Lecture three Flashcards
What are the responsibilities and roles of HR practitioners?
Overseas assignments
Developing new approaches to individual and organisational learning and knowledge sharing networks and partnerships
Developing worldwide communication
Pursue global talent
IHRM and culture
Difficult to ignore
Can restrict, or make it more socially unacceptable to engage in , certain behaviours
Need cultural sensitivity
Why is culture important in HR?
Culture clashes can occur in IHR when people are exposed to different beliefs and values but fail to adapt their own behaviours.
Hofstede’s five variables
Power distance Individualism Masculinity/Femininity Uncertainty avoidance Long-term vs short-term orientation
What is the power distance variable?
relates to hierarchy, distribution of power and social inflexibility
What is the Individualism variable?
the extent to which people emphasise individual or collective identity
What is the masculinity/femininity variable?
the distribution of roles and responsibilities between genders
What is the Uncertainty avoidance variable?
the extent to which a community is comfortable with ambiguity and uncertainty
What is the long-term vs short-term variable?
whether a society reflects a short or long term perspective on relationships
Characteristics of successful International Managers
Professional and technical competence Job experience Perceptual dimensions and life strategies Self-maintenance factors Leadership and motivational factors
