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 INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCING
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Managing a workforce is challenging. It can be difficult to do this when 代写留学生论文the workforce is scattered over several countries with different employment laws and customs. Many international companies transfer employees from one country to another and this involves preparation integration and re-integration issues.
The basis of this Topic is a presentation by Val Lockhart, the HR Manager of Partnership Aberdeen. Val was the local officer for Unison in Aberdeen and ran her own Employment consultancy prior to her current appointment with Partnership
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INTERNATIONAL RESOURCING

AIMS:
• Examine the reasons why international resourcing takes place
• Review the types of policies adopted and types of overseas staff
• Review some research on international attitudes to work
• Consider the cycle for international resourcing
• Examine some of the factors affecting success or failure in the management of expatriates

WHY DOES INTERNATIONAL RESOURCING TAKE PLACE?

IMPACT OF INTERNATIONALISM ON EMPLOYEE RESOURCING

• Global operations – Businesses now operate in their home country, but have overseas operations where these offer cost efficiencies, strategic gains or market opportunities which the domestic market does not offer.

• International competition – As a consequence of global operations, competition is now global. Drives to improve profit margins by operating in a market where employment costs are lower or to bring in specialised knowledge of a particular market may move a company to employ foreign workers

• Managing a workforce across national boundaries – International resourcing seeks to put in place coherent and consistent employment strategies for all the countries in which a business operates

• Communication – communication of employment strategies is clearly important. This extends from the offer of employment, the contract, putting in place guidelines and policies to dealing with dismissals, terminations and redundancies where necessary.

REVIEW OF POLICIES

OPTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS

• Exporting – As has been seen in earlier Topics, exporting is often the most cost efficient means of doing business overseas. The impact on employment terms is usually minimal since it is unusual for an overseas workforce to be recruited and most of the employment needs can be met from either the existing workforce or by recruitment in the domestic market.