Reference no: EM133167441
Employment in Global Context - Workshop
To identify national and international institutions that influence and constrain HRM practices
To discuss the implications of differences between countries for the transfer of HRM practices within multinational corporations (MNCs)
To examine the interaction of home and host country characteristics in shaping HRM practice in a MNCs
Discuss in groups:
How might the approach an MNC adopts on HRM reflect their approach to internationalisation?
Think about...
connections with ethnocentric-polycentric-regiocentric-geocentric approaches and,
the use of PCNs/ HCNs/ TCNs, etc.
Under what circumstances might it be more advantageous for and organisation to adopt
divergence HRM?
convergence HRM?
Would divergence or convergence HRM be more appropriate for Tesco in the following countries? Why?
1. Brazil
2. India
3. South Korea
4. Kenya
5. Chile
You should now be familiar with and understand:
How different national and international institutions influence and constrain HRM
The principles and differences between countries that influence the transfer of HRM practices within multinational corporations (MNCs)
The interaction of home and host country characteristics in shaping HRM practice