HRMGMT 521 International Human Resource Management

This course examines the design and implementation of human resource (HR) management systems in multinational companies. The course will focus on four major issues faced by such companies: (1) the recruitment, selection, compensation and career management of global employees; (2) the integration of expatriate and local employees into global organizations; (3) adjusting HR practice to the external environment of the employment relationship (including legal and cultural variations in HR practice); and (4) the use of HR to develop global organizational learning systems. The course will draw on the experience of U.S., Japanese, and European corporations establishing HRM systems in industrialized, transition and developing economies.

HRMGT 525 Hiring and Selection

We will study issues related to employee selection and hiring at all types of firms. The class will evolve in the following four steps over the week, moving from broad frameworks to very specific and practical exercises:

1. We will study frameworks (largely from economics) related to employee selection.
2. We will review the empirical evidence on such topics as the value of selecting the right employees and the usefulness of interviews.
3. We will discuss hiring issues using cases focusing on a variety of types of employees and companies.
4. We will do role-playing exercises, sometimes involving guests with interviewing expertise.

Students will be required to make a presentation analyzing hiring strategy at their summer employer, a previous employer, or another employer that they know well.