13. Multinational Manager

International human resource management (IHRM) is a key function in a multinational firm. HRM concerns how a firm organizes its activities to use the people in the organization most effectively. HRM in multinational firms is becoming an increasingly taxing task as more and more individuals in the multinational firm work outside their home country. International placements of staff complicate HRM functions such as recruitment, selection, and training, which become challenging to harmonize across the countries in which a firm operates.

Essentially, international HRM involves many of the same functions – recruitment, selection, training, performance appraisal, and compensation – as human resource management in domestic ...

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