Analyzing and Deconstructing Articles on Strategic Management and HRM in EMNEs

Task

CLO1. Understand what contemporary management issues and challenges are in modern organisations

CLO2. Apply relevant theories to critically examine contemporary management issues and formulate effective solutions to these issues

CLO3. Effectively communicate concepts and arguments learned in contemporary management in a logical, coherent and engaging manner

CLO4. Demonstrate interpersonal and teamwork skills in analysing issues and challenges, and finding solutions 

This assignment takes you deeper into how you deconstruct literature readings.

For this assignment, you are asked to analyse and de-construct the following four articles and to complete a micro-credential (see below):
 

Article 1: Managing talent in emerging economy multinationals: Integrating strategic management and human resource management (Total word count: ~300 words)

Having established their first overseas operation, the next big challenge for many emerging economy multinational enterprises (EMNEs) is to align their HRs with their strategic ambition. Their lack of internationally experienced talent has become a major obstacle to strategy implementation: they need to fill leadership roles with international responsibility based abroad and at home, and they need to develop talent for future international leadership roles. The key challenge for catch-up strategies thus is to attract, develop, and retain talents who can lead international operations. In this paper, we develop a research agenda on strategic management and HRM in EMNEs that aims to explain the obstacles EMNEs face and facilitates the development of better talent management practice. In particular, we propose to integrate strategic management and HRM perspectives not only to advance theories but to enhance the relevance of both lines of scholarship to practice.

1. Critically discuss the argument(s) presented by the author(s).

Answer hints:

• How do the author(s) describe the context?
• What is/are the research question(s)?

2. What is the method – how do the author(s) convince their readers?

Answer hints:

• What data is relied on?
• How is data collected?
• How is data analysed?
• How are the findings presented?

3. Discuss the limitations of the research conducted by the author(s). 

Answer hints:

• Are the conclusions open to be challenged?
• Did the author(s) leave out certain issues/concepts relevant to the research they have conducted?