BSC (Hons) Business Management: International HRM Presentation

This presentation analyzes the core HR practices crucial for success in international business, using Amazon as a case study. It identifies and explores three key practices: international recruitment and selection, effective communication management, and continuous professional development and deliberate career planning. The presentation delves into the pros and cons of each practice, providing a balanced perspective. Furthermore, it examines the key issues that arise in international human resource management, such as legal, technological, and political factors, highlighting the complexities of operating globally. The presentation concludes by emphasizing the importance of adapting HR strategies to the international context for optimal performance and success.

BSC (Hons) Business
Management (Top-up)
BMP6003 International HRM

Assessment 2: Individual Presentation
Three most important HR practices
for an international business
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TABLE OF CONTENT
• Introduction
• 3 Best HR practices used for international
business
• Synthesis issues of HRM in global context
• Conclusion
• References

INTRODUCTION
International Human Resource Management is defined as process or term used
for managing human resources functions, operations & activities at global level
(Reiche, 2018). IHRM is mainly concerned with carrying out the organizational
& HR activities globally. Amazon, a multinational corporation & e commerce
and headquartered in US. It is being considered as top technology based &
retailing company which deals in online products and services through large
number of retailers. It is located globally with number of warehouse and offices
worldwide. Company deals in ample number of products and services such as
online booking of air tickets, food services, products like consumer electronics,
apparels etc. This presentation focuses on best HR practices and synthesis key
issues in global context.

Important HR practices for an
international business
Hiring and recruitment at international level
Recruitment and selecting candidates at international level is being
considered as important which is used as practice by enterprises. Through
recruiting candidates at international level, it become competitive advantage
for firm to compete within a market. In current scenario of international
business organization, recruitment of talented & expatriate candidates is
important because of increase in demand of talented employees in market.
Under this, international organizations uses different practices which are
polycentric staffing, region centric, geocentric staffing and many more. This
assists organization in employing talented workforce to current needs of
international level (Machado, 2020).

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Pros
 This practice is helpful to the organization in achieving the
goals and objectives because it helps in employing talented
employees in firm which are recruited according to need and
requirement of organization (Andersson, 2019).
 Another pro of this practice is that it help in searching of new
talent at global scale.

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Cons
 Hiring candidates at international level increases cost of production
within enterprise. This affects the overall organizational structure of
firm. (Machado, 2020)
 This practice at international level include lots of time which can
impact negatively on organization performance. This is because
firm has delay in process can leads to increase in fixed cost of
organization due to different stages of recruitment process .

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Management of communication
Management of communication is also an important HR
practices which is required at international business. This is
because international businesses are performing their
transaction from country to country basis. This require
effective communication between employees within firm
so that they can perform effectively by reducing the
communication error level (Gannon, 2019). To carry out
communication Amazon use video conferencing, e-mails
and many more tools which are helpful in managing
communication at international level.

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Pros
 This practice aid a company in enhancing overall communication among staff
members among different countries, which also increases the chances of
attaining a common goal like enhancing sales by 5% at international market in
much effective and efficient manner (Gannon, 2019).
 Further, ability to communicate effectively plays a large role in resolving
conflicts and preventing potential ones from arising. With use of appropriate
communication methods, understanding each point view become more effective.
The key is to remain calm, make sure all parties are heard and find a solution
that is ideal for everyone involved. For example- if in a team, to complete a
project communication is needed at all aspects so that goals are achieved
effectively within a period of time.

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Cons
 Due to the systematic structure, it is said that this system adopted by
Amazon can get slow. This can be considered as a negative aspect
of this particular practice (Jack, 2019).
 It is also important in organization to manage effective listening this
is because communication is incomplete without good listener in
organization. So it is important to develop listening skills in
organization before implementation of this practice.

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Continuous development and deliberate career
planning
In today's environment, the most important thing for employee
within an organization is to deliberately plan for its career and
use the continuous development in ability to perform on
different job. In relation of international business, it is being
considered as most effective practice for HR manager to
perform the continuous development process within the firm and
help the employees in career planning (Farndale, 2017).
Amazon focus on this through carry out CPD which is
continuous professional development training activities.

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Pros
 It can be said that the major benefit of this particular practice is
that, it will be delivering ample number of opportunities to staff
members as they will continuously develop their existing skills
and attributes (Acharya Bangalore, 2019).
 Skilled staff in organization can perform more effectively in
complex situation which make this practice effective (Machado,
2020).