ECTS credits ECTS credits: 4.5
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 74.2 Hours of tutorials: 2.25 Expository Class: 18 Interactive Classroom: 18 Total: 112.45
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Organisation of Companies and Commercialisation
Areas: Business Organisation
Center Faculty of Labour Relations
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable
The internationalization of business is an undeniable reality that can and should play a leading role in the economy in general, and the Spanish economy in particular. Thus, some advantages of this phenomenon, both for the company and for the economy are
- the employment rate increases by four points for every tenth increase in the degree of openness to the outside world of the economy;
- Companies with a presence abroad are more productive and competitive than those focused solely on the domestic market;
- The productivity per employee of companies that export or invest abroad is, on average, 77% higher than those that do not;
- The workforce of exporting companies is up to five times larger;
- 30% of the total turnover of the companies that export goes abroad.
- The seasonality of internationalised companies is lower
- They present a higher qualification of the labour force.
Thus, although up to now companies have chosen to go abroad for the sake of greater growth, this option is now proving to be a means of support or subsistence. However, in order to achieve this objective, they must take care of different aspects. First and foremost, the qualification of their human resources. Today it is essential for those who work in a company to have a cosmopolitan and international vision of economic activity and to consider both concepts and strategies within an open economy model.
To do this, it is essential to reconsider what kind of people we want to work in our companies, and how we want them to be. In this program, we intend to review those processes that, while they do not guarantee the success of our workers abroad, at least they contribute to it.
Framed within the pedagogical scheme of the knowledge area of Business Organization, the course aims to provide students with a comparative view of the Policies and Techniques of Human Resources Management in the international environment, paying special attention to the management of expatriation of staff from the internationalized company.
This course aims to provide students with tools for the analysis of the international competitive environment and the competitive advantage of the company in a context of global competition. The course consists of two parts:
1) an introductory part to the international business strategy,
2) the study of the management of a multinational company in its HR function.
1: THE CONTEXT OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
1. Differences between national and international HR management
2. Moderating variables of the difference between national and international HR management.
3. Approaches to international HR management
4. The figure of the expatriate.
2. RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION
Introduction
2. The Selection Process
3. Factors for performance
4. Selection Criteria
5. Dual Career Couples
3. TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduction
2. The formation of the expatriate
3. The components of an effective training system
4. The effectiveness of pre-departure training
5. Management development through international assignments
4. COMPENSATION
Introduction
2. Objectives of international compensation
3. The key components of an international compensation program
4. Approaches to international compensation
5. Conclusions: patterns of complexity
5. REPATRIATION MANAGEMENT
Introduction
2. The repatriation process
3. Reactions to repatriation
4. Response from the multinational
5. Design of repatriation programmes
GENERAL:
DOWLING, P.J. y WELCH, D.E. (2004). “International Human Resource Management: Managing People in a multinational context”. Thomson, 4th edition. ISBN: 1-84480-013-X
DOLAN, S; SCHULER, R.S y VALLE, R. (1999). “La gestión de los Recursos Humanos”. McGraw- Hill.
HARRIS, H., BREWSTER, C. & SPARROW, P. (2003). “International Human Resource Management”.
COMPLIMENTARY:
BREWSTER, C., MAYRHOFER, W., & MORLEY, M. (2004). “Human Resource Management in Europe: Evidence of Convergence”. Elsevier, Oxford.
BREWSTER, C. & HARRIS, H. (1999). “International HRM: Contemporary issues in Europe”. Routledge, London, New York.
DOWLING, P.; WELCH, D.E. Y SCHULER, R.S (1998). “International Human Resource Management: Managing People in a Multinational Context”. South-Western Pub.
EVANS, P.; PUCIK, V. & BARSOUX, J.L (2002) “The Global Challenge: International Human Resource Management”. McGraw Hill Text.
MENDENHALL, M.E., ODDOU, G.R., & STAHL, G.K. (2007). “Readings and Cases in International Human Resource Management”. Routledge; 4th edition. New York, NY: 10016.
STAHL, G.K., & BJÖRKMAN, I. (2006). “Handbook of Research in International Human Resource Management”. Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc.
- Cognitive (Know):
The aim is for the student body to get to know
The contribution of international HR management to the company's competitive advantage.
The specific problems and conflicts of an international HR department.
The specific functions of international HR management in organizations.
The techniques required to develop each of the HR processes and their specific international nature.
The challenges and trends in international HR management.
- Procedural/Instrumental:
The aim is for students to be able to:
Recognize the needs of selection in international destinations.
Select expatriate staff and local staff from the country of establishment.
Assess the training needs of a destination abroad.
Apply international compensation techniques. Apply the most effective international compensation systems to expatriate staff.
Calculate repatriation costs.
- Attitudinal:
The aim is to develop the student body:
Sensitivity to the cross-cultural problems of people in organizations.
Positive attitudes for understanding and negotiation.
Motivation for teamwork.
The sessions dedicated to the lectures will be used to introduce the basic contents of the topics, emphasizing the especially relevant aspects and the relations between them. The sessions will be developed in the schedule published by the center.
In the interactive sessions in small groups, the students apply the theoretical concepts. These include case analyses, commentary on readings, discussion of questions posed by the teaching staff, and the preparation and presentation of works (individually or in collaboration). The sessions will be programmed in the schedule published by the center.
For asynchronous activities and for the delivery of tasks, a mailbox will be set up in the virtual campus with the deadline for delivery.
The teaching staff of each group will monitor the attendance of the students and their participation in the sessions, whether they are in person or virtual.
The students' personal work activities include, in addition to the time dedicated to study, the reading of the material provided by the teaching staff, the search for information and the preparation of individual or collaborative works.
In the tutorials, teachers will orient the students and will help to solve doubts and problems that the students face in the learning process.
Tutorials (presential or virtual) will take place in the usual schedule published by the teaching staff.
The development of the course will be carried out with the support of the teaching virtual classroom created for this purpose in the Moodle platform and that will be operative in any of the foreseen scenarios
The evaluation will take into account all the activities developed by the students (active participation in the analysis of cases, debate and commentary on readings, articles or news in the press, production and presentation of work, completion of the content test, etc.).
There are two opportunities to pass the subject. Students who do not pass the subject on the first occasion will have the right to a second opportunity, which will be the one that appears on their academic record in the event that the grade obtained is higher. The evaluation system for these two opportunities, both for first-year students and for repeaters, is set out below:
First ordinary opportunity:
Continuous assessment: 100% of the grade. The continuous evaluation will take into account the participation of the students in the classes, as well as all the activities linked to the expository or interactive classes developed throughout the term, either individually or collaboratively: resolution and participation in the analysis of cases, reading discussion, presentation of works and other activities linked to the expository or interactive classes, as well as the attitude and behavior in the classes. In order to pass the subject, the continuous evaluation grade must be equal or superior to 5 points out of 10.
-Second extraordinary opportunity for recuperation:
The same evaluation system will be applied for the first opportunity. The teacher will propose new activities (such as cases, readings, and works) to be worked on and solved by the students, in this case only individually.
In accordance with the Permanence Regulations in force at the USC for Bachelor and Master studies (art. 5.2), mere attendance and/or participation in any of the activities subject to evaluation will mean that the student's final mark will be different from NO SUBMISSION.
Students who do not obtain any score linked to the activities carried out in the classes will have to pass a content test that will account for 100% of the grade. The contents test aims to evaluate the theoretical knowledge acquired by the students. Depending on the scenario determined by the evolution of health conditions, the final content test will be as follows: Scenario 1: final test in person; Scenario 3: final test in telematics; Scenario 2: final test in person or telematics depending on the guidelines established by each center or the rectorship for this scenario and the health measures that are established at that time.
Students who have been granted exemption from attendance following Instruction No. 1/2017 of the General Secretaria on the exemption from class attendance in certain circumstances will be evaluated with a specific final test that will count for 100% of the grade. This examination will be either in person or virtual (remote) depending on the scenario determined by the evolution of health conditions
The course is 4.5 credits and each credit is equivalent to 25 hours. The total working hours are distributed as follows: Presential (including hours of expository teaching, interactive teaching, tutorials and evaluation): 45. Student's personal work: 67.5.
It is recommended to follow up on the classroom sessions and actively participate in the classes, as well as to solve the practical cases and consult the bibliography and other recommended material. Access to the virtual campus to learn about different issues that arise throughout the course and to have complementary material facilitates student participation and their ability to acquire knowledge.
It is advisable to read the general and economic press frequently, looking for news related to the subject.
The revision of the corrections made by the teacher to the works presented and his exposition of the existing doubts is useful to improve those questions that the students did not develop adequately.
Finally, the use of tutorials should replace any kind of problem that may arise throughout the teaching-learning process of the subject.
In the case of not having passed, students are advised to review the exam and the work submitted in order to understand the mistakes made.
Contingency plan
According to the Contingency Plan for the organization of teaching in the academic year 2021-2022 (approved by the Govern Council in the session of April 30, 2021), the previously exposed schedule was prepared considering scenario 1 (Adapted Normality - without restrictions to physical attendance).
If the health situation requires it, scenarios 2 and 3 will be activated, as detailed below.
Teaching methodology
The center will define the distribution of face-to-face and telematic teaching. The development of the sessions will be carried out in the schedules established, as follows in each of the alternative scenarios:
Scenario 2 (Distance):
-Expositive sessions: face-to-face and/or telematic, preferably synchronous, through the USC virtual campus and/or the USC MS Teams corporate platform.
-Interactive sessions: face-to-face and/or via telematics, preferably synchronous, through the USC virtual campus and/or the USC MS Teams corporate platform.
-Tutorials: telematic, through the corporate platform USC MS Teams or the virtual campus in the schedules established by the faculty.
Scenario 3 (Closure of facilities):
-Expositive sessions: telematic, preferably synchronously, through the USC virtual campus and/or the USC MS Teams corporate platform.
-Interactive sessions: telematic (preferably synchronously, through the virtual campus of the USC and/or the corporate platform USC MS Teams).
-Tutorials: telematic, through the corporate platform USC MS Teams or the virtual campus, in the schedules established by the faculty.
Learning evaluation system
The development of the evaluation through the instruments established in this section will be carried out on the dates set in the calendar of final exams, and in the schedules established as follows in each of the alternative scenarios:
Scenario 2 (Distancing):
-Final exam (students who are granted exemption from class attendance): face-to-face or telematic (through the USC virtual campus and/or the USC MS Teams corporate platform), according to the guidelines established at that time.
-Continuous assessment: submission of assignments via telematic (through the USC virtual campus), and telematic sessions (through the USC MS Teams corporate platform).
Scenario 3 (Closing of facilities):
-Final exam (students who are granted exemption from class attendance): telematic (through the virtual campus of the USC and/or the corporate platform USC MS Teams).
-Continuous evaluation: submission of assignments via telematic (through the USC virtual campus,) and telematic sessions (through the corporate platform USC MS Teams).
In the case of fraudulent exercises or tests, the provisions of the Regulations on the Evaluation of Students' Academic Performance and the Revision of Qualifications will apply.
Maria Bastida Dominguez
Coordinador/a- Department
- Organisation of Companies and Commercialisation
- Area
- Business Organisation
- Phone
- 881811676
- maria.bastida [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
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