Managing Talent in Emerging Economy Multinational Enterprises: Integrating Strategic Management and Human Resource Management

BUSM4554/4555 Assignment 1
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BUSM4554/4555 Assignment 1
Article 1: Managing talent in emerging economy multinationals: Integrating strategic
management and human resource management (Total word count: ~300 words)
No. Question
1 Critically discuss the argument(s) presented by the author(s).
The article is based on the research question of what are the obstacles the
economy multinational enterprises face and how the talent management
practices can be developed. The article aims at establishing a research
agenda on HRM and strategic management in the EMNEs. Specifically, the
purpose of the article is to integrate the HRM and strategic management
perspectives in order to advance the theories along with enhancing the
relevance of both the lines of scholarship into practice. The primary focus of the
article is on the major challenges faced by EMNEs in deploying and developing
the managerial competencies in order to lead the international operations. The
authors point out in the existing literature the MNEs face challenges regarding
attracting, developing and retaining the talent with a global market. The major
challenge for the EMNEs is their lack of in-house development talent and also
the shortage of internationally experienced leaders in their own country.
2 What is the method – how do the author(s) convince their readers?
The research was conducted mainly in china but the company visits were also
conducted in Turkey, India and Indonesia. There were some selected
companies which permitted the authors to collect data regarding their
operations The authors also explored the relevant existing literature, journal
articles are researches. The collected data is presented by the authors in table
formats based on the exemplar research questions maintaining the authenticity
the data. Hence, both the primary and secondary have been used.
3 Discuss the limitations of the research conducted by the author(s).
The article concludes on suggesting that an extensive discourse between the
HRM and strategic management is required to uplift the understanding of the
implementation of strategy in the MNEs and specifically in the EMNEs. The
article is limited in the knowledge of how the obstacles are overcome relevant
to the people management in the recently grown international operations. In this
area, the conclusion of the article can be challenged as gives insufficient data
on the tactics of overcoming the strategy implementation challenges.

BUSM4554/4555 Assignment 1
Article 2: Is workplace flexibility good policy? Evaluating the efficacy of age
management strategies for older women workers (Total word count: ~300 words)
No. Question
1 Critically discuss the argument(s) presented by the author(s).
The research question of the article is based on the knowledge and enactment
of the policies related to workplace flexibility by the managers of the
organizations. The article aims at delineating what do the managers understand
by flexibility and what are the flexibility related options that they feel suitable.
The article further analyses the perceived benefits and expenses of flexibility for
the older women in the organization. The article basically argues that in
managing the older women workers and elongating their work-span , the
effectiveness of the line managers and their will to innovate are extremely
crucial.
2 What is the method – how do the author(s) convince their readers?
The findings of the article are based on the qualitative data extracted from the
interviews conducted on a sample size of 58 HR mangers. As a constructive
basis of the research, the authors took up three industry sectors of Australia
such as the financial service industry, the higher education sector and the
public sector. The researchers came up knowing new aspects regarding the
policies and the practices in managing older women workers while interviewing
them. Notably, the reliability of the over the telephone interviews is far lesser
than face-to –face interviews.
3 Discuss the limitations of the research conducted by the author(s).
As far as limitations of the study are concerned, it can be said that data is more
oriented to the older women workers and there were no comparisons made
between the older man and older women. Next, only three industries were
chosen and thereby obstructed the possibility to generalize the findings. The
basis of the study is the self-reporting of the HR managers and other
stakeholders. Hence, these are the areas where the study can be challenged.
However, the findings suggest that flexibility is not that effectively implemented
in organizations for age –based management and the firm are summoned to
reconsider this sensitive aspect. It will help to increase the overall innovation