International Human Capital Management; SPEC.: Business Administration in an International Environment [MNM3SE005MN] Semestr letni 2021/2022
Konwersatorium wspólne, grupa nr 1

Compulsory readings:

Zając Cz., Bąk-Grabowska D., Jagoda A., Human resources management in corporate groups, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu, Wrocław 2015 [ibuk libra]

Baron A., Armstrong M., Human Capital Management: Achieving Added Value through People, Kogan Page Limited, London-Philadelphia 2008.

Briscoe D., Schuler R., Tarique I., International Human Resource Management: Policies and Practices for Multinational Enterprises (Global HRM), 4th Edition, Routledge 2011.

Dowling P.J., Festing M., Angle A., International Human Resource Management, Cengage Learning EMEA; [6th edition] 2013.

Supplementary readings:

Cascio W., Managing Human Resources, (9th Edition), McGraw-Hill Education 2012.

Dickmann M., Sparrow P., ,International Human Resource Management: A European Perspective [2nd edition], Routledge 2008.

Edwards T., Rees Ch., ,International Human Resource Management: Globalization, National Systems & Multinational Companies, Financal Times Management 2006.

Framholtz E., Randle Y., Corporate Culture: The Ultimate Strategic Asset (Stanford Business Books), Stanford Business Books, 2011.

Fry R., Ask the RIGHT Questions, Hire the BEST People, Career Press 2010.

Gesteland R.R., Cross-Cultural Business Behavior [5 th edition], Copenhagen Business School Press, Copenhagen 2015.

Guest D. E., Paauwe J., Wright P., HRM and Performance: Achievements and Challenges, 1st Edition; Wiley 2013.

Harzing A.W., Pinninghton A. (eds.), International Human Resource Management, SAGE Publications Ltd., London, Sage Publications, London 2014.

Hofstede G., Cultural Dimensions in Management and Planning, ILO, Geneva 1983.

Ingham J., Strategic Human Capital Management, 1 edition, Routledge, Oxford 2006.

Mendenhall M., Oddou G., Readings & Cases in International Human Resource Management [5 th edition], South-Western College Publishing, Cincinnati 2011.

Rothlauf J., A Global View on Intercultural Management: Challenges in a Globalized World, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 2015

Stahl G. K., Björkman I., Handbook of Research in International Human Resource Management, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2006.

Torrington D., International Human Resource Management. Think Globally, Act Locally, Prentice Hall, New York 1994.

Trompenaars A., Understanding Cultural Diversity in Business, Nicholas Brealey Publishing, London 1993.

Tung R.L., The New Expatriates. Managing Human Resources Abroad, Ballinger Publishing, Cambridge 1998.

The aim of the course is to teach students the most important issues relating to the management of human capital in the organization which operate in an international environment and provide knowledge of different aspects of human capital management in the international environment, pointing to the higher complexity of human resources, what is connected with cultural factors and diversity.

The course covers issues related with employees and managers working in international companies, factors differentiating national cultures, issues concerning intercultural management, expatriation and repatriation. The course will help students to understand the key issues and the main challenges in the management of people in organization operating in an international environment.

Course content:

1. Modern human resources management - globalization and human resource management. The International company / corporation and HRM.

2. International human resource management - the concept. Features of the international human resource management. Trends in international human resource management.

3. Categories of employees according to the concept of an international human resource management. Models of international business and people management.

4. Groups of executives in international companies. Competences of international managers.

5. International managers - counteracting acculturation - trainings. HR departments in international companies – models.

6. Organizational culture and international human resource management.

7. The factors differentiating national cultures in the context of international human resource management {G. Hofstede, R. Gesteland, E. Hall}.

8. Phenomena associated with intercultural management {culture shock, collision and cultural gap, cultural sensitivity, diversity management}.

9. Expatriation and repatriation.

10. Selected aspects of international human resource management {compensation packages in multinational companies, motivating employees in multinational companies, factors and challenges affecting the international management of human resources}.

Lecture, exercises, discussion, group and individual work

Evaluate 5.0 - a full realization of the desired student learning outcomes (knowledge, skills, social skills) - team projects/presentations 80%; 20% student’s class activity.

Two presentations (Team projects):

1.The characteristics of the culture of a selected country in the context of people management - in relation to the choosen typology (G. Hofstede, R. Gesteland, E. Hall) - 40%.

2.The analysis of a selected problem of IHCM [one problem] - 40%.

3.Student's class avtivity - 20 %.