International Human Resource Management
Available to incoming Study Abroad and Exchange students
Overview
This unit considers the relevant issues for human resource management when organisations expand across national boundaries. It analyses implications and seeks resolutions to manage a diverse workforce while valuing differences and similarities – an approach that is central to successful human resource management across the global environment.
Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Unit learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Identify and discuss cultural assumptions that underpin HRM theories, models and frameworks
- Demonstrate skills in self-directed learning to develop international HR project action plans
- Demonstrate team work skills to develop international HR project action plans
- Develop and use research instruments to investigate a chosen aspect of the HR strategy of a company
- Evaluate how HR information systems can contribute to the effectiveness of HR functions across cultures in collaborative team work
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Face to Face Contact (Phasing out) Lecture | 1.00 | 12 weeks | 12 |
| Face to Face Contact (Phasing out) Tutorial | 1.00 | 12 weeks | 12 |
| Online Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning | 1.00 | 12 weeks | 12 |
| Unspecified Learning Activities (Phasing out) Independent Learning | 9.50 | 12 weeks | 114 |
| TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case Studies | Individual | 10 - 20% | 1,2 |
| Major Assignment | Individual | 30 - 50% | 1,2,4,5 |
| Presentation | Group | 10 - 20% | 1,3,4,5 |
| Report | Group | 30 - 40% | 1,3,4,5 |
Content
- The broad themes of international business environment
- Social responsibility and ethics
- Models of national culture; organizational culture and context
- Cross-cultural interaction
- Managing and valuing diversity across cultures
- International HRIS
- International human resource functions including recruitment and selection, performance management, expatriation and repatriation,
- Ethics and negotiations and compensation
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.
