International Human Resources Management

For the last 2 decades, multinationals have taken an important part in the business world. It seeks to identify and exploit the set of existing resources around the world to conquer the market. These firms are first framed by a gradual development process (from export to the creation of a subsidiary according to the Uppsala model). Thus a multinational can have several sites in several countries. To effectively manage the head office-subsidiary relationship, human resources management is essential. So the international management of human resources (IHRM) offers a perspective in addition to the HRM approach, in order to highlight the specificities of the international environment.

This course will be organized in 4 parts. First of all, we will define HRM in connection with the international strategy of the company. In support of the EPRG model (Perlmutter, 1969), we will discuss the HR policy of multinationals. Then, we will analyze the cultural aspect to highlight the particularities and challenges of HRM in the international context.

Introduction
- Qu’est-ce que la Gestion Internationale des Ressources Humaines ?
- Pourquoi l’étudier ?
1. Le développement de l’entreprise internationale
- Le modèle d’Uppsala et le « managing acrosse borders »
- Le rôle de GIRH dans les multinationales
- La politique RH à l’international, le modèle EPRG
2. Le management interculturel
- La culture nationale et l’organisation
- La différence culturelle (Hofstede, Johanson & Vahlne, Philippe d'Iribarne)
- La comparaison sino-américane (probablement)
3. La démarche GIRH
- Impacts culturels sur le comportement organisationnel et la GRH
- La culture d’entreprise et de la nation
- La mobilité internationale (recrutement, formation, récompense, rapatriement)
- Étude de cas : France – Japon en Chine (Jaussaud, 2012)
Conclusion

Understand, with a critical view, the principles of international HRM in a context of globalization;
Knowlege of  the different theoretical frameworks in analyzing the practices of international HRM.

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