Strategies and Challenges in International HR Management

Strategic Human Resource
Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Strategies and approaches a newly internationalising organization can take to prepare and train
groups of employees to work for it in overseas locations on projects lasting a year or more.....3
Challenges employees often face when working abroad and how management and HR
practices can assist them in coping with the difficulties..............................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Strategic human resources management is HR management that coordinates with overall
business objectives and strategies in order to realise organisational objectives. Strategic HRM is
very similar to HRM and HR training is also a crucial aspect of strategic human resource
management. For a company that is newly internationalised HR and training are very important.
This essay will discuss strategies and approaches a newly internationalising organization can
take to prepare and train groups of employees to work for it in overseas locations. Along with
this, it will also discuss about challenges employees often face when working abroad and how
management and HR practices can assist them in coping with the difficulties.
MAIN BODY
Strategies and approaches a newly internationalising organization can take to prepare and train
groups of employees to work for it in overseas locations on projects lasting a year or more
Employees are very important element for a successful organisation and this is why it is
very important that employees are competent and capable to contribute in organisational
objectives. Internationalisation is a big step that organisation takes and this is why it is important
that employees are capable to participate in successful internationalisation (Buckley, 2016). In
order to make them capable and specially when related to working oversees projects that last a
year and more. Strategies that newly internationalising companies can take to prepare and train
groups of employees for oversees project are as follows-
Pre-departure training- This is a strategy in which employees are given training before their
arrival on international assignment and this is aimed at preparing employees for international
assignments. In successful performance of employees in their Overseas project it is very
important that they are prepared in advance for the upcoming challenges they will face in the
international project. Pre departure training has an important contribution in building
competency of employees for overseas assignments. Important elements ofpre departure training
includes cultural awareness program. Cultural awareness program involves giving knowledge to
employees about the local culture of the country in which they will be working for their
International assignment. Language skills this is also important element of predeparture training