Project Management and International HRM: Abbott Risk Consulting Study

This report presents a comprehensive project analyzing international Human Resource Management (HRM) practices at Abbott Risk Consulting, an engineering firm. The study aims to identify ways multinational companies can improve recruitment, selection, and training to meet international standards. The report includes a project management plan detailing cost, scope, time, quality, communication, risk, and resources. A work breakdown structure and Gantt chart are used to visualize the project's organization and timeline. Data analysis, based on a questionnaire distributed to employees, reveals insights into current recruitment sources, training methods, and the effectiveness of existing HRM practices. The findings highlight areas for improvement, such as enhancing recruitment strategies and implementing more comprehensive training programs to meet international standards. Recommendations are provided to optimize HRM functions and improve employee performance. The research underscores the value of aligning HRM practices with international standards to enhance the company's global competitiveness.

MANAGING A SUCCESSFUL
BUSINESS PROJECT

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
LO 1.................................................................................................................................................1
P1 Aim and objectives.................................................................................................................1
Background ............................................................................................................................1
P2 Project management plan........................................................................................................2
P3 Work Breakdown structure and Gantt chart...........................................................................4
LO 2.................................................................................................................................................5
P4 Research in small scale entity by using methods for meeting aims and objectives...............5
LO 3...............................................................................................................................................10
P5 Data Analyses.......................................................................................................................10
P6 proceedings and recommendations from the above data......................................................19
LO 4...............................................................................................................................................20
P7 Value of undertaking the research........................................................................................20
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................21
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................22
APPENDIX 1.................................................................................................................................23
Questionnaire.............................................................................................................................23
APPENDIX 2.................................................................................................................................24
Log book....................................................................................................................................24
Performance Review.................................................................................................................27

INTRODUCTION
Abbott Risk Consulting it is engineering firm that has employed 69 employees. Its
headquarter is in Edinburgh. Study will frame aim and objective related to international HRM. It
will prepare questionnaire and will analyses data.
LO 1
P1 Aim and objectives
Background
Abbott Risk Consulting is a engineering various types of products in UK. HRM functions
of Abbott Risk Consulting include recruitment, selection, performance appraisal etc. Recruitment
in Abbott Risk Consulting is done every time whenever an employee leaves the organization.
Recruitment is the process of hiring the best candidates for the organization from outside or
within an organization, it reduces time and cost. Selection is the procedure when candidates are
selected for further test. Candidates go through various screening, interview, some tests and the
candidate who clear all is selected for the job and firm gives the offer letter. The senior staff of
Abbott Risk Consulting does the selection of employees on the basis of their qualification, and
their skills. Only educational qualification cannot give a job in Abbott Risk Consulting, there is
need to be good in other skills also like communication, hard working, disciplined etc. Training
is given to the employee so that individual can perform effectively and efficiently (Cascio,
2015).. On the job training includes working with the employees in the same environment in
which they are going to work in future with other employees. It include coaching, job rotation,
internship etc. Off the job training is given by mentors or other professional who are expert in
giving training. Off the job training view lectures, case study method etc. It is given to
employees when they are either new or it is given to employees when new technology is
introduced in the company (Al Ariss and Sidani, 2016).
In order to operate business successfully in international marketplace companies are
required to meet international standards. These standards play significant role in retaining talent
and motivating them so that company can manage its workers well. It supports in effective
utilisation of resources by hiring right person on the right job.
Aim:
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“To identify ways through which multinational companies improve the recruitment, selection
and training of their employees to meet International requirements: A study on Abbott Risk
Consulting”
Objective:
 To understand conceptual framework of international human resource management
(IHRM) for raising lifelong learning opportunity for employees
 To integrate coaching in employment to enhance efficiency of HR functions in order to
meet international HRM standards.
 To implement On the job training and organise development programs to raise efficiency
of employees to meet international HRM standards.
 To apply practices to minimise discrimination at workplace to raise moral of workers for
raising their abilities
Research Question:
 What is the meaning of international human resource management (IHRM) in order to
raise lifelong learning opportunity for employees?
 How coaching in employment can enhance efficiency of HR functions in order to meet
international HRM standards?
 How On the job training and organise development programs can help to raise efficiency
of employees to meet international HRM standards?
 What are the ways to minimise discrimination at workplace to raise moral of workers for
raising their abilities?
P2 Project management plan
Project is all about particular activity which is done to fulfil particular objective. Project
management plan is a written document which covers different phases of a business cycle. It
includes various things which need to be kept in mind while doing the business. Proper planning
helps the business in successful goal achievement and doing work according to the objectives of
the company. Planning includes successfully carrying out various operations like plan initiation,
execution of plan, monitoring it and execution. The responsibility of the manager to assign all
the work to the employees for timely completion of task (Brewster, Mayrhofer and Farndale,
2018). It is very important because it ensure proper planning and execution of project in
systematic manner so that overall goal can be accomplished.
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Cost: cost is the most important aspect which should be kept in the mind of researcher while
doing the research. Various cost which the researcher will incur are cost incurred on getting the
data from various sources, travelling cost which the researcher has to bear as he has to go from
one place to another in search of data, printing of various questionnaire, cost incurred on
recording the data etc. Researcher should have proper note of all the expenses. A person should
be sponsored to carry out a research. To conduct study on improvement in recruitment, selection
and training practices scholar will need to invest amount.
Library permission 25 Pound
Cost of research 40 Pound
Training and development cost 15 Pound
Total 80 Pound
Scope: It describes the future of project; it has wide scope. Conducting study on improving HRM
practices will help companies to meet international HRM requirement. By these way firms will
be able to run business in global market effectively. Furthermore, this study will give benefit to
other scholar in conducting investigation on the same topic in the future.
Time: It reflects the duration of completion of particular project. This is the main objective of a
researcher to complete the report on time. This aspect is the most important as sometimes time
decides whether the project will be successful or not. Time is spent in various fields like getting
the data from various sources, time to record the transaction, time taken by printing press etc.
The entire study will be completed in 10weeks.
Quality: It can be defined as standard that may help in getting desired and viable results. Quality
is also important to check before taking the data from any research. Quality in research means
that the data is taken from which sources and how much trustable are these sources and the
chances of plagiarism should be minimum. Quality also depend on the researcher and his interest
in research. Researcher will involve reliable and authentic data into study to get correct results.
Communication: Communication can be defined as interaction between researcher and
respondents to get the correct data. The person who is giving the data should be trustable and he
should be contacted again and again in case of problem. Research should be correct and it should
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be able to communicate the point of view of researcher.. Communication can be done by email,
telephone etc.
Risk: This is the hazard that might occur in project and can spoil the interest of entire study.
There are various risk associated with a research. Risk should be minimised by the researcher so
that the project is successful. Various steps should be taken to minimise risk. Various risk in
research are risk of respondent not answering the questions, risk related with funding, risk related
to false information etc. (Stone and Deadrick, 2015).
Resources: In order to carry out this research scholar will need several resources such as human
resource, technical resource, financial resource, time resource etc.
P3 Work Breakdown structure and Gantt chart
Work breakdown structure is a graphical representation of a project or research
divided into different individual task. It divides the entire project into small sections. Scholar
carry out all these activities so that project can be completed within stipulated period of time.
Gantt chart is a type of bar chart of a project. It shows the start date of the project and
completion date of the project. This chart is useful in planning and defining the ways in which
the work should be done. It also shows the dependency relationship between activities and
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current schedule. It was invented by Henry Gantt. It is very useful in research projects and helps
researcher in properly demonstrating his research.
Activities Week
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Selection of
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Aim and
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Literature
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Questionnair
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Data analyses
Conclusion
Edition and
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LO 2
P4 Research in small scale entity by using methods for meeting aims and objectives
Research methodology refers to gathering of the systematic data and collecting of
information for taking decision. Methodology refer to study in the particular field by observing,
investigating, interpretation of facts, discovering the problems and its solution termed as research
methodology(Kumar, R., 2019). Primary research can be defined as tool or process in which first
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hand is collected by scholar. Questionnaire, survey, observation are some technique to conduct
primary research. As in the current project scholar has to determine improvement in recruitment,
training and selection methods to meet international requirement. This project will help
companies in sustaining in international market successfully. This is valuable project which may
help firms in gaining more advantage in global market.
Quantitative research is the method in which facts, figures and statistical calculations are
used to reach to end results. It enhances authenticity of any study. questionnaire is used for the
present study in which is tool in which scholar ask some questions from respondents. Samples
are selected on random bases. This has supported in minimising biasness. Scholar has added
percentage of respondents (In their views) to draw graphs.
Qualitative method is the type of research in which researcher uses theories and models to
conduct any study. It is very important as it minimising complexity as no calculation is thee
hence it makes easy for researcher to understand the concept and get results. Interview is the
method in whcih scholar conduct interview with participants.
In the current study scholar has used questionnaire to get dat on reseach topic.
Some of the technique used in the research methodology are:
RESEARCH PHILOSOPHY: it refer the way in which the data is being collected by the
researchers and further how the data is being analysed and taken in use. The research philosophy
is of four types that are pragmatism, positivism, realism and interpretivism. In the present study
the researcher has used interpretivism in Abbott Risk Consulting because it benefits the company
to study the data in natural like interview or observation which tends to give true and honest
information.
RESEARCH APPROACH: it refers to procedure in which the data is to be studies in detailed
by the the researcher. Research approach is of two types that are deductive and inductive. In the
present study the researcher has used inductive method which benefits the researcher as it gives
flexibility and the researcher has not to follow the information which was previously determined
and is able to get correct conclusion(Fletcher, 2017).
RESEARCH DESIGN: It refers to the set of methods and procedures which helps in collecting
of data to analyse the problem. These are of two types that are descriptive and correlational. The
present study done by researcher of the Abbott Risk Consulting company is based on descriptive
because it helps to the analyse situation when researcher tries to solve the current problem by
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the collection of the information which enable the researcher to identify, analyse the situation
with help of survey.
DATA COLLECTION: It refers to collection of the data which emphasis to have accurate
information for the outcome. Data collection can be done in two types that is primary data
collection and another is through secondary data collection. In the present study of the Abbott
Risk Consulting company the researcher collected the information from both the sources as
primary data gives the true and fair information and secondary data helps to analyse the present
data with previous information that is available with the researcher(Gabriel, 2015).
SAMPLING: In sampling technique the characteristics of the large population are pre-
determined with the help of number of observations. Some of the sampling methods are random
sampling, systematic sampling, cluster sampling, etc. In the present study the researcher has used
the random sampling method which benefits to not become bias, it creates the balance between
subset who represents the potentiality in whole group(Pruzan, 2016).
DATA ANALYSIS: it refer to analyse the data by evaluating the data using as tool to discover
the useful information, inspecting , transform and modelling data which helps to get the
conclusion and support in the decision making process. Data analysis is of two types diagnostic
and thematic. In the present report the researcher has used the thematic approach in which
qualitative analysis is done it pinpoints, records, and discovers the patterns within the collected
data. The present study based on the Abbott Risk Consulting company in which the researcher
get the flexibility in the conducting the relation between the data as it helps to identify the
implicit and the explicit ideas that are present in the data.
ETHICAL CONSIDERATION
It is considered as most essential element that is helpful in minimizing issues in research
project or dissertation(Basias and Pollalis, 2018). Scholar has to ensure following all ethics so
that no complications get arise. In the current investigation researcher has ensured taken
permission from all the answers without forcing them to answer of asked questions. In the
current study investigator has sent ethic approval form to all respondents and they have filled it
and replied that they are ready to become part of this study. In addition, researcher has used data
from all unauthorized sides. None of unauthorized site has been used in the current study.
Furthermore, scholar has ensured rephrasing all the information of other authors carefully. It was
closely ensured that no plagiarism would be there otherwise it may cause problem in the future.
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Researcher have given respect to all respondents, all the people were treated equally and no one
has been discriminated at any certain point of time during investigation(Fox and Alldred, 2015).
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Questionnaire
Name
Age
Gender
Do you think recruitment, selection, training practices of Abbott Risk Consulting are effective
enough to meet international requirement?
 Yes
 No
What recruitment source currently used by Abbott Risk Consulting?
 Website
 Recruitment agencies
 Newspaper advertisements
 Other
Do you agree that external recruitment sources can give better results?
 Strongly agree
 Agree
 Disagree
 Strongly disagree
What training method currently apply in Abbott Risk Consulting?
 On the job training
 Internship training programs
 Off the job training
Off the job and on the job training methods are effective or not?
 Yes
 No
 Not sure
What is the best way of selecting a candidate?
 Intelligence test
 Aptitude test
 Personality test
 Interview
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Do you think that coaching provided to employees will help them to meet the requirement of
multinational company?
 To some extent
 To major extent
 none
Do you think continuation of life long learning and education will be helpful for healthy ageing of
employee?
 Yes
 No
 don't know
Do you agree combination of interview and intelligence test may help organisation in meeting
international standards?
 Strongly agree
 Agree
 Disagree
 Strongly disagree
What is the effectiveness of international HRM practices?
 Cost effective
 Better evaluation of skill of candidate
 Develop relationship
 Time saving
LO 3
P5 Data Analyses
Data analyses is the technique to evaluate data to reach to end result. In the present study
scholar has taken support of qualitative method. 15 sample has been selected for the same and
questionnaire technique is used to collect data.
Theme 1: recruitment, Frequency %
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selection, training practices of
Abbott Risk Consulting are
effective enough to meet
international requirement
Yes 5 66.66%
No 10 33.33%
Total 15 100%
Interpretation: It is found that 66% respondents have view towards no that recruitment practices
of Abbott Risk Consulting are not effective. Whereas 5 have replied that these are effective.
Hence it can be interpreted that company has to work on improving its recruitment selection and
training practices in order to meet international standards. If there is adequate recruitment
practices then company can gain attention of new candidates and all these people can help the
firm in sustaining in international market effectively.
Theme 2: Recruitment source currently used by
Abbott Risk Consulting.
Frequency
Website 4
Recruitment Agencies 5
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Newspaper advertisement 3
other 3
Total 15
Interpretation: From the above table it can be said that 4 people found about the vacancy from
the website of the company. 5 people found out about the vacancy by the recruitment agencies. 3
answerer found out about vacancy from the newspaper advertisements and the remaining 3
answerer found from other sources. Hence the agencies were the main source of recruitment in
the company. Agencies are contacted by the company when they are in need of candidates to fill
their vacant position and these company knows the candidate who are in need of jobs and they
are informed about the vacancy in the company.
Theme 3: Firm has to take support of external
recruitment sources to meet the international
HRM standards.
Frequency
Strongly agree 4
Agree 4
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Disagree 4
Strongly Disagree 3
Total 15
Interpretation: From the above table it can be said that 4 answerer strongly agree that the firm
has to take support from external recruitment sources to meet the international HRM standards. 4
answerer agree and 4 answerer disagree that firm has to take support of external recruitment
sources to meet the standards. 3 answerer strongly disagree that no support is taken by firm for
external recruitment to meet the international standard. External sources are professional trainers
who are experienced and know the standards which are required in international market for an
employee to survive. They can be beneficial for a candidate because they can learn various skills
from them which will be beneficial for them in future.
Theme 4: training method currently applied in
Abbott Risk Consulting.
Frequency
On the job training 6
Internship training programs 5
Off the job training 4
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Total 15
Interpretation: From the above table it can said that 40% said that training program used in
Abbott Risk Consulting is On the job. While 33% participants said that Internship training
programs are used in Abbott Risk Consulting. And the remaining 4 said that Off the job training
is done in Abbott Risk Consulting. On the job training includes various training program like
coaching, mentoring, job rotation etc. They are taught in the company by the senior employees.
Off the job training includes lectures, case studies etc. They both are beneficial in for employee
in different ways.
Theme 5: On and Off training programs must
be implemented by Abbott Risk Consulting to
improve its performance in international market.
Frequency
Yes 10
No 5
Not sure 0
Total 15
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Interpretation: from the above table it can be said that 10 answerer agreed that 'Yes' On and Off
job training must be implemented by Abbott Risk Consulting to improve its performance in
international market. Only 5 answerer said 'NO' that On and Off training programs are not
required to implement to increase performance in international market. Hence it can be
concluded that the company need On and Off training programs to improve its performance in
international market. Training is always good for employee as he always learn something from it
and it always increases his skills and capabilities to do a work.
Theme 6: The best way of selecting a candidate. Frequency
Intelligence Test 4
Aptitude Test 3
Personality Test 3
Interview 5
Total 15
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Interpretation: From the above table it is said that 4 answerer agreed that the best way of
selecting a candidate is intelligence test. 3 answerer agreed that the best way is Aptitude test and
3 said that the best way of selecting is Personality test. 5 answerer said that the interview is the
best way to select a candidate for the job. Different people have different views related to
selecting a candidate. Some people think that tests are best way to evaluate the persons abilities
and some thinks that the best way is to take personal interview so that his opinion on different
matters can be known. Interview can be of different types like group interview, personal
interview, telephonic interview etc. Different organisation have different ways to take the
interview. Interview is generally taken by a senior employee or some external recruiters.
Theme 7: Combination of interview and
intelligence test may help organisation in
meeting international standards.
Frequency
Strongly Agree 7
Agree 3
Disagree 3
Strongly Disagree 2
Total 15
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Interpretation: From the above table it can be said that 7 answerer strongly agree that interview
and test may help organisation in meeting international standard. 3 answerer agree and 3
answerer disagree that interview and intelligence test may help organization in meeting
international standard. Only 2 answerer strongly disagree that this combination is not needed in
organization to meet international standard. Any candidate needs both intelligence and
communication skills to work in a company. So interview and test are both needed to select the
best candidate for the job.
Theme 8: Effectiveness of International HRM
practices
Frequency
Cost effective 2
Better evaluation of skill of candidate 7
Develop relationship 2
Time saving 4
Total 15
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Interpretation: From the above table it can be concluded that 7 answerer said that interview better
evaluates the skill of a candidate in running business in international market. 2 answerer thinks
that interview is a cost effective way and 2 answerer believes that it develops relationship of a
interviewer and company. 4 answerer said that interview saves time of the company while the
business is running in international market. The best way to know the capabilities and skills of a
candidate is to take his interview.
Theme9: HR practices and their impact on business
HRM practice Description
On the job training It is very important as it raises practical
knowledge of candidates and they makes less
mistakes hence it gives them more opportunities
to grow well.
Lifelong learning By conducting effective HRM practices entity
can enhance worker’s commitment and they may
help the firm in very situation. Which will be
better for them in lifelong learning and gaining
more promotional opportunities. Hence it makes
them loyal which is beneficial for business.
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Coaching Organising development programs improves
skills of individuals and they always work as per
industry standards in international market.
No discrimination Effective laws have been made by government
and all these legislation protect people from
discrimination which help the firm in
maintaining equality at workplace and meeting
international standards.
Interpretation: From the above data it can be interpreted that it is essential for firm to minimise
discrimination at workplace and gives training to workers. On the job training is beneficial in
minimising mistakes of workers and giving them lifelong learning opportunities as well.
Coaching enhance their capabilities and they become more productive for the company.
Theme 10: Coaching is beneficial for employee in MNC.
To some extent 8
To major extent 15
none 7
Interpretation: From the above data it can be interpreted that the employees in the company are
getting major help from the coaching that is provided by the company to meet the requirements
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8
15
7
To some extent
To major extent
none

of multinational company as 15 people agreed with the statement. 8 people said that coaching
helps the employee to some extent and 7 people reacted nothing.
Theme 11: Continuation of Life long Learning is beneficial.
Yes 15
No 10
Don't know 5
Interpretation: from the data it can be interpreted that 15 people agreed that continuation of life
long learning will help employees in their healthy ageing. 10 people disagreed with the statement
and 5 people don't know about it.
P6 proceedings and recommendations from the above data
From the above tables, it can be said that there is need for improvement in the human
resource of Abbott Risk Consulting. There is a need of proper recruitment, selection and training
programs so that the organisation can meet the international standards. There are various sources
of recruitment which can be selected by an organisation. Some of the sources of recruitment used
by the researcher are website, recruitment agencies, newspaper advertisement and other sources.
Most of the people applied through agencies for the job in the company. The firm has to take
support from external recruitment sources to meet the international standards and most answerers
accepted it. Training is given to employees in the organisation and both On the job as well as Off
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Yes No Don't know
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
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Column B

the job training are needed to train the employees. There are various ways of selecting a
candidate like interview, intelligence test, aptitude test and more..
Recommendations
 Abbott Risk Consulting should design its training programs by using on the job and off
the job both training methods. There must be close supervision of seniors so that
individual can get to know about practical work whereas when new joinee enter into firm
then off the job training sessions must be conducted. Abbott Risk Consulting should
manage its workers well and have to take support of interview method. That may help in
selecting most deserving person in organisation.
 Firm should make its supervisors aware with necessity of their coaching and monitoring,
by this way they will guide or coach employees well which will raise their capabilities.
 Firm should ensure organising on the job training programs as per their training needs of
workers, this will make them more valuable for firm.
LO 4
P7 Value of undertaking the research
Researcher has conducted qualitative research and have taken support of primary and
secondary both data collection sources. This has helped in gaining insight detail about
international HRM practices which has helped in meeting the objective successfully.
All the objectives of research are met and all the goals are fulfilled. Various objective of
research include doing the research on time, using proper resources to complete the research.
There should be proper and trustable source from which the data needed in research should be
collected. The data can be collected from various newspapers, library, scholars reports etc. The
information should be verified by the government documents or agencies if it covers any legal
point in the research. While performing the research, I learned various things. I got to know
about the various sources from which the information can be obtained, various scholars who
have already done these research. I have got to know the various types of training and
recruitment process which the company performs to choose a candidate. I also learned how to
complete the work in limited funds. Quality research is very important if one want to do a
successful research. With the help of research I have gained lots of knowledge and information
which helped me to achieve the objective of my research topic. With the help of research I get to
know that training given to employee reduces the risk for company to survive in the market.
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Recruitment of talented and skilled employees will improve the potential of company to compete
with its rival firms.
I learned the importance of time and I got the skill of doing the work on time with
covering all the topics which are needed to complete the research. I also got to know about the
risk which are associated with the research. This research gave me a good experience and
knowledge of the recruitment and selection process of a company and how it is performed in
different multi-national companies. I have developed my communication and technical skill
which will be better for me, as I would be able to use software in future investigations easily
which will give me better results. Good communication will support me in dealing with
respondents effectively hence no trouble will be created in future studies.
CONCLUSION
Above study can be summarised as international HRM plays significant role in
companies ,this supports in conducting business in international market successfully and
managing human resource significantly. Use of correct research methods always help
researcher in reaching on end results and drawing valid conclusion .If selection of research
method is not appropriate then it may give negative results to scholar. Data analyses is
important part of research project which help in evaluating data and finding correct
answers related to subject matter. Companies have to take support of correct international
HRM practices so that these firms can run their operations in global market easily.
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APPENDIX 1
Questionnaire
Name
Age
Gender
Do you think recruitment, selection, training practices of Abbott Risk Consulting are effective
enough to meet international requirement?
 Yes
 No
What recruitment source currently used by Abbott Risk Consulting?
 Website
 Recruitment agencies
 Newspaper advertisements
 Other
Do you agree that external recruitment sources can give better results?
 Strongly agree
 Agree
 Disagree
 Strongly disagree
What training method currently apply in Abbott Risk Consulting?
 On the job training
 Internship training programs
 Off the job training
Off the job and on the job training methods are effective or not?
 Yes
 No
 Not sure
What is the best way of selecting a candidate?
 Intelligence testAptitude test
 Personality test

 Interview
Do you think that coaching provided to employees will help them to meet the requirement of
multinational company?
 To some extent
 To major extent
 none
Do you think continuation of life long learning and education will be helpful for healthy ageing of
employee?
 Yes
 No
 don't know
Do you agree combination of interview and intelligence test may help organisation in meeting
international standards?
 Strongly agree
 Agree
 Disagree
 Strongly disagree
What is the effectiveness of international HRM practices?
 Cost effective
 Better evaluation of skill of candidate
 Develop relationship
 Time saving
APPENDIX 2
Log book
Template for evidence collection to be attached with the report by the learner:
Project Logbook for the chosen organisation:
Name of the learner: Name of the Supervisor:
Project Title: Date:
Update of weekly research/ tasks achieved (Account for a Comments
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minimum of six weeks with dates)
 What have you completed?
 Did you fulfil Task requirements?
 Are you on track and within deadlines set?
 Did you need to make any changes to your project
management plan?
“To identify ways through which multinational companies
improve the recruitment, selection and training of their
employees to meet International requirements: A study on
Abbott Risk Consulting”
Yes
Yes
No
Any risks and / or issues identified?
 Did you identify risks/issues with a lack of skills
required for undertaking research tasks?
 Did you identify any additional risks/issues that have
an impact on the project management plan?
Human resource risk, technical risk
Financial risk can impact on entire plan
Problems encountered
 What barriers did you face?
 How did you overcome them?
Lack of fund
Effcetive managment of fund
New Ideas and change of project direction Close monitoring
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What Have I learnt about myself this week?
 How did I feel when I had to deal with
tasks/problems? Did I find it useful to complete the tasks? How well have I performed? What did I contribute? What can I improve on next week? How might this learning apply in the future?
Good
Yes
it was great, i have sh\cheduled task properly
Working on time managment
I can become good researcher
Tasks planned for next week
 Which tasks are priority? Have you set aside sufficient time for completion?
Scheduling
yes
Project plan status to date (on, ahead, behind)
Supervisor comments to address
Signature of the Supervisor and date:
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Performance Review
11 What was the Project supposed to accomplish?
“To identify ways through which multinational companies improve the recruitment, selection and training
of their employees to meet International requirements: A study on Abbott Risk Consulting”11 Did the project succeed in its aims/ how do you know? Specifically, please outline any evaluation
and assessment undertaken.
Yes11 What things do you think worked well and why
Project initiation and planning was good because it was plannned well11 What problems emerged during the project and how were they tackled? Was there timely
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