THE GLOBAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Running head: GLOBAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
GLOBAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
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1GLOBAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Executive summary
This paper is going to focus on two case studies of two different companies, France Telecom
and IBM. The paper will highlight the corporate culture of both the companies and also
provide the issues faced by the company because of their culture and the reason that led to the
companies undertaking changes. This paper will provide a compare and contrast of the
change process in both the organisations and also reflect on the role of the human resources
in the process of change in both the companies. Lastly, it will give a concrete conclusion and
state why one of the companies has been successful in dealing with the change in the
organisation and why the other company failed to managing change effectively.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Discussion..................................................................................................................................3
Reason for change in France Telecom...................................................................................3
Reason for change in IBM.....................................................................................................4
Comparison of the change in France Telecom and IBM.......................................................4
Role of HR in the change management process.....................................................................5
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................6
Reference....................................................................................................................................7