Cross Cultural Human Resource Management

Impact of culture on international business environment, Hofstede’s approach, advantages and disadvantages PCN, TCN, HCN, Expatriate adjustment process, Impact of cultural issues on flexibility and work life balance. Recruitment and Selection, Approaches to multinational staffing.

diversity and organisational culture, Approaches to managing diversity, Diversity management programme. Training: cross cultural training, Cultural assimilators, Diversity training. Cross cultural team building

Criteria for performance appraisal, Variables that influence expatriate performance appraisal. Compensation: Objectives of expatriate compensation plan .Approaches to expatriate compensation: Going rate approach, Balance sheet approach .Cultural impact on compensation policy

Process, Causes of expatriate failure, Problems of repatriation. Cross border Mergers and Acquisitions: HRM perspective

Labour unions and MNC, Employee relations in MNC, Response of labour unions to MNC.