Domestic HRM vs International HRM

2. variables that moderates differences between
domestic and international HRM
•Host-country cultural environment
•Type of the industry
•Reliance of the MNC on its home-country
market
•Attitudes of the senior management

3. Factors influencing the global work environment

4. Forces for change
 Global competition
 Growth in mergers, acquisitions and alliances
 Organization restructuring
 Advances in technology and telecommunication
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5. Impacts on multinational
management
 Need for flexibility
 Local responsiveness
 Knowledge sharing
 Transfer of competence
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6. Managerial responses
 Developing a global ‘mindset’
 Control mechanisms
 Horizontal communication
 Using cross-border and virtual teams
 International assignments
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