International Human Resrouces

By

Bilal Itani

International Human Resources Management

Lecturer: Mr. Chamberlain

Fall 2014

Table of content

1.0 Introduction 3
2.0 Recruitment and selection of employees for international assignments 3
3.0 Types of international employees 4
4.0 Expatriate roles and characteristics of expatriate managers 6
5.0 Expatriate failures 7
6.0 Repatriation issues 8
7.0 Cross Cultural Training 9
8.0 International management development 9
9.0 International compensation management 11
10.0 International performance management 12
11.0 Conclusion 13

1.0 Introduction

Jackson et al. (2009) define Human resources as “all the people who currently contribute to doing the work of the organization, as well as those people who potentially could contribute in the future, and those who have contributed in the past”. Human resource management, is explained by Byars and Rue (2006) as a system of strategies and processes that concentrate on effectively managing employees at all degrees of an organization to attain organisational objectives. International Human resources on the other hand, is concerned primarily and mainly with the global management of human rescues. It is the activities behind attracting, sourcing and effectively managing human resources in a multinational organisation.
In this assignment, the author will be acting as a consultant to aid the CEO of Sion Airport Mr. Bernard Karr, who is searching for an advice regarding the expansion of the airport. The author will be discussing several International human resources issues, where the theory will be presented first, followed by its application to the case study.

2.0 Recruitment and selection of employees for international assignments

Recruitment is explained as looking for and acquiring job candidates in ample numbers and quality so that the company could nominate the most suited individuals to fulfill its job requirements. On

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