International Human Resources Management

This course help the students to become better international Human Ressources Managers by understanding the issues of internationalization on management. The course is divided in 5 parts in : 1-Understanding the role of the HR department in a context of internationalization2-Understanding the impact of international strategic choices on the HR department 3- Analyzing the consequences of internationalization for the management of people  across  borders 4- Understanding the impacts of culture on human resource management 5- Discovering the tools of international human resources management

1-Capacity to understand the theorical approaches and define the corresponding management of people accross borders. 2- to recrute, to train the appropriate human ressources (expatriates or inpatriates) according to the internationalization's strategy of a company or association. 3- Capacity to use or implement the proper tools to ensure the success of the expatriation of people and their family 4- To be able to better understand their future professional tasks.

Introduction: What is IHRM?
Strategy and HR
International HR policy
IHRM processes
Intercultural differences

- Discovering the challenges of the internationalization of human resources management
- Understanding the impact on the HR function of international strategic choices
- Measuring the role of the HR function in a context of internationalization
- Understanding the impacts of culture on human resource management
- Discovering the tools of international human resources management.

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International Human Resource Management, Think Globally, Act Locally, Derek Torrington, Prentice Hall, 1994 
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Managing Corporate Values in Diverse National Cultures: The Challenge of Differences Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society, 2012
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