Learning outcomes of the curricular unit (knowledge, skills and competences to be developed by the students)
1. Reflect on the importance of HRM in organizations
2. Understand strategic human resources management in an international context
3. Understand how globalization influences different IWRM practices
4. Characterize the internationalization processes of organizations
5. Develop international training and development programs
6. Learn to manage diversity in an international context
Syllabus
1. Importance of HRM in an organizational context
2. Strategic human resources management
3. Organizational culture and global culture
4. HRM practices in an international context
5. Diversity management
6. Expatriation and repatriation process
Demonstration of the syllabus coherence with the curricular unit's learning objectives
To better understand the importance of international human resources management, classes include a theoretical component and a practical component:
Objective 1: syllabus 1
Objective 2: syllabus 2
Objective 3: syllabus 2, 3 and 4
Objectives 4: syllabus 2 to 6
Objective 5: syllabus 5
Objective 6: syllabus 2 to 6
Teaching methodologies (including evaluation)
Continuous evaluation:
1. Case studies analyzed in the classroom (25%)
2. Individual work (25%)
3. Preparation of an expatriation and repatriation plan (50% - individual work that replaces attendance)
Final exam:
1. Less than 10 points in the continuous assessment
2. Students who choose not to carry out any assessment throughout the semester
Demonstration of the coherence between the teaching methodologies and the learning outcomes
In order to provide students with the acquisition of knowledge related to international human resources management, the following methods will be used:
- Expository method for presenting concepts
- Demonstrative method through discussion of case studies
- Participatory method through practical exercises and analysis of real cases.
Bibliography (Mandatory resources)
Adler, N., & Aycan, Z. (2018). Cross-cultural interaction: what we know and what we need to know. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, 5, 307-333. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-032117-104528
Gomes, C., Rua, R., & Matias, P. (2017). Gestão internacional de recursos humanos. In M. Lopes, A. Lopes, C. Botelho, P. Palma, H. Marujo, & C. Gomes (Eds.), Gestão de Recursos Humanos: Modelos e Técnicas (pp. 58-89). ISCSP.
Kraimer, M., Bolino, M., & Mead, B. (2016). Themes in expatriate and repatriate research over four decades: What do we know and what do we still need to learn? Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, 3, 83-109. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-041015-062437
Reiche, B., Harzing, A., & Tender, H. (2019). International human resource management. Sage.
