About the book

International Human Resource Management is a new edition of this market-leading text. Two new authors, Marion Festing and Allen Engle, make this new edition even more international than its predecessors. Changes include more coverage of small & medium enterprises, new material on managing diversity and cross-cultural workforces, new material on off-shoring, particularly to India or China, and a new chapter on sustaining global growth and linking the international HR function more firmly to companys’ strategic growth plans.


In addition the new edition includes a wealth of case study material and class discussion material. A full instructor’s website is available to adopters.

New to this edition

• Expanded coverage of globalization, strategic IHRM, and the management of expatriates
• Two brand-new authors with extended practical & academic international experience—a real international team
• Coverage of both MNCs and SMEs---SMEs are often overlooked in the IHRM literature
• More coverage of the effects of different cultures on companies & workforces
• A new chapter 10 on managing diversity
• More on outsourcing to different countries, off-shoring to India and China etc
• A new section on the attitudes of senior management
• A new chapter on sustaining global growth, linking the international HR function more firmly to a company''s strategic growth plans

Table of contents

1. Introduction: the enduring context of IHRM
2. The Organizational Context
3. The Context of Cross-border Alliances and SMEs
4. Staffing International Operations for Sustained Global Growth
5. Recruiting and Selecting Staff for International Assignments
6. International Training and Development
7. International Compensation
8. Re-entry and Career Issues
9. IHRM in the Host Country Context
10. International Industrial Relations
11. Performance Management
12. IHRM Trends: Complexity, Challenges and Choices in the Future

Cases
Spanning the Globe
Quality Compliance at the Hawthorn Arms
Jaguar or Bluebird? A
Jaguar or Bluebird? B
Wolfgang's Balancing Act: Rewarding Healthcare Executives in a Dispersed yet Integrated Firm
Strategic Forecasts and Staffing Formulation: Executive and Managerial Planning for Bosch-Kazakhstan
Norge Electronics Case