LB5306 - International Human Resource Management
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
| Administered by: | School of Business |
This subject provides an overview of Human Resource Management (HRM) in an international perspective. The course covers a wide range of topics including the interaction between national cultures and management, the central role played by multinational corporations and HRM functions at play in a globalising business context. In addressing these topics, special attention is given to specific as well as emerging areas of practice, research and debate in International HRM, such as: the impact of business structure and home/host-country institutions and culture; private regulation and corporate social responsibility; global labour issues and international regulatory frameworks; global management skills and the challenges posed by expatriate management. While this subject focuses on the complex task of managing globally, it also sheds a light on current and prospective issues surrounding global governance.
Learning Outcomes
- An ability to understand HRM in a comparative perspective with an emphasis on the mediating role played by national cultures and institutions and new trends in global corporate governance;
- The ability to analyse and critically assess strategic HRM in the light of overall business structure and governance, with a focus on best practices and innovative HRM initiatives developed by multi-national corporations;
- The ability to ponder global labour issues and the impact of globalisation on labour organisations, industrial democracy, the international division of labour and labour standards;
- An understanding of the challenges involved in managing a cross-cultural workforce and managing transnationally, including expatriate management and the conduct of organisational change and development in global business operations.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to appraise information critically;
- The ability to use independent judgment to synthesise information to make intellectual and/or creative advances;
- The ability to place their research in a broader (preferably international)theoretical, practical and policy context.;
- The ability to conduct their research in an ethical manner.
| Assumed Knowledge: | Students should have acquired the basic HR concepts included in LB5205 People in Organisations. |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Block, Study Period 10 | |
| Census Date 13-Dec-2012 | |
| Non-standard start/end 16-Nov-2012 to 04-Jan-2013 | |
| Face to face teaching 16-Nov-2012 to 02-Dec-2012 (Fri 16/11 6pm-9pm, Sat 17/11 & Sun 18/11 9am-5pm AND Fri 30/11 6pm-9pm, Sat 1/12 & Sun 2/12 9am-5pm) | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Stephane Le Queux. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); essays (30% - 40%); group presentations (10% - 20%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 52 | |
| Census Date 09-Aug-2012 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Stephane Le Queux |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); essays (30% - 40%); group presentations (10% - 20%). |
| JCU Singapore, Block, Study Period 55 | |
| Census Date 21-Jun-2012 | |
| Face to face teaching 26-May-2012 to 10-Jun-2012 (Teaching over 3 weekends with exam scheduled on another weekend) | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Stephane Le Queux |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); essays (30% - 40%); group presentations (10% - 20%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.