Unit Profile Correction added on 26-03-20
The end
of term examination has now been changed to an alternate form of assessment.
Please see your Moodle site for details of the assessment.
Overview
In this unit you will study the HR functions, operations, policies and practices that are applicable to the transference of employees for work purposes from one country to another. The unit is designed to raise, study and analyse the issues that will challenge a HR practitioner who is tasked with employing and deploying employees (particularly managerial employees) in different organisational settings in different countries. HRMT20025 International Human Resource Management is an advanced unit that builds upon and applies the knowledge that students have obtained in HRMT20024 Managing Human Resources to managers and employees working in international organisations in a number of countries. The complexities of working in global organisations require more advanced skill levels from human resource (HR) managers.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Co-requisite: HRMT20024 Managing Human Resources
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2020
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Unit Evaluations
The relationship of the topics that are covered in the lectures to the assessment requires clarification.
The relationship of the topics that are covered in the lectures to the assessment will be clarified.
Feedback from Unit Evaluations
The involvement of guest lecturers added to the learning experience of students.
The use of guest lecturers where practicable will be encouraged.
- Research and apply the theories that inform the study and practice of international human resource management in a variety of international settings
- Discuss the significance of international organisations adopting human resource management policies and practices
- Critically analyse the implementation of human resource management policies and practices in international organisations in a way that is relevant to all management practitioners, not just human resource managers
- Critically assess the impact of working in various countries on expatriate managers and their families
- Identify and critically evaluate the most important issues that impact on the practice of international human resource management.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 20% | |||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 40% | |||||
| 3 - Examination - 40% | |||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | |||||
| 2 - Communication | |||||
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | |||||
| 4 - Research | |||||
| 5 - Self-management | |||||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | |||||
| 7 - Leadership | |||||
| 8 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 40% | ||||||||
| 3 - Examination - 40% | ||||||||
Textbooks
International Human Resource Management
Edition: 7th (2017)
Authors: Dowling, PJ, Festing, M & Engle, AD
Cengage Learning
Binding: Other
Additional Textbook Information
Weekly content is based on the textbook. Supplementary materials will be provided via the unit Moodle.
Copies are available for purchase at the CQUni Bookshop here: http://bookshop.cqu.edu.au (search on the Unit code)
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: American Psychological Association 6th Edition (APA 6th edition)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
m.n.johnson@cqu.edu.au
a.haque@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Introduction to Global HRM
Chapter
1
Events and Submissions/Topic
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The Cultural Context of IHRM
Chapter
2
Events and Submissions/Topic
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The Organisational Context
Chapter
3
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
IHRM in Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions, International Alliances, and SMEs
Chapter
4
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Sourcing Human Resources for Global Markets – Staffing, Recruitment and Selection
Chapter
5
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
International Performance Management
Chapter
6
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
International Training, Development, Careers and Talent
Chapter
7
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
International Compensation
Chapter
8
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
International Industrial Relations and the Global Institutional Context
Chapter
9
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
IHRM Trends and Future Challenges
Chapter
10
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Revision and Exam Preparation I
Chapter
1-5
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Revision and Exam Preparation II
Chapter
6-10
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Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Written Assessment
You are the human resource manager of an international company in Australia. You have learned about a number of cross-cultural management studies, each with their own take or improvement on the dimensions or characteristics of culture. Pick a set from all the studies of the four dimensions which you find most relevant to HRM. Explain how each of your chosen dimensions would impact the human resource management of both expatriate managers and the host country nationals in your chosen foreign culture.
Word length: 1000-1500 words
Please note that information that is relevant to this essay will be posted on the Unit Moodle website.
Week 5 Monday (6 Apr 2020) 11:59 am AEST
Week 7 Monday (27 Apr 2020)
Essays will be returned after the marking and moderation process is completed
A pass student will have referenced their paper poorly, and description will dominate. Better referencing and some analysis will lead to a credit, while the distinction students will have referenced and analysed the question well. They will be separated from the HD student because of their failure to argue a case in answer to the question consistently throughout the course of their paper.
A detailed criteria sheet is available on the Unit Moodle website.
- Research and apply the theories that inform the study and practice of international human resource management in a variety of international settings
- Discuss the significance of international organisations adopting human resource management policies and practices
- Critically analyse the implementation of human resource management policies and practices in international organisations in a way that is relevant to all management practitioners, not just human resource managers
- Critically assess the impact of working in various countries on expatriate managers and their families
- Identify and critically evaluate the most important issues that impact on the practice of international human resource management.
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Self-management
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
- Leadership
2 Written Assessment
Imagine a North American personal computer maker needs a new international call center. You are the PCN IHRM strategist on the MNE organizing team, and you are to help decide the country in which the call center will be located. Your MNE’s desired conditions include: (1) the center should impress callers, (2) center employee turnover will be nonexistent except for death, retirement, or promotion within the MNE, and (3) the host country will seek future MNE subsidiary expansion.
Write a report to the CEO. Describe how you would make the center an outstanding success by giving the reasons for deciding the country in which the call center will be located. Explain the design of the center’s processes of recruitment & selection, training & development, performance management, and compensation. Do not forget to include employment relations issues in the strategy.
Word length: 2000-2500 words
Please note that information that is relevant to this report will be posted on the Unit Moodle website.
Week 9 Monday (11 May 2020) 11:59 pm AEST
Week 11 Monday (25 May 2020)
Reports will be returned after the marking and moderation process has been completed.
A pass student will have referenced their paper poorly, and description will dominate. Better referencing and some analysis will lead to a credit, while the distinction students will have referenced and analysed the question well. They will be separated from the HD student because of their failure to argue a case in answer to the question consistently throughout the course of their paper.
A detailed criteria sheet is available on the Unit Moodle website.
- Discuss the significance of international organisations adopting human resource management policies and practices
- Critically analyse the implementation of human resource management policies and practices in international organisations in a way that is relevant to all management practitioners, not just human resource managers
- Critically assess the impact of working in various countries on expatriate managers and their families
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Self-management
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
- Leadership
Examination
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
