International Business with Human Resource Management Assignment : The Impact of National Factors, Expatriate Selection, and Training Practices

Assignment 1 ( worth 35% ) 

• This individual assessment is worth 35% of the grade for this module.
• In week 3 you submitted a formative (not graded) assessment based on the writing of a briefing note.
• The general feedback that you received should help you to understand the academic requirements relevant to this module and degree.
• The focus of this report is the impact that a range of specific national factors has on the development of HRM policies of international organisations.

Task

You are to produce a 750-word report that considers the impact of national factors such as culture, government policy and legislation on the specific development and application of organizational HR policies and practices.

The structure of the report should be:

• Introduction (where you briefly state the purpose of the report).
• In the main body of the report here, you discuss the range of national contextual and institutional issues that impact upon the development of HRM policies for organisations operating internationally.
• Your discussion will address the linkage between these factors and the specific development and application of particular HR practices.
• Conclusion (where you briefly summarise the key points).
• Bibliography, footnotes, etc (not included in the word count).

Assignment 2 ( worth 65% ) 

• This individual assignment is worth 65% of the grade for this module.
• The focus of this report is your ability to develop specific HR practices for international organizations that will contribute to effective people management.

Task

You are required to write a 750-word report on one of the following:

Prepare advice on the practices that you would adopt to ensure the efficient and systematic selection of expatriate managers. Your advice should cover both issues relating to selection methods and selection criteria. Prepare advice on the training and development practices that you would implement to ensure that international assignments contributed to both the development of individual assignees and also contributed to organizational management development.

The structure of the report should be:

• Introduction (where you briefly state the purpose of the report).
• Discussion of the principal HR practices that you would implement regarding either the selection of expatriate managers or the training and development of international assignees in the main body of the report.
• Conclusion (where you outline the key implications and benefits of your advice).
• Bibliography, footnotes, etc. (not included in the word count).