Strategic performance measurement and management in multinational corporations

Article Abstract:

Strategic international human resource management (SIHRM) has developed from the synthesis of human resource management in the global context and the execution of international business startegies of multinational corporations (MNCs). Performance measurement and management, a major part of SIHRM, is examined in the context of operational linkages between autonomous units of the MNC, the internal operations of these locations, and the connections between the competitive goals of the company with the SIHRM practices involved. Coordination and control, local initiative and global vision, and strategic competition, respectively, are some criteria by which performance measurement and management are carried out in the above dimensions. The experience of Pepsi-Cola International in dealing with such issues is cited as an example.

Analysis, Employee performance appraisals, Performance appraisals

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The cross-cultural puzzle of international human resource management

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International human resource management can be a crucial tool in solving some of the most serious problem faced by multinational corporations (MNCs). Since human resource policies are developed by managers, it is important to understand the cultural biases of such managers. A survey was conducted by The European Institute of Business Administration, in which managers from various cultures were asked what they felt took to be promoted. For Americans, the key was to be ambitious and to have drive to succeed; whereas for the French the issue was to be regarded as having a great deal of potential. Americans appear to have an instrumentalist view of the corporate structure, whereas the French are more political. Other cultural business attitudes are identified, in an effort to develop an international corporate culture.

Management, Surveys, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Executives

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Epilogue: international human resource management: new directions, perpetual issues, and missing themes

Article Abstract:

The emerging trends that will influence human resource management are information technology and the social, political, economic and socio-cultural changes in the environment in which international firms operate. These will call for more innovative models of management and further empirical study. The perpetual issues are the recruitment of managers and the identification of leaders for the multinational corporation.

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