Managing People in Global Markets

Managing People in Global Markets

Monir Tayeb

Major global companies have been the principal agents of globalisation of the market and indeed the world. These companies draw on many resources from managerial talent, to technological know-how, to favourable market conditions. One of their major resources is their workforce. The main objective of this course is to examine how global companies go about managing their multicultural workforce, what complications they may encounter in doing so and how they might deal with these complications. The course also discusses other strategic and managerial issues that have a bearing on global employee management.

Topics covered

• The global market and its major actors.
• Major approaches to managing employees.
• The global context of employee management: national culture.
• National culture and employee management.
• Institutional context of employee management.
• Transferring HRM practices across borders.
• Global human resource management: major strategies and complications.
• Global human resource management: a balancing act.
• Expatriation as a vehicle of global management.
• Managing people in international joint ventures.