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Task

Critically review contemporary issues, challenges and complexities of managing organisations in a diverse and multicultural global environment and their impact on the HR function and strategic plans.

As the basis of your search select two of the companies outlined in the following website:

Compare their strategic HR approaches and argue about the effect that they have on the HR function and organisation's strategic plans.

This will include issues such as the

• the hard or soft approach to HRM
• changing patterns of work practices to manage complexities of multicultural organisations,
• the cultural dimensions in which organisations operate in the global environment and the impact these have on HR and
• the challenges the HR function faces being strategic in the management of international organisations.

Examples could be drawn from different parts of the world, and issues related to multi-culturalism, workplace diversity and equality will need to be considered. The use of relevant literature and concepts and their contribution to our understanding of organisations and the HR function in diverse and multicultural global environments will be necessary.