HRM Assignment Guide Each individual student will be required to prepare a written assignment on the following two questions.

Each answer should be approximately 1500 words each. Each individual student will be required to prepare a written assignment on the following two questions. Each answer should be approximately 1500 words each. Context: Modern organisations are seeking markets outside their traditional boundaries, Globalisation, the diminishing political barriers to international trade coupled with the advancements in Technology and Logistics have seen the mushrooming of organisations with a multinational presence. Many Organisations set strategic objectives over what products or services to sell, in what market/s they wish to compete and make choices from the many models of service delivery. To achieve superior results and to help maintain competitive advantage service departments such as Human Resources must ensure that the right people, with the right mix of skills, attributes and tenacity hold positions of Leadership Power, Expertise and Influence within the organisation in all of its locations. In this era of the “Global Village” with 24 hour news channels extra dimensions such as corporate social responsibility, environmental and social concerns have become a part of the intricate palate in which multi- national organisations operate. To that end structures, procedures and models must be designed using best practice to minimise risk and ensure the best chance of sustained success. Question 1: Discuss the premise that while Domestic Human Resources Policies and Practices and Multinational Human Resource policies and practices have many similarities they have some very important differences. Report contents: 1) Introduction – purpose of the report, brief overview of the topic area, structure of the report i.e. statement of objectives (what is the student going to evaluate and what are the objectives of the report) 2) Definitions – Domestic Human Resource practices and policies v Multinational Human Resource policies and practices 3) Similarities between Domestic and Multinational Human Resource policies and practices • Look at commonalities in IHRM and domestic HRM practices, particularly in areas like; HR planning and staffing, recruitment and selection, appraisal and development, rewards, etc. 4) Differences between Domestic and Multinational Human Resource policies and practices • Look at the complexities of operating in different countries (and therefore in different cultures) • Secondly, employing different national categories of workers – Discuss the three types of employees in an international organization Note: while domestic HRM is involved with employees within only one national boundary, IHRM deals with three national or country categories, i.e., the parent country where the firm is actually originated and headquartered; the host country where the subsidiary is located; and Referencing Requirements: HRM Assignment Guide Each individual student will be required to prepare a written assignment on the following two questions. Each answer should be approximately 1500 words each. Context: Modern organisations are seeking markets outside their traditional boundaries, Globalisation, the diminishing political barriers to international trade coupled with the advancements in Technology and Logistics have seen the mushrooming of organisations with a multinational presence. Many Organisations set strategic objectives over what products or services to sell, in what market/s they wish to compete and make choices from the many models of service delivery. To achieve superior results and to help maintain competitive advantage service departments such as Human Resources must ensure that the right people, with the right mix of skills, attributes and tenacity hold positions of Leadership Power, Expertise and Influence within the organisation in all of its locations. In this era of the “Global Village” with 24 hour news channels extra dimensions such as corporate social responsibility, environmental and social concerns have become a part of the intricate palate in which multi- national organisations operate. To that end structures, procedures and models must be designed using best practice to minimise risk and ensure the best chance of sustained success. Question 1: Discuss the premise that while Domestic Human Resources Policies and Practices and Multinational Human Resource policies and practices have many similarities they have some very important differences. Report contents: 1) Introduction – purpose of the report, brief overview of the topic area, structure of the report i.e. statement of objectives (what is the student going to evaluate and what are the objectives of the report) 2) Definitions – Domestic Human Resource practices and policies v Multinational Human Resource policies and practices 3) Similarities between Domestic and Multinational Human Resource policies and practices • Look at commonalities in IHRM and domestic HRM practices, particularly in areas like; HR planning and staffing, recruitment and selection, appraisal and development, rewards, etc. 4) Differences between Domestic and Multinational Human Resource policies and practices • Look at the complexities of operating in different countries (and therefore in different cultures) • Secondly, employing different national categories of workers – Discuss the three types of employees in an international organization Note: while domestic HRM is involved with employees within only one national boundary, IHRM deals with three national or country categories, i.e., the parent country where the firm is actually originated and headquartered; the host country where the subsidiary is located; and the ‘third’ countries from where the organization may source the labour, finance or research and development. Points to consider: • There is heightened exposure to risks in international assignments. • International HRM has to deal with more external factors than domestic HRM dealing with the political, economic, legal, etc. issues of the host country 5) Summary and closing statement. 6) References and bibliography. 7) Appendices to be used where appropriate and to aid assertions where curtailed word-count does not allow for expansive argument.