Posted: May 7th, 2015

:International and Comparative HRM BHL6002

:International and Comparative HRM BHL6002

MUST read this case:

Report (3,000 words)

Question:As HR Manager at Kenworth Hotels, prepare a report to the senior management team to include the following:

Introduction and Terms of Reference 200 words

Part (i) 600 words
•    Explain how international companies, alongside other international bodies, have a role to play in achieving greater equity and improved labour standards globally, including the use of codes of conduct.  This brief will inform the firm’s approach to CSR (corporate social responsibility) as it begins its process of internationalisation.

Part (ii) 600 words
•    Discuss how the need to balance both local and global requirements will impact upon the choice of strategy and structure adopted by Kenworth Hotels as it internationalises, and in turn how this will influence the HR policies and practices adopted in the new subsidiary.

Part (iii) 1200 words
•    Devise  a strategy for the recruitment and selection, training and development, and pay and reward of the new role of Hotel Manager in the subsidiary hotel.  Explain the importance of adopting a strategic approach to this process and how this might be achieved in practice.

Summary/Conclusion 400 words

Important attention:MUST write like this structure:

Assessment Learning Outcomes (mapped to module descriptor):
•    Discuss the conceptual problems of both comparative and international analysis of organisational HR practices and national employment systems
•    Critically evaluate the convergence-divergence debate, identifying the main issues and theories relating to globalisation and the internationalisation of the firm.
•    Compare and contrast the different strategies and structures of multinational corporations including international management recruitment, training and reward strategies

Key Skills: The key skills addressed through this assessment are communication, numeracy, technology, learning and study, problem solving.

IMPORTANT: Students should refer to the assessment criteria and marking criteria provided below in relation to this assessment.

Assessment Criteria
Students will be marked according to the following assessment criteria:

•    The student should demonstrate relevant knowledge and understanding of the requirements for global labour standards and the mechanisms that can be employed to help achieve this, with particular reference to the ILO and MNC’s codes of conduct.
•    The student should demonstrate relevant knowledge and understanding of how the competing tensions faced by MNC’s between integration and local responsiveness impact upon HR policies and practices.
•    The student should demonstrate the ability to identify the key components of an effective total reward strategy given the specific organizational context outlined in the case study.
•    The student should devise an appropriate recruitment and selection strategy, and training and development strategy for the specific international management assignment as outlined in the case study.
•    The student should demonstrate the ability to apply their knowledge of key facts and theories to the practical organizational context outlined in the case study.
•    The student should demonstrate the ability to carry out relevant research to evidence their report.  This should include the correct use of referencing throughout the report.
•    The report should be appropriately structured and presented.

Marking Criteria

IMPORTANT: Students must satisfy themselves as to the assessment criteria and academic standards required to achieve certain grades as outlined above.  It is the student’s responsibility to seek clarification on any of these matters prior to submitting their coursework.

Students will be awarded their grade based upon the academic standards outlined below: