Impact of National Issues on Human Resource Management in International Organizations

How National Issues impact on Human Resource
Practice when managing organization
Internationally

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
Human resource management can be defined as the approach and function performed
within the organization in order to manage the employees in an effective and efficient manner.
This helps the organization in gaining the competitive advantage and also it boosts the economy
of the nation in terms of the employment and growth. Human resource practice involves various
activities such as recruitment and selection along with the on boarding and training programs
which is followed by the performance management and exit interviews (Rana and Sharma,
2019). The two non UK countries chosen for the following essay are the India and China. India
is the South Asian Country which is the most populous democracy in the world. China is the East
Asian country which has the population of more than 1.4 billion. National Issues in India
considered here is the economic issue that includes employment and unemployment rate which
impact on Human Resource HR Practice when managing organization Internationally. National
Issues in China considered here is the social issue that includes high and tough competition
which impact on Human Resource HR Practice when managing organization Internationally.
Therefore, the following discussion is based on the elaborations of such issues in context of the
human resource management.
MAIN BODY
When the companies think of going international so that they can expand their business
operation, at that time they face various national challenges of the country they think of
extending and this will impact their human resource a lot. The issue that they will encounter will
be: Economic issue: When an international firm think of managing their human resource in the
country like India they will face a challenges where they will not get the skilled employees they
want. This will affect the company image and performance as well they will face problem of
effectively managing their human resource. To managed their employee, the company, need to
invest a lot of capital for providing training and coaching. They need to develop the skills among
the employee which will be the major national issue in India as unemployment rate is so high
that organisation cannot get the talented employee for their business (Kianto, Sáenz and
Aramburu, 2017). Social issue: Another challenge that could be faced by international
organisation is the social issue. Country like China is so developed that the competition at their
will be so high. The infrastructure they use are so advanced that company need to fight with the
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