International Human Resource Management

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International Human Resource Management
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Table of Contents
1. Executive Summary......................................................................................................3
2. Introduction......................................................................................................................3
3. Application of Theory into Practice..........................................................................5
a. Review of Existing HRM Practice..........................................................................5
i) Critical Review of Existing HRM Practices of Emirates Airlines..............5
ii) Analysis of Importance of HRM and Practices in Organization and
Influence on Overcoming Challenges for Better Performance...................6
a. Review of leadership theories...............................................................................8
i) Critically review Two Theories on Leadership..............................................8
ii) Assessment of Suitability of One Leadership Theory for International
Plans of Emirates.........................................................................................................9
c. Discussion of Behavioural Dimensions Required in Management of
Human Resources in New Foreign Context of Emirates Airlines.................10
i) Identification of Key Challenges Faced by Emirates in International
Environment................................................................................................................10
ii) Analysis of Strategies to Attract and Recruit Local Talents.................11
iii) Integration Cultural Differences for Responding to Challenges........12
iv) Critical Analysis of Various Influences of Behaviour in Organizations
and Interface with Management in Integrating and Balancing................14
d. Analysis of Best Practices in IHRM.....................................................................14
i) Analysis of the IHRM Related Practices of Other Organizations..........14

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4. Conclusion and Recommendations.......................................................................15
a. Recommendations for Change of Practices and Perspectives in
Managing Human Resources in Change from domestic to Multinational
Set Up................................................................................................................................15
b. Analysis and Discussion on Impact of Change on International Nature
of Emirates Airlines.......................................................................................................17
References................................................................................................................................19

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1. Executive Summary
The report has thrown light on identifying as well as analyzing the various types of
HRM strategies which has played a crucial role in cultivating the business operations in a
successfully. From the entire analysis of the existing HRM practices, it can be identified that
Emirates Airlines provides the motivation to the employees that improves their morale in
performing the different tasks and it helped in growing the productivity of the company. In
addition, trait and contingency leadership theories have been identified that helped in
improving the overall scenario of the workplace while shifting their focus in the international
market. While shifting in the international market, it can be identified that there should be
proper compensation and performance management package that has helped the other
companies such as Qatar Airways and British Airlines in gaining competitiveness in the
market in comparison to the other companies.
2. Introduction
In the current business environment, the human resource should not
be overlooked by the different companies as it is treated as management of the
framework that constitutes management of people along with work while they are working
towards the desired goals. It is considered to be one of the main activities in all the companies
wherein the different individuals are being employed as HR management as is inevitable
consequence of starting and growing an organization (Wintersberger 2017).
Emirates Airlines is one such service-based organizations, which is
known to be the best company in terms of the quality and the service,
which is provided to the different customers. Emirates is the largest airline
company, which is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The airline

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company is the subsidiary of The Emirates Group, the Dubai government
owns it fully, and it is operating more than 3600 flights per week from the
hub at the International Airport of Dubai. The company is operating in
more than 150 cities in more than 80 countries across the six continents.
There are more than 64768 employees working with Emirates and there
has been increase in revenue to US$ 13.3 billion.
Emirates Airlines, which is the service company tries to implement
the different practices related to the human resource management as
their main process and the company is performing it in an effective
manner. The practices related to human resource management at
Emirates helps them in becoming tremendously competitive, safely
sensitive along with competitive service industry (EmiratesAirlines.com 2019).
The respective airlines are focusing mainly on the different kinds of HR
department, as it will be beneficial in assuring that the quality of
personnel that have been selected by the company is trying to provide
the different services to the customers as well as maintaining the different
standards that are set by them for the different customers present in the
market.
In addition, it can be identified that HRM is one of the important
functions of the companies that will be helpful in meeting the different
kinds of aspects of the company. There are different subfields of the HRM
which should be incorporated by Emirates Airlines that includes the
following:

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 Micro HRM which helps in analyzing the HR related practices and policies
(Mahoney and Deckop 1986)
 Strategic related HRM is concerned relating systematic approaches which
will be connecting to become broader context and it will be helpful in
serving the company (Sriram et al. 2019)
 The international HRM is concerned relating to the company which is
operating in different borders.
The orientation along with training of the employees play crucial
role with high quality as well as skills that have proper interest in working
in Dubai and it will be appropriate in managing the different activities
appropriately. The human resource management helps in facilitating
professional growth along with maintaining better relationships between
union along with management that proves to be suitable for success of
the firm and achieve competitiveness in the market. Lastly, with the
different kinds of HR practices, it will be improving the economy as the
different effective HR related practices lead to high profitability along with
better performance by the company to expand the overall brand image of
the company appropriately.
3. Application of Theory into Practice
a. Review of Existing HRM Practice
i) Critical Review of Existing HRM Practices of Emirates Airlines
The human resource department of the Emirates Airlines refers to
the handling of the operations in respect to the manpower along with