International HRM: HR Manager Activities

This report delves into the multifaceted roles and responsibilities of an HR manager within the context of international human resource management. It covers essential activities such as providing training, fostering global collaboration, working with managers, building effective teams, and managing the recruitment process. The report also discusses international staffing policies, including ethnocentric, polycentric, and geocentric approaches, and outlines the key attributes of successful international managers. The document emphasizes the importance of cultural awareness, business knowledge, leadership, and integrity for HR managers operating in a global environment. The report concludes by highlighting the critical role of HR managers in ensuring the success and efficiency of international business operations.

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The international activities of HR manager
The main role of the HR manager is managing the human resource in the most effective way. It
is very essential in the companies those are operating global business. The roles of the HR
manager in the organizational environment are mainly concerned with the employees and the
new candidates of the organization. It means that the HR mangers are mainly related in the
processes like, recruiting, hiring, interviewing, developing and training. These are mainly done
keeping the organizational goals in the back of the mind. The HR managers here play vital roles
in order to maintain the organizational behaviour. Being the international marketing, the HR
managers need to be more effective in the organizational field because the cultural and many
global factors are directly connected with the business. Here the managers need more motivating
capabilities in order to motivate and inspire the employees with the correct process of work. The
employees may face difficult situation while doing their work in the organization. The
motivation and the path of the managers may help the employees to get over the difficult
situations. The roles of the HR managers have different phases. Some of them are mentioned
below (Sparrow, 2013).
Providing training
It is the main and the initial stage of the managerial performance. The HR managers must train
the employee of the organization in an efficient manner so that the employees do not have to face
any complicated situation. The candidates who come to be a part of the company are selected by
the HR managers. It is not the end, the candidates need to be motivated and well trained before
going in to the working field. It can be said that the proper training and the perfect motivation
can take the employees to a different level (Provenzano, 2012). The employees must learn the
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process of work, they must be aware of the situation in the organization in order to be effective
in the organizational environment. They must be aware of the organizational rules and
regulation. In other words they must follow the rules and the right process of work. All of these
must be done under the surveillance of the managers of the company. It means the HR managers
must take all responsibilities in order to train the employees to perform effectively in the
international platform (Spitas, Spitas and Rajabalinejad, 2013).
Development of the global collaboration
The development of the global collaboration is very essential in terms of the HR managers’
responsibilities. It can be said that the HR managers must construct a perfect collaboration
among the companies of different countries in order to run the business effectively and smoothly
in the international field. The exact relation among the managers of the companies must be built
to avoid the conflict. Moreover the decisions that the companies are going to take must be
discussed. The operational, strategic or the tactical decisions must be taken keeping all the
companies in mind. So it is very crucial to build a perfect and an effective relation among the
companies. The competitors who are in the operation in the markets must be taken under the
matters of concerns. It is essential for the companies because the strategies that the companies
will take will be based on the strategies and the planning of the rival companies. After every
single concerns, it is justified that the collaboration among the companies is very essential from
the organizational point of view. The HR manager of a particular company will be relieved to
know that there are more managers of other companies with whom the collaboration can be
made and the work will be easier for them. This where the main advantage of the collaboration
lies (Cao and Zhang, 2011).
Working with the managers
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The mangers of the companies are always willing to expand the field of the business. So it will
be better for the employees if they work with managers. It is the responsibility of the HR
manager to take the employees with them in the field of work. It means that the employees must
work under the surveillance of the managers in order to achieve the organizational goal more
effectively and easily. There are various field sin the business and the fields and the span of the
business increases if the business wants to be internationally connected to the other businesses. I
this scenario there may be less numbers of efficient employee who can manage the international
business field. The employees may find themselves in weird situations where the involvement of
the managers or the HR managers is needed. The HR managers are the one who can take the
employees under the surveillance of the managers of the company. It can be said that the HR
managers are the ones who can help the employees in every single aspect in the business field. It
is not that much easy to work with the managers of the company in the same flow as they do.
The employees must upgrade themselves to match the flow of work with the managers of the
company. It is the responsibilities of the HR managers to make the employees efficient to work
properly with the managers of the company. It is very essential for the managers too if they get
any sorts of help from the employees. In this scenario it is considered that the business is dealing
in the international field (Howard, 2010). So the helps of the employees will always take the
pressure of the managers in a broad way.
Building teams
The main motto of the HR manager is to build a perfect team in the organization. The team must
have the efficient employees who can perform in any sort of situation. It means the HR managers
have to mock the employees before building the team. The employees and the workers must be
trained under the surveillance of the HR manager in order to be more effective in the field of the
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business. It can be said that the HR managers are the one who can provide an essential team to
the organizational structure in order to maintain a perfect work flow. Since it is the matter of
international business then the HR managers and the employees must be very responsive in the
field of work. Before building the team, The HR managers must be aware of the organizational
goals. This is so because the HR managers have the responsibility to give the lessons about the
work process to the employees and the teams must work in order to fulfil the business goals. It
can be said the performances of the team have the ability to hold the key role in the success of
the business. It is justified that the help of the HR managers are very effective in this field as they
are the ones who will giving all sorts of resources to the employees to build a perfect team in the
environment of the organization (Awards for improving the coastal environment, 2007).
The recruitment
The main and the most renowned role of the HR manager is recruiting the candidates in the
company. In this scenario the HR managers are the main persons in the company who has the
abilities to recruit the actual employees in the organization for the desired post. Now this is very
crucial stage as far as the roles of the HR managers are concerned. The HR managers are dealing
in the international business. So it is necessary for the HR managers to recruit the eligible
candidates only. It is so because the employees of the organizations are the ones who will be
responsible for the activities of the organization. In this scenario it is very important for the
employees to act properly in the environment of the company. The outcomes and the goals of the
companies are directly dependent on the performances of the employees. There are many more
companies who are in association with the company and the HR managers must be very selective
in the selection process (Cibinic et al., 2011). It is obvious that all the candidates may not have
the ability to deal in the international business process. So the HR manager must be aware of the
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situation in order to provide the business all sorts of support by recruiting the eligible candidate
inside the environment of the organization.
International staffing policy
This is directly related to the recruitment process. The HR managers recruit the employees
keeping all the international rules and regulations in mind (Advice, rules and regulations for
setting up an internet pharmacy, 2015). The multinational firms’ top executives are classified in
three categories like ethnocentric, polycentric and geocentric. These three management style or
the attitudes of the can be described in the following ways,
 Ethnocentric: This staffing policy is for the parent country where all the positions in the
company are mainly filled by the company of the parent country. This staffing policy
mainly comes in to play in the field of the business where the other countries are not able
to build a perfect management team in the field of the business (Borek, 2011).
 Polycentric: This staffing policy is mainly implemented in order to reduce the risk of
cultural misbalance. It means that this staffing policy is mainly responsible for balancing
the situation in the cultural field (Beckett in the cultural field =, 2013).
 Geocentric: In this staffing policy the best people for the organization are selected. It
means that this staffing policy actually seeks the desired and the best candidates in the
market. This policy says that the best employees must be sent to the open job.
Selecting international managers
There are many managers in the organization who are responsible for the success or the business
run. It can be said that the managers must be converted in to international stages in order to make
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the business field effective. It can be said that the international managers must have the
following strategies in order to be efficient in the working field. The elements are,
 The HR managers must have the minimum sense in the cultural differences. It means that
the managers must have knowledge about the cultures of different countries in order to be
efficient in the international market field.
 Proper business knowledge is required for the managers as it is essential in the
international marketing and business fields. Here the HR managers must gain every
knowledge about the business.
 The managers must have the courage to stand in front of the business in the international
field. It means that the managers must have the ability to lead the company in the
international field. They must be ready to face any kinds of situation in order to take the
business in an advantageous situation.
 It is essential for the HR managers to bring the best out of the employees. This must be
done in order to increase the performance of the employees. This fact is very crucial in
the field of the business.
 The integrity of the HR manager is very crucial in terms of the business and in terms of
the field of the business. The manager must act honestly in the field of business in order
to impress the employees of the organization. This is mainly done to set a proper path for
the employees of the organization.
These are the responsibilities and the role so the HR managers in the field of international
business. The activities of the managers decide the success and the efficiency in the business
field. To maintain the proper flow in the business field it is important for the HR managers to act
perfectly and firmly in the organizational environment.
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