Contemporary International Human Resource Management

CONTEMPORARY
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
BOX 1 ESSAY................................................................................................................................1
Critically analyse the claim that we are witnessing a developing trend towards the
convergence of human resource management globally...............................................................1
BOX 2..............................................................................................................................................6
REREFENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
BOX 1 ESSAY
Critically analyse the claim that we are witnessing a developing trend towards the convergence
of human resource management globally.
Introduction
Convergence in Human resource management can be defined as a belief that there are
various kinds of HRM practises that can be applied within organizations globally. This HRM
approach is majorly determined by the organizational goals and circumstances (Ayentimi,
Burgess and Dayaram, 2017). This essay will focus on convergent HRM views that are evident
in the effectively performing of Hilton. Hilton is a multi- national hospitality organization that
manages a franchisee of hotels and resorts. This essay will lay emphasis on critical analysis of
developing trend towards the convergence of human resource management globally.
Main Body
Convergence is a theory that presumes that nations move from early internationalization
stage towards completely industrialized. This helps in resembling other industrialized
organizations in terms of organizations norms and technology. This theory helps in leading to
unified global culture. Convergence theory has its roots in functional perspective of economies
that assumes that organizations have certain requirements that are required to be met if they want
to survive within their target market and operate effectively. This approach has helped
organizations in taking advantage of the technology (Farndale and et al., 2017). Convergence
theory has been helpful for organizations that operate internationally and has also helped them to
gain competitive advantage. In addition to this, Farndale and et al., 2017 stated that convergence
and divergence can not only represent different ways in which international HRM is conducted
but this aids to reflects the different traditions through which HRM activities can be explored.
Convergence of human resource management is one of the most commonly used
management practises that plays a vital role in making organizations more alike across national
boundaries. It has been analysed that developing trends in human resource management about
convergence in workplace mainly arises from openness to foreign investment and through global
competition. Development in HRM brings out convergence. It helps an organization like Hilton
to gain competitive advantage and have major effect on overall performance of the organization.
With time change within HRM trends have been observed. Of the change that has been
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developed within organizations is that slowly human resource practises are becoming converging
globally or in other words these HRM practises are becoming more similar internationally. For
some organizations like Hilton it has become a trend as well as their identity. Development in
technology and changes within organizational structure is also impacting on developing trends of
convergence of human resource management (Kwon, Farndale and Park, 2016). It has also
helped in standardization and industrialization of products and services of an organization.
Global HRM practises are converging in in line with best practises that are considered as best.
Hilton is one such organization that has focused on trends of convergence of HRM processes and
systems. Hilton operates in such a manner that most of the HRM practises converge globally that
helps in increasing similarities in HRM practises and processes globally.
Convergence of human resource management for multi- national organizations has
become important as globalization of such firms has resulted in interdependence and has further
helped in internationalizations of organizations like Hilton. It has further helped organizations to
adopting advancement or development in technology. It further helps an organization in adopting
best practises model and emerge with similar trends globally for example performance- based
system and many more. There are two main types of convergence in international HRM. First is
final convergence in which variables are developed over time which further helps the
organizations to move towards a common end point (Malik, Pereira and Budhwar, 2020). Second
is directional convergence in which development tendency of variable points of HRM are in
same direction but country wise regardless of their initial stating point. Various HR practises and
variables shows that out of both the type of convergence directional convergence helps an
organization to increase their values. Hilton is also one such organizations had has adopted
directional convergence with developing trends which has helped them in increasing overall
value of their organization (Ayentimi, Burgess and Dayaram, 2017). Final convergence of HRM
practises has been observed as a faulty approach for failing to recognize enduring cultural
differences. In order to adopt convergence of HRM practises then it is important for
organizations to focus on development of changing trends in HRM practises. But it helps global
organization’s managers who are present within the organization globally to have similar point
of view and attitude. Managers working in Hilton present all across the global have same attitude
and also have same point of view. This helps in justifying developing trends of converging
Human resource management practises globally (Ayentimi, Burgess and Brown, 2018).
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