International Human Resource Management,9780415338349

International Human Resource Management

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9780415338349
ISBN10: 0415338344
Format: Nonspecific Binding
Pub. Date: 2004-08-05
Publisher(s): Routledge
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Summary

This exciting and thoroughly revised text provides a comprehensive overview of the field of International Human Resource Management as practiced in multinational enterprises and by IHRM practitioners. This book represents most of what is currently known or experienced within this important and constantly evolving subject. Featuring information from consulting firms, interviews with HRM managers in multinational and global firms as well as a web-page to act as an interactive resource for both students and lecturers, this second edition proves an invaluable one stop reference resource and text written by two leading names in IHRM.

Author Biography

Dennis R. Briscoe is Professor of International Human Resource Management at the University of San Diego, where he has taught for over twenty years.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations
xi
Foreword xiv
Acknowledgments xvi
Introduction 1(10)
PART I INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: THE CONTEXT
International business and International Human Resource Management
11(24)
The internationalization of business
13(7)
The internationalization of Human Resource Management
20(13)
Conclusion
33(1)
Points for further discussion
34(1)
Strategic International Human Resource Management
35(30)
Strategic IHRM
36(2)
Evolution of the multinational enterprise
38(17)
A model for Strategic IHRM
55(9)
Conclusion
64(1)
Points for further discussion
64(1)
Organizational structure and design of the multinational enterprise
65(21)
Global organization design: an introduction
66(4)
IHRM and organizational design
70(1)
Designing the multinational enterprise
70(10)
It's more than formal structure
80(5)
Conclusion
85(1)
Points for further discussion
85(1)
Cross-border mergers and acquisitions, international joint ventures and alliances
86(27)
Cross-border M&As, international joint ventures, and alliances
87(5)
Managing the cross-border merger or acquisition
92(11)
International joint ventures
103(4)
Alliances and partnerships
107(4)
Conclusion
111(1)
Points for further discussion
112(1)
Country culture and MNE culture
113(24)
The most important issue: culture
114(12)
Cultural attitudes and values and management practices
126(1)
Impact of culture on IHRM
127(4)
Research in IHRM
131(5)
Conclusion
136(1)
Points for further discussion
136(1)
Global employment law, and labor relations
137(38)
Global employment law and enforcement
139(8)
Comparative employment law
147(13)
Extraterritorial application of national law (with special attention to the US)
160(1)
Application of national law to local foreign-owned enterprises (with special attention to the US)
160(1)
Union and labor relations
161(10)
Immigration law
171(2)
MNE employment policy and practice
173(1)
Conclusion
174(1)
Points for further discussion
174(1)
Global ethics and labor standards
175(26)
The ethics of HR decision making in foreign operations: a general perspective
177(12)
International standards
189(8)
Balancing the extremes: suggested guiding principles
197(1)
Conclusion
198(1)
Points for further discussion
198(3)
PART II INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN THE MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE: POLICIES AND PRACTICES
Global workforce planning, forecasting, and staffing the multinational enterprise
201(28)
Global workforce planning and forecasting
202(8)
Staffing the multinational enterprise: an introduction
210(14)
Global staffing choices: implications for multinational enterprises
224(3)
Conclusion
227(1)
Points for further discussion
228(1)
Staffing the global enterprise: selection of international assignees
229(32)
International assignees and international assignments
229(3)
Staffing with international assignees
232(24)
Successful expatriation
256(2)
Immigration law
258(1)
Conclusion
259(1)
Points for further discussion
260(1)
Training and management development in the global enterprise
261(44)
Training in the global enterprise
262(29)
Management development in the global enterprise
291(13)
Conclusion
304(1)
Points for further discussion
304(1)
Global compensation, benefits, and taxes
305(47)
Compensation and benefits for expatriates
308(25)
Designing a compensation strategy for multinationals
333(17)
Conclusion
350(1)
Points for further discussion
351(1)
International performance management for international assignees and foreign managers
352(22)
Purposes and roles of international performance management
354(1)
Challenges to the effectiveness of the IPM system
355(6)
Managing the IPM system
361(6)
International assignee and foreign manager development
367(1)
Senior managers' attitudes about international performance management
368(1)
Overcoming IPM challenges
368(1)
Characteristics of effective IPM systems: guidelines
369(3)
Conclusion
372(1)
Points for further discussion
373(1)
Health, safety, and crisis management in the global enterprise
374(21)
Employee health and safety around the world
375(5)
Health and safety for international assignees
380(11)
Conclusion
391(1)
Points for further discussion
392(3)
PART III THE PROFESSION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
The IHR department and the role and future of IHRM
395(41)
The IHR department
396(13)
Role of IHRM
409(6)
Future of IHRM
415(3)
Conclusion
418(1)
Points for further discussion
419(1)
INTEGRATIVE CASE STUDY: LINCOLN ELECTRIC IN CHINA
Ingmar Bjorkman and Charles Galunic
420(16)
The Lincoln Electric tradition
421(4)
International expansion
425(3)
Lincoln Electric in Asia
428(7)
Acknowledgments
435(1)
Notes 436(49)
Indexes 485

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