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200621 - International Human Resource Management UNIQLO

   

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International HRM1Table of ContentsIntroduction...........................................................................................................................................2Two Human Resource Management functions for home country and host country:............................2International recruitment and selection............................................................................................2Home country................................................................................................................................2Host country..................................................................................................................................3Reward and Compensation................................................................................................................4Evaluation of International Human Resource Management practices and procedures:........................4Global human resource strategy:.......................................................................................................4Manage their people overseas:..........................................................................................................5Conclusion and recommendations.........................................................................................................6References.............................................................................................................................................7

International HRM2Introduction Uniqlo is a Japanese company. It was founded in year 1949 in Ube,Yamaguchi, Japan. It turned into wholly owned subsidiary of Fast retailing company since November 2005. The company deals in clothes apparel sector. The company’s headquarters are at Minato, Tokio. Today the company deals in various markets across the globe. Today the company has over 1000 stores and emerged as a global brand. The company is constantly committed to bring about a change, diversity and challenging the conventions. The research and development centres of the company constantly invest to know about the different fashions of the world, lifestyles and materials. The company always tries to hire designers who have the capability to change the world. The company increases its sales by doing promotional campaigns for themajor products each season. Uniqlo team has different cultures at different places across the globe but the aim of every team is same that is to provide truly great products (Uniqlo, 2017).The company human resource practices effectively designed to maintain a balance between organisational goals and individual goals. This report studies in detail two international human resource functions recruitment & selection and rewards and compensation. These functions are studied in consideration with Japan as home country and Malaysia as host country. It also analyses human resource practices and policies of the firm including the global human resource strategy and the ways to manage the workforce overseas.Two Human Resource Management functions for home country and host country:International recruitment and selection Recruitment involves allowing attracting pool of talent to the company and selection is choosing the best suited option from available alternatives. Both recruitment and selection come under the function of staffing (Armstrong and Taylor 2014). Staffing is one of the most important concerns for every organisation. In the multinational organisation the problem is more complex. The firm has to decide whether to recruit locally or from some foreign subsidiary. According to Dowling (2008), international staffing is based on four approaches that are ethnocentric, polycentric, regiocentric and geocentric. The approach adopted by firm determines the recruitment and selection criteria for the firm. Home country Uniqlo has recently changes its recruitment and selection strategy for home country Japan. In 2011 December the company replaced its conventional style of recruitment. The company’s new recruitment procedure was enforced from year 2013. This new procedure invited fresh graduates as well as mid- carrier professionals. The procedure is open for the people of every nationality. The change from conventional style to modern style basically focuses on the needs of the individual rather than just the aims of company. Uniqlo has now kept the procedure more transparent and gives ample of time to the individuals to figure out and make decisions about their carrier goals. The company will prefer those candidates for selection who share company’s vision of changing the world (Japan today, 2011). The company is also

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