Answer any THREE questions from a choice of
six.
• All questions are equally weighted.
• There is a word count limit of 800 words per
question
• Please use references (author and year) in the
main text of your answer, in the same way as
you would for a standard exam.
• Reference lists are not needed.
New format for exam
• Do not plagiarise text from other sources. All
your submissions are going through Turnitin
and plagiarised sources will be identified.
• You can submit at any point up until 48 hours
from the start time, after which your submission
will be classed as ‘late’ and the mark will be
capped.
• You can only submit once and the similarity
score cannot in any case be viewed.
General Trips for Preparation
• Study the slides
• Study the material from both text books (the
Briscoe book will suffice as it is available online
and we understand that many of you will not
have access to the Harzing text book as the
library is closing). Vance and Paik: Managing a
Global Workforce is also a useful online book.
Topics
• Global Talent Management
• Expatriate management
• Global performance management
• International Reward
• Transfer of HR practices
• Ethics
Format
• For each topic
• Go through the slides and jot down any points
which are not clear
• Practice attempting the questions
Topic 1: Global Talent Management
Main Points
• What is Talent Management and how did it
develop?
• What are the different definitions and approaches
of Talent management? (Exclusive and Inclusive
for example)
• Is Global Talent Management any different from
regular IHRM?
Topic 2: Expatriate Management
Main points
• Why do firms have international assignments?
• What is the international assignment process?
• Why do international assignments fail?
• How can expatriates be managed more
successfully?
Topic 3: Performance Management
Main points
• Challenges of Performance Management in
foreign subsidiaries
• Challenges of Performance management for
expatriates
• What external/contextual factors effect
performance management?
• Examples of how performance management is
conducted differently in different countries.
Topic 4: Global Rewards
Main Points
• What are the strategic objectives behind global
rewards?
• What makes an effective global reward policy?
• Understanding of basic motivation theories and
how they apply to global rewards
• What (external and internal) factors that
determine global and expatriate
compensation?
• What are the different approaches to expatriate
compensation?
Topic 5: Transfer of HRM Practices
Main points
• Which policies and practices do MNCs want to
transfer?
• Why?
• What contextual factors determine which
practices and to what extent they can be
transferred?
• What barriers do MNCs face in transferring
these practices?
Topic 6: Ethics
Main points
• What are the different approaches to ensure
organizations are behaving ethically? Ethics, CSR
and International Labour standards
• Why do we have ethical dilemmas? Cultural
relativism.
• How is a soft approach to regulation (CSR)
different from hard approaches (International
labour standards) and why do MNC’s push for soft
regulaton
• How can MNC’s be more ethical and responsible
towards their sub-contracted staff in developing
countries
Suggested online sources
• Global Talent Management
• Chapter 1- Collings, D.G., Scullion, H. eds. (2011). Global
talent management. Routledge.
• Tarique, I. and Schuler, R.S. (2010). Global talent
management: Literature review, integrative framework, and
suggestions for further research. Journal of world
business, 45(2), pp.122-133.
• Schuler, R.S., Jackson, S.E. and Tarique, I. (2011). Global
talent management and global talent challenges: Strategic
opportunities for IHRM. Journal of world business, 46(4),
pp.506-516.
• Iles, P., Chuai, X. and Preece, D. (2010). Talent management
and HRM in multinational companies in Beijing: Definitions,
differences and drivers. Journal of world Business, 45(2),
pp.179-189.
• Expatriate management
• Global performance management
• International Reward
• Transfer of HR practices
• Ethics
Suggested sources
• Expatriate management
• Chapter 8- Vance, C.M. and Paik, Y. (2015). Managing a
global workforce. Routledge.
• Chapter 9-Briscoe, D.R. and Schuler, R.S. and Tarique, I.
(2012). International human resource management: Policies
and practices for multinational enterprises. Routledge.
• Global Performance Management
• Chapter 9- Vance, C.M. and Paik, Y. (2015). Managing a
global workforce. Routledge.
• Chapter 12- Briscoe, D.R. and Schuler, R.S. and Tarique, I.
(2012). International human resource management: Policies
and practices for multinational enterprises. Routledge.
Suggested online sources
• Global Reward Management
• Chapter 10- Vance, C.M. and Paik, Y. (2015). Managing a
global workforce. Routledge.
• Chapter 11- Briscoe, D.R. and Schuler, R.S. and Tarique, I.
(2012). International human resource management: Policies
and practices for multinational enterprises. Routledge.
• Transfer of HR Practices
• Chapter 6- Edwards T. and Rees, C. (2016). International
Human Resource Management: Globalization, National
Systems and Multinational Companies, Pearson.
• Chiang, F.F., Lemański, M.K. and Birtch, T.A. (2017). The
transfer and diffusion of HRM practices within MNCs: lessons
learned and future research directions. The International
Journal of Human Resource Management, 28(1), pp.234-
258.
Suggested online sources
• Ethics
• Chapter 13- Edwards T. and Rees, C., 2016.
International Human Resource Management:
Globalization, National Systems and
Multinational Companies, Pearson.
• Chapter 6- Briscoe, D.R. and Schuler, R.S. and
Tarique, I., 2012. International human
resource management: Policies and practices
for multinational enterprises. Routledge.
•Answering Question Guidance
1. Introduction- brief introduction to the topic and what
you are going to discuss.
2. Main body- Analysis and discussion
– Definitions and concepts
– Theoretical content (what frameworks/theoretical positions are you going to
apply/contest/discuss)
– Demonstrate analytical depth by examining both sides of the debate if asked to share
opinion
– Illustrations and examples of real companies
3. Conclusions
– Summary of key findings from analysis and discussion
