Undergraduate - UnitMGF3430 - International human resource management

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Management
Offered	Caulfield Second semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Professor Fang Cooke

Synopsis

Introduction to the major differences between domestic and IHRM; cultural, social and ethical issues for IHRM; IHRM planning, policies and procedures; international relations and evaluation of host country environments; recruitment and selection; remuneration; training and compensating expatriates; maintaining the employment relationship within international operations.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

identify and analyse the differences between national (domestic) and international human resource management (IHRM)
critically analyse the issues related to managing people in multinational enterprises
assess the external factors that influence the management of people in multinational enterprises
critically analyse the relationships between IHRM and individual and organisational elements
integrate theoretical and empirical knowledge with practical examples of IHRM.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 60%
Examination: 40%

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Fang Cooke

Workload requirements

3 hours per week

Prerequisites

MGC2430, MGF2661 or permission

Prohibitions

MGC3430, MGG3430, MGW3430