Discussion:
As you learned more and more about the complexity of the HRM role, what do you view as the most challenging aspect of HRM in the international context? How do you view the impact of expatriates on your role in HRM?
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CLASSMATE'S POST:
Human resource managers have been facing a lot of challenges on their line of duty, primarily when working across the bounder (Chew, 2014). Culture and communication can be an issue more especially in small business. There are two main challenges human resource managers face when doing in international business, one is aware of international laws and second is cultural diversity.
International laws
Once a business expands into a global business, a lot of laws might change in an organization. Laws like labor laws will turn to fit all the employees who will be from a different background. Every country has its way of treating employees; the laws can never be the same hence the law must be changed to fit all. When the necessity for law changing comes in HRM, their work becomes a challenge because they are forced to do proper research on which laws will work for every employee.
Culture diversity
Working with people who come from different cultures it can be a big challenge since every culture has their skill when it comes to the workforce (Chew, 2014). Every culture when it comes to business. The work of every culture is very different even in the use of technology; with this, it becomes so hard for the HRM to look for a way to balance every employee and to train those who might be having some weakness to fit others.
Expatriates
Working with expatriates, it is another challenge, because these are people who stay for a while, and later they go back to their country. Training becomes a continuance process making a work of HRM hard (Black, 2015). Expatriates they may want to use their culture in a workplace which might not work in the present country. Working with expatriates also is a challenge you will be required to train them your culture and skills to use in their work.
References:
Black, J. S., & Gregersen, H. B. (2015) The adjustment for expatriates in Pacific Rim assignments. Human relations, 44(5), 497-515.
Chew, J. (2014). Managing MNC expatriates through crises: A Challenge for International Human Resource Management. Research and practice in human resource management, 12(2), 1- 30.