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International Human Resource Management in Japan | Report

   

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International Human Resource Management
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TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4Contrasting Hofstede culture.......................................................................................................4Contrasting Hofstede culture among different countries that is JAPAN TOKYO and AUSTRALIA...............................................................................................................................5Opportunities in operating in 2 different nation cultures concurrently........................................5IHRM challenges.........................................................................................................................72rd IHRM challenges...................................................................................................................8CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
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INTRODUCTION International human resource management (IHRM) basically focuses on covering thelarge or wider aspect of the human resource management function. It basically focuses onmanaging the challenges faced by the manpower in the international marketplace. Along withthis, IHRM also manages the certain external factors related with rules and regulations of thegovernment of foreign country (Hendry, 2012). The present report basically focuses onmeasuring the different culture among the different nations that is JAPAN TOKYO andAUSTRALIA with the help of using hofstede cultural model. Along with this, it also focuses onthe gaining insight knowledge regarding the IHRM challenges that is faced within the region.Contrasting Hofstede cultureIn order to manage the international human resource management Hofstede culturaldimension must be applicable within the organization. With the help of using this framework itfocuses on describing different cultural and values existing within the society. Along with this itwould also focuses on influencing the activities and behavior with the change in differentcultural values (Harzing and Pinnington, 2010). The theory is widely used in the different fieldsuch as international management, cross cultural communication etc. there are differentdimensions of national cultures that mainly include Power distance index, Individualism vs.Collectivism, Uncertainty avoidance index, Masculinity vs. Femininity, Long term orientationvs. Short term orientation and the last dimension is Indulgence vs. restraint. All the dimensionsare contrasting with each other that is the foremost dimension is power distance index thatclearly showcase the high power and low power. The high power indicates that there is clearhierarchy established in society (CHUANG and Liao, 2010). On the contrary to this, lowerpower indicates that there is less authority. Another dimension is Individualism vs. Collectivismthat mainly emphasis on the aspect of I vs. we. Another dimension is Uncertainty avoidanceindex that showcase that if society score high then it indicates that there are high level ofgrounded rule and regulations within the society. On the other hand, low score indicates thatthere is high acceptance of the differing thoughts within the society. Another include Masculinityvs. Femininity under masculinity society accept for the heroism and assertiveness (Alfes, Shantz,Truss and Soane, 2013). On the other hand, in Femininity it focuses on the feminism society thatis caring view as they perceived women are more emphatic. Another dimension includes Long
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