International and Comparative HRM Practices: UK vs France

This report analyzes and compares human resource management (HRM) practices in the United Kingdom and France, focusing on training and development, rewarding systems, and appraisal methods. It highlights the distinct characteristics of the UK's training and development, influenced by its aging population and institutional structures, while contrasting it with France's incremental approach to employee skill development and vocational training. The report examines how companies like Prudential in the UK and BNP Paribas in France utilize HRM practices. It also discusses the differences in appraisal and reward systems, noting the absence of specific appraisal laws in the UK, where bonuses and pay increments are determined by companies, versus the French system, where appraisals consider individual performance and years of experience. The report concludes by referencing key sources and emphasizing the impact of these differences on international HRM.

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Differences on the human resource management practices in TRAINING and
DEVELOPMENT, REWARDING and APPRAISAL between the United Kingdom and
France
Training and development in the United Kingdom
The economy of the UK is advanced with the aging population so their training and development
system has several distinct characteristics. Some institutional structures provide training to the
employees and help the employees in developing higher average wages (Rowland and Hall,
2014). In the last, for decades the policies of the UK in term of training and development have
many provisions which are subject to the radical changes.
Training and development in France
France has a European country that provides training, development, and education to its
employees in the incremental approach within the UK policy. In France, the employers must
provide skill development including the training programmers. There are the apprentice training
centers within the workplace in which vocational training has been incorporated.
Company in UK
Prudential Public Limited Company in the UK uses the HRM practices to provide the orientation
to their employees, give them effective training and also evaluate their performance to improve
the success of the company.
Company in France
BNP Paribas Company in the France uses the HRM practices to engage the workers about
performing their job effectively and HR also provides the cultural environment and also monitors
the performance and also appraises and rewards the employees accordingly.
Rewarding and appraisal in the United Kingdom
There is no law for the appraisal in the UK but it has been done by the employees to motivate the
employees. Appraisal meeting is conducted in the UK where the bonuses and increment in the
pay are decided by the company. For the reward structure, there is the policy in every company

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which is consists of employee remuneration, benefits, and the other compensation. In UK reward
has given with the increment in the base salary.
Rewarding and appraisal in France
In France, the appraisal of the performance of the employee is done as per the individual
performance and as per the system of pay structure in the company. The appraisal has been done
as per the years of experience of the employees (Noe, et al., 2015). The reward to the France
employees has been given related to pay structure and as per their fair treatment in the company.

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References
Noe, R.A., Hollenbeck, J.R., Gerhart, B. and Wright, P.M., 2015. Human resource
management. Gaining a Competitive.
Rowland, C. and Hall, R., 2014. Management learning, performance and reward: theory and
practice revisited. Journal of Management Development.