Final Year Project

A CASE STUDY ON INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR ASTRINDO COMPANY IN INDONESIA

BY
Kelvin Angelo
G0777530Q
UB Number: 10041047

Project submitted to the University of Bradford, School of Management
In partial fulfilment of the requirements
For the degree of
BSc (Hons) in International Business Management Studies
BMGD2 1104A
2013

ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION SHEET

STUDENT NUMBER G | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | Q |

NAME (Block capitals): Kelvin Angelo

MODULE TITLE: International and Comparative Employment Relations
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COURSE WORK TITLE (Assignment No. and/or essay/dissertation title)
A CASE STUDY ON INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR ASTRINDO COMPANY IN INDONESIA
DEADLINE DATE: 12 April 2013

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The word count for this dissertation stands at 7,417 which include Chapter 1 to Chapter 5.

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Executive Summary

This report provides an analysis on international and comparative employment relations in international human resource

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