Course Description
HRER 422: Global Human Resource Management
Course Description
This course examines the critical roles of Human Resource professionals throughout the strategic globalization process, as well as the cross-cultural issues that affect organizational dynamics and behaviors central to Human Resource processes, such as staffing, training, motivation, negotiation, team-building, and communication.
Outcome
The primary purpose of the course is to survey the three types of topics covered by the field of Global HRM: 1) management of human resources in global corporations; 2) management of expatriate employees; and 3) comparison of HRM practices in a variety of different countries. The course will also consider special topics at the forefront of global HR, such as effects of NAFTA and the European Union, global ethics, and critiques of globalization.