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Your assessment brief: 

6.1 Guidance: 

Assessment 1: Essay

This essay counts for 50% of the overall module mark and has a 2000-word limit. The essay has two questions and focuses on the theoretical aspects of IHRM. The questions you are required to address are: 

• Question 1: What are the different conceptual approaches International Human Resource Management (HRM) takes when examining HRM in an international context. Illustrate your answer with references to conceptual ideas and empirical evidence from the literature. (1,000 words)
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• Question 2: “Globalisation means that eventually HR policy and practice will converge into a single ‘best practice’ everywhere in the world”. Discuss and evaluate this claim. Illustrate your answer with reference to conceptual ideas and empirical evidence from the literature. (1,000 words)

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The first questions will form part first of the essay. To answer the first question, you are required to briefly outline the three approaches to IHRM: cultural, institutional, and global. You must illustrate this with critically analysing the specific theories, by means of outlining the strengths and weaknesses of these approaches to exploring HR policies and practices. This critical examination should be supported by empirical evidence from the literature. 

The second question forms the second part of the essay and is a convergence-divergence debate. In this section, you will evaluate the statement “Globalisation means that eventually HR policy and practice will converge into a single ‘best practice’ everywhere in the world”. This statement should examine two views. The first view should examine and discuss that globalisation, technology, and competition will eventually force similar HR policy towards a single ‘best practice’. You should find a journal article/paper which shows the evidence for this view. The second view should consider the opposing view examining and discussing that cultural, institutional, and other national differences mean there will always remain a divergence between difference countries and companies in how they do HR. Again, this will be evidenced with a journal article/paper.

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Marking Criteria for the Essay

Assessment 2: Report 
 
This report counts for 50% of the final module mark/grade and has a 2500-word limit

Task 

You hare tasked with writing a report to the Board of Directors of the Macdonald Hotels and Resort Group Ltd. The details of the case are presented in the ‘Macdonald Hotels and Resort case study’ document on Moodle. Macdonald Hotels and Resorts is a British hotel and resort chain that plans to internationalise beyond Spain by acquiring a small hotel chain in a country of your choice. The board of directors have commissioned you, as a HR consultant, to give then advice and recommendations of their questions: 

1. What should their long-term strategic approach (internationalisation strategy) be for resourcing their management team within the new acquired hotels? What are the advantages and disadvantages of this approach?
2. What differences in HR policy and practice should the board consider when expanding their business to the country of expansion (Consider TWO of the HR functions such as performance management/appraisal, employee relations/trade unions, pay & reward, recruitment & selection which may be different in the chosen country than Britain).  
3. What are the wider socio-political and cultural circumstances which the board should consider? (This is an open question where you can discuss things that interest you. You may talk about cultural differences, regulatory differences; you may wish to talk about global mobility issues and how this may impact on the free movement of people/managers; or sustainable HRM, its implications and how this may have an impact on employees, their work, and their interactions with each other).
     
   The report should focus on the practical HRM aspects of Macdonald Hotel’s plans to acquire a small hotel chain in another country. You will draw, critically and analytically, on evidence (empirical studies) that reflect the kinds of issues companies might face in this situation (from cultural, institutional, regulatory perspectives). You should make practical recommendations which will provide the Board of Directors with a sound basis for decisions and action.

You are required to read the detailed case brief document on Moodle under the Assessment Information section.

Use of AI: AI technologies can be valuable tools to enhance your academic skills, such as refining your English language use, summarising complex materials such as journal articles, supporting critical thinking, and deepening your conceptual understanding. These resources should be used responsibly as part of your learning journey. It is important to uphold academic integrity by ensuring that all submitted work is your own original effort therefore, AI tools must not be used to generate assignments or any content that you submit for assessment. Adhering to these principles helps maintain fairness and the value of your qualification. Please view the AI guidance here.

Marking criteria for the report

6.2 Formative assessments:

You will be supported towards the summative assessments through weekly tutorials that includes case discussions as well as a poster presentation. 

Poster Presentation:

• Time Limit: Each student/group will have 10 minutes to present their poster and 5 minutes feedback/Q&A
  Presentation Date: Presentations will take place during tutorials on Tuesday, 10 March 2026.
• Weighting: This is a formative assessment (0%). It will not contribute to your final grade but is intended to provide constructive feedback to support your learning and preparation for Report.
• Format: Posters should be produced and printed at A1 or A0 size and presented in exhibition style. 

To help prepare for your final report, you will be asked to prepare a Poster. Your teaching team and peers will act as the Board of Directors of the MacDonalds Hotels & Resorts Group. The full briefing of the case study is available on the Moodle site.  

This formative assessment has three purposes:  

1. An opportunity to simulate a consultancy presentation to a company, developing skills in verbal and visual communication. 
2. Develops knowledge of producing a poster (using PowerPoint).  
3. Provides an opportunity for your peers and the tutor to offer you feedback and suggestions which you can consider for your final report. 

This is not an academic presentation, so descriptive listings of academic theories are not required. Your task is to show how you can put academic theories to use to explore the issues and come up with good, well-researched options and recommendations based on the evidence. Please also remember, although MacDonald’s plans to internationalise may raise issues and concerns, it is not a ‘problem’ (otherwise they would not bother expanding!) Try to think about what a Board of Directors would expect in this kind of context from a team of consultants and frame the case study as a positive opportunity. While this is a simulation, as a group of HR consultants you would always hope that your presentations would impress a Board sufficiently so that they may contract you again in the future.   

6.3 Feedback for summative coursework:

Written feedback will be provided for each assessment. There will be in-text comments as well, and this in-text commentary will provide specific feedback relative to the assessment content.

6.4 Marking rubric:

The first assessment (Essay) will be graded using the following rubric.