Lecture Two Environment of HRM,How does the environment affect HRM?,Issues,What is the development of international business? What is the impact of the environment on HRM What is the influences of legal environment upon HRM? What organizational factors affect HR activities? What are global HRM strategies?,The International Business and HRM,I. Development of International Business,Stages: Foreign Trade Sales Subsidiary International Division Multinational Enterprise (MNE) Globalization Alliances, Partnerships, and Consortia,II. Environmental Factors Affecting HRM,External Environment: the labor force legal considerations society union shareholders, competition customers technology the economy,Environmental Factors Affecting HRM,NAFTA, EU, APEC 9.11 Terrorist Attack SARS Recent Bird Flu Market Economic System Global Village Labor Migration Living Standards and Poverty Environment Protection,Environmental Factors Affecting HRM,Technology: Supersonic Airplane, Sonys Wireless board） Information Technology: Telegram, Telex, Fax, Internet Biotech: bioinformatics Energy Technology: Electric Car,Environmental Factors Affecting HRM,Knowledge Economy vs Traditional Economy: knowledge and Innovation Competition for Source, Market, and Time Corporate Strategy: CostDifferentiation Virtual Organization Capital vs. Human Capital Training and Career Development,Competition on Standards,Super firms sell Standards First class firms sell Brand Second class firms sell Technology Third class sell Products Fourth class firms sell labor,Environmental Factors Affecting HRM,Internal Environment: operations marketing finance R&D Accounting,External Analysis Opportunities Threats,Internal Analysis Strengths Weakness,Strategic Choice,Mission,Goals,Legal Environment: Types of Discrimination,Age Discrimination Religious Discrimination Racial Discrimination Sexual Discrimination Sexual Harassment,III. The Organizational Context: the Path to global Status,Export department Sales Subsidiary International Division Global Product Division Global Area Division the Matrix Beyond the Matrix U.S., European, and Japanese Structural Changes Control Mechanisms in the Networked MNC Linking Operation Mode and HRM Determinants of IHRM Approaches and Activities,Managing the Diverse Workforce,IV. Managing the Diverse Workforce,age functional specialty profession sexual orientation geographic origin lifestyle tenure with organization or position,Components and Characteristics of Culture,Definition a way of life shared by members of some social group Older members of the group pass to younger ones shapes behavior and structures perception of the world,Culture. ,Components and Characteristics of Culture,Thinking (ideas): values, beliefs, myths, and folklore Doing (norms): laws, status, customs, regulations, ceremonies, fashions, and etiquette Living (materials): food, clothing, natural resources, tools, etc.,VI. Factors Influencing the Cultural Environment,religion education economics politics family class structure language history natural resources/ geography,The religion plays an important role in the difference of culture.,VII. Levels of Culture,Corporate culture Ethnic culture Regional culture National culture Global culture,VIII. Diversity in the Workplace,The issue of diversity is one reality of being globally competitive. The challenge of managers in the coming decades will be to recognize that people with common, but difference characteristics from the mainstream, often think differently, act differently, learn differently, and communicate differently. Because every person, culture, and business situation is unique, there are no simple rules for managing diversity.,Diversity in the Workplace,We should all need to develop patience, open-mindedness, acceptance, and cultural awareness. Only such measures can productivity be maximized.,Diversity in the Workplace,single parent and working mother dual-career couples workers of color older workers people with disabilities immigrants young persons with limited education or skill educational level of employees,IX. Organizational Factors affect HR Activities,Stage of internationalization Mode of operation used in the various foreign markets Method of control and coordination Strategic importance of the overseas operations to total corporate profitability,Product Strategy,Types of Information,Organizational Structure,Reward Systems,Selection, Training, and Development of People,Task Design,Performance,Dimension of HRM Practices,Managing The Human Resource Environment,Acquiring and Preparing Human Resources,Assessment and Development of Human Resource,Compensating Human Resources,Competitiveness,Business Competence,Professional and Technical Knowledge,HR Professional,Integration Competence,Ability to Manage Change,X. Global HRM,Global HRM: The use of global human resources to achieve organizational objectives without regard to geographic boundaries. Five fu