Strategic Human Resource Management in Europe.ppt

Strategic Human Resource Management in Europe Catherine Voynnet Fourboul Introduction objectives to understand what means International Human Resource Management, the specificity of Europe to introduce progressively the managerial context (FDI, transnational, integration, organisation structure, HQ orientation) of Industrial Relations Contents IHRM definition FDI Transnationalisation European specificity (structure, corporate governance, HQs orientation) European Human Resource Management IHRM definition International Human Resource Management Towards a definition of International Human Resource Management Fields and types of Comparative Management Research 3 paradigms of Management FDI Transnationalisation Global interdependenceFOMBRUN WALLY, globalizing management, 1992 Some of the world’s top MNCs The environment of MNCs Transnational Integration : definition Increasing integration result in increased intrafirm exchanges of : people technology raw materials components finish goods Types of international strategies Source?: Michael E. Porter, Competition in Global Industries, Harvard Business School Press, BOSTON?, 1986 Transnational Integration : definition Increasing integration result in increased intrafirm exchanges of : people technology raw materials components finish goods Transnational Integration : definition Internationalization and integration are different Transnational integration entails exploiting assets internationally through internalization within the firm, through administrative hierarchies rather than external markets Degree of transnational integration Flows of : parts, components and finished goods funds, skills and other scarce resources intelligence, ideas and knowledge people across borders Degree of transnational integration Operationalisation of a concept assumption : the greater the degree of intrafirm trade, the greater the degree of integration intrafirm flows of products correlate with flows of resources and information I