International HR Management

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Different businesses are started with different objectives , but all aim at making profits . This has contributed to the controversy in which people have been arguing on what should be the corporate responsibility of business organisations . Does it have to be only based on economic gain , or should the organizations be compelled to look into ethical issues (http /www .rocw .raifoundation .org /management /bba /IHRM /lecture-notes /lec ture-32 .pdf . It has become even more complex with globalisation and the World Trade Organisation which have

ensured that businesses can be carried out easily in an international level . There arise many ethical concerns especially when multinational organisations carry out businesses in host countries that have different standards or conducting their operations as what they do in their mother country (Lau , 2007

Ethical issues can affect the multinational companies not only in terms of employment , but in decision making and other main managerial operations . It is important to note that , while some behaviors can be seen in one place as being unethical , the same can not be of a problem in the another region . This can pose a big challenge to the International Human Resource Management (IHRM . IHRM is increasingly gaining recognition in the roles it is playing in the society . It thus calls for the IHR managers to be able to distinguish between differences in cultures and what is morally right or wrong (Chan , 2006 . It is their obligation to realise what is morally right across the boundaries , from which they can know which of the norms can be actually respected . This can be achieved at looking at what consequences might be translated to the stakeholders if certain managerial decisions are taken (Vadera Aguilera , 2007

Due to globalisation , it has become very difficult to come up with common cultural values , putting in mind the different religious political and social views that exist . It is not possible for instance to expect that a company from a country that believes in hard work for success to start giving alms just because it has started operations in a nation that believes in giving alms to the poor . IHRM is very important but it is not possible to internationalise all the HR policies to suit each and every region which an organisation can take its operations to despite the fact that an organisation that has proper IHRM will most probably have greater competitive advantage over the others (Eriksson Kobin , 2007

As earlier mentioned , results that have been produced in one regional culture can due to a certain policy cannot necessarily be produced in a different culture . This can be due to various reasons . First , there exist a lot of variations in the institutions in different countries Therefore , it cannot be easy to have standardised policies to be passed and effectively implemented . Secondly , a company will need to have its own different internationalisation policies which will affect IHRM practices even if it means disregarding the cultures of the area (Cyr 1995

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