Overview:
- Credits:
- 5.0
- Level:
- 3
- Semester:
- Spring
- Subject:
- Human Resources Management
- School:
- Business
- Coordinator:
- Professor John Geary
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Curricular information is subject to change
On completion of the module, students will be able to:
1. Identify and explain the fundamental components of managing people in MNCs;
2. Critically assess the various influences shaping the HRM policies and practices of MNCs;
3. Reflect analytically on the formulation and dissemination of HRM practices in MNCs operating in different locations;
4. Demonstrate a good understanding of significant and specific areas of international HRM strategy and practice.
5. Understand and evaluate whether particular IHRM practices are ethical and sustainable.
These are just indicative topics and they may vary depending on current HR trends and priorities:
1 Introduction to international human resource management
2 MNCs as employment relations actors
3 Institutional environments, MNCs and the shaping of their IHRM policies
4 Understanding power within and beyond MNCs and its influence on shaping IHRM practices
5 The transfer of pay for performance systems in MNCs
6 Illustrative case examples
7 The global integration of the HRM function within MNCs
8 Developing international managers
9 Managing international assignments
10 Employee activism and employee relations in MNCs
11 Illustrative case examples
12 Module Review & Assessment Feedback
Student Effort Type | Hours |
---|---|
Lectures | 24 |
Specified Learning Activities | 18 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 78 |
Total | 120 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Continuous Assessment: Continuous Assessment - in-class group work entries geared to the analysis of a case reading on at least two out of the 12 weeks. This will include a short presentation on one of these weeks. | Varies over the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 40 |
Assignment: Individual Assignment | Week 12 | n/a | Graded | Yes | 60 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
---|---|
Autumn | No |
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Students will be provided with feedback on their team assignments and class presentations. This should assist them in the preparation of their individual assignments at the end of the module.