Sources of human resources in an international organisation
The sources of human resources in international organisations are expatriates, host countries and third parties (Scullion 1995; Gomez-Mejia et al. 2009). There are several advantages with each source of human…
International diversity and IHRM
As was noted in the introductory part of this chapter, countries and their people are different. Such differences have implications on what can and cannot be done and even how…
International human resource management
Introduction Increasing competition in global business has created new challenges for multinational corporations (MCs) on how human resources are best managed. Globalisation has also meant that international business has to…
The limitations of traditional PMS
Traditional PMS uses the performance appraisal approach, which is open to bias and there are concerns that it does not accurately reflect an individual’s performance capability. CBPM encourages frank and…
Competence based human resource management (CBHRM)
This is an approach that takes on board competency principles, techniques and practices in the whole spectrum of human resource management functions. This includes the following functions: Employee resourcing. Resourcing…
Competence framework
According to Boyatzis (1982) competence framework is a total collection of clusters, competencies and behavioural indicators. Figure displays a competence framework structure. Figure ; Competence framework Figure presents three levels…
Talent and competency based human resource management
Introduction The organisational life cycle theory postulates that organisations grow, reach maturity, decline and die (Cameron & Whitton 1981). However, owners, shareholders and managers want their organisations to continue to…
A unifying psychological theory of employee-employer relations
Although we have seen that there are different theories guiding the understanding of industrial relationships, all in all, the work of Chris Argyris in 1960s on psychological contracts is highly…
Employee relations
Introduction When employees join organisations, they have their own needs and expectations from the employer and colleagues in the workplace. Similarly, when an employer recruits staff, the former has certain…
Systematic training model
The systematic training model (Mckenna & Beech 2002; Mankin 2009) sets out the process to be used in the task of ensuring that training and development initiatives are successful. It…
