Guidelines: Part 1 • Part 1: Evidence on the structure and strategy of the specific company as a multinational enterprise. – SIHRM: i.e. Exportive/Adaptive/Close-Open Hybrid; Ethnocentric / Polycentric / Geocentric etc. • Specific company = • specific country of origin/nationality (European or American or Japanese) and not a specific real life organisation 2) A detailed analysis and discussion of the host • Logistics: – One formative assessment – 100% individual written work – Hand in date: 21st May 2010 – Hand in time: no later than 5.00 pm – Hand in place: Assignment Services at Prospect Building – Empirical evidence on the strategy and structure of European or American or Japanese MNEs. – Evidence on country-of-origin systems (this could also be included in part 3 – depends on how students wish to structure their report) Guidance: Proposed structure 1) Evidence on the structure and strategy of the specific company as a multinational enterprise. • Fictitious organisation or real life organisation – See SunSpace • Rationale: – Meet module’s all learning outcomes – Test knowledge and understanding – Skills development necessary for corporate environment – Meet the needs and interests of a range of students PGBM18: International HRM Assessment - Logistics and Rationale - Coursework Task -Specific Guidelines - Marking Framework - Generic Guidelines Logistics an来自百度文库 Rationale – STRUCTURE: i.e. Relationship (co-ordination + control): parent – subsidiary; Centralised / Decentralised / Co-ordinated Federations, Centralised Hub etc. – Attendance / Workshop activities useful – Further guidance: last workshop – session 10 TBC • (report writing, referencing, opportunity to ask any assessment related questions) Guidelines: Part 2 • Part 2: A detailed analysis and discussion of the host nation’s systems (i.e. socio-economic institutional mechanisms and employment/HRM systems). Task An American or European or Japanese multinational enterprise (students might use a fictitious or real organisation) is to open a new subsidiary in a country of your choice (the host country can be either a developed or developing nation). It is the first investment the company has made within this national setting. As the internal Human Resources (HR) consultant of this organisation you have been asked by the senior management team to conduct thorough research and prepare a report that deals with the following issues: - nation’s systems (i.e. socio-economic institutional mechanisms and employment/HRM systems). 3) An evaluation of the feasibility of transferring at least one human resource management practice to the new subsidiary.