International Human Resource Management: Importance, Objectives, and Strategic Value of Unilever

International Human
Resource Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Task 2 Importance of HR in business strategy of Unilever.............................................................1
Objectives of international human resource management......................................................1
Importance of international human resource management....................................................2
International human resource management strategic value of Unilever................................3
Task 3 Global talent management and succession planning............................................................5
Career development ...............................................................................................................5
Career management................................................................................................................6
Performance management......................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
International human resource management is a set of activities targetting human resource
management at international level, it helps to achieve organisation's objectives and advantages
over competitors at national and international level.(Aswathappa and Dash, 2020) In his report a
discussion on importance of HR practice to business strategy of Unilever, Unilever plc is a
British multinational consumers good company founded by Lever Brothers in 1929 with
headquartered in London, United Kingdom. At last a reflection essay on career development and
career management, with the help of career management tools and performance management
model of work operation within companies.
MAIN BODY
Task 2 Importance of HR in business strategy of Unilever.
International human resource management is a process of allocating, procuring and
effectively utilizing HR in Unilever, for exporting products and integrate human resource
policies on subsidiaries in different countries to achieve company's objectives. It also helps to
perform HRM related and necessary immigration activities for employees of organisation
operation domestic and foreign countries.(Bouaziz and Hachicha, 2018) International human
resource is a process of hiring, training and development of employees working in international
organisation, as Unilever is a MNC which has business in different countries managed from
London human resource helps to manage employees across global business and create policies
related international operations.
Objectives of international human resource management
International resource management helps to process of managing employees of
international ventures involves operations and management activities, as success of organisation
and its trading is depended on the quality and effectiveness of human resource to manage
operation in intentional level. (Murphy and Murphy, 2018)There are various types of objectives
of having international human resource in Unilever such as,
 It helps to improve development of managerial skills, technical abilities and
organizational knowledge of HRM and employees.
 It helps to secure and manage compensation, performance and career path of employees.
 It helps to improve global business operations.
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 Improves organizing and managing language training programme and cross cultural
counselling.
 It helps to develop and raise better performance of human resource management.
 Helps to increase opportunities of global HR.
 It helps to develop management strategies in global competitive.
 It helps understanding of work practice in international business.
Importance of international human resource management
International human resource is all HRM activities at international level, helps to manage
organisation's objectives without disturbing competitive advantages in international business.
IHRM helps company to maintain operation management of each department in each country by
creating policies for employees for better performance and same success in each international
business. (Goute, Babu and Prasad, 2021)Since there are various changes occur in economy
environment which direct affect on management practice in international HRM, with new
management practice it helps to emphasize on giving better international HRM factors such as,
Emphasis on core competency
As post-liberalization, organisation focus on its core competence with organizing
business, it is a unique strength of company. It provides a form of unique financial resources,
marketing capability, manpower resource and technology capability, by organizing core
competence it help to generate competitive advantages. Help to achieve core operation system in
international and national level of company, with changing environment of business and affects
on operation with the help international human resource management helps to improve the focus
on core competence of management and operation of organisation.
Reorganisation
International HRM helps in restructuring and emphasize on reorganisation, by focusing
on expanding management level with help of span control over operation. It helps to improve
structure of management within organisation for employees manager to follow for new
development and to focus on reorganisation of company. Strategic business is based on
departmentalization on functional line help to improve business strategy and function of
operation related to products and services. The reorganisations needs to develop additional skills
part of human resource with the help of appointing new managerial talents and developing
existing human resource and increase competition human talents.
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