International Human Resource Management: A Global Perspective

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Managing and developing human resources in international setting is increasingly recognized as a central challenge, particularly for MNEs. The book titled “International Human Resource Management” offers many insights into the possibilities of creative response to these challenges. It explores exhaustively all the approaches and issues that arise in the context of subsidiaries and joint ventures. This book provides an understanding of the theoretical foundation and the practical implications of international approaches to human resource management. It gives an overview of human resource management in an international environment. The emergence of the multinational enterprise as a dominant institution in the world economy has resulted in the importance of understanding not only multinational enterprises themselves, but also the activities of the people working within these and similar multicultural organizations. In addition, specific human resource practices in some countries, e.g. USA, Japan, India, UK, France, have been described so as to understand the basic models of International Human Resource Management. These will highlight the major employment policies of multinational companies and the problems of cross-cultural differences. This book will be particularly helpful to practicing managers, students and faculty members in various management institutions.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR S.K. Bhatia

S.K. Bhatia is a professional consultant in Human Resource Management, trainer, counselor and author. He is corporate trainer and conducts workshops and need-based training programmes on Human Resource Development for public and private sector organization. He is senior faculty for MBA and Post-Graduate Diploma in Personnel Management in various Business Management institutions. He is “Accredited Management Teacher” by all India Management Association, New Delhi. He has over four decades of experience as practitioner in HRM Industrial Relations, Training, Organisation Development etc. He has been associated with the establishing of Human Resource and IR functions in factories/units and has been involved in formulation, co-ordination and implementation of these policies, in senior positions as Addl. General Manager, BHEL and as Director, Personnel, Oil India Ltd. After his Master’s degree, he obtained degree in Law from Delhi University In 1956 and took post-graduate diploma in Personnel Management from Calcutta University. He was selected in 1976 from BHEL, as a fellow under the “Action Learning Programme” of the Bureau of Public Enterprises, Government of India. Mr. Bhatia has attended a number of seminars and was specially sponsored to attend “ILO Modular Training” in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia/Singapore in March 1984. He has also attended General Mangement Programme for Top Management Personnel in Public Enterprises at Administrative Staff College of India. Hyderabad and in Yugoslavia during June 1987. He had the benefit of participating in several specialized professional traning programmes conducted by Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, IIMs, NPC, BHEL, MDI, etc. He is Corporate Member of National Institute of Personnel Management, Calcutta. He has published a number of books and has written many articles which have appeared in professional journals/dailies. His papers won “Shriram Awards” for two consecutive years, i.e. 1984 and 1985 from Delhi Management Association for the best adjudged papers in their Journal. He is the recipient of “Escorts 1987 for his contribution to the Understanding of management practices through his book “Principles and Techniques of Personnel Management”. Mr. Bhatia has organized two institutions of which he is founder Director, (i) Indian Institute for Management of Absenteeism (IIMA), New Delhi in 1989, (ii) Human Resource Management Foundation (HEMF), New Delhi.

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Title
International Human Resource Management: A Global Perspective
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8176296522
Length
xviii+565p., Figures; Tables; References; Index; 25cm.
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