreign direct investment by many multinational companies (MNCs), global organisations and cross-border integration of production and services. MNCs with distinctive competencies can potentially realise

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