Global Perspectives in HR

Catalog description

This course is an advanced introduction to the major theories and issues currently addressed in the study, use and development of human resources in multinational organizations. The course will focus on the theoretical and practical implications of the increasingly intertwined concerns of organizations to be better, more efficient, while dealing with continuing and growing demands for speed and profitability; while concurrently dealing with a rapidly changing multinational and multicultural workforce. Additionally, the course will delve into the need to localize top quality managers while simultaneously recognizing that local firms need to be enhancing their global leadership competencies. Given the speed with which the global workplace is changing, primarily due to technology and expanded international contacts, employers and employees alike need to recognize the value and need for continuous training and updating workplace skills. Upon completion of this course, it is expected that students will have mastered the concepts for continued expansion of workplace skills. These skills will include but not be limited to such areas as; human resource planning, recruiting and selection, compensation and benefits, incentives, recruitment and selection, cultural awareness and many of the legal aspects of dealing with different nationalities, different laws, standards and expectations.