Case Study Report on International HRM Policies and Practices in a Multinational Enterprise

1. Executive Summary

The task is to write a case study report analysing the international HRM (IHRM) policies and practices in the multinational enterprise (MNE) of your choice. You are asked to:

• Choose ONE of the following IHRM areas: International staffing (International planning, recruitment and selection) International performance management International compensation

• Choose ONE MNE (headquartered in any country in the world). Before finalising your choice of MNE, check that sufficient information on the company is available to undertake the required analysis. A 2019/20 annual report together with other recent sources such as websites, newspaper articles should be sufficient.

• Use academic theory (models/frameworks) to identify the current policies and practices in the chosen area, and discuss the challenges post covid-19 pandemic that the MNE is facing or will face to implement their current IHRM policies and practices.

• Include a cover sheet, table of contents, executive summary, introduction, analysis? recommendations? conclusion, and a reference list.

1. Executive Summary

• A summary of the whole report covering:

o A brief overview of the Company

o A summary analysis of what you have found in your report.

o Recommendations of your report based on your analysis.

o No more than one page.

2. Introduction

• What you are going to tell the reader in this report? Introduce the firm context, the purpose and structure of the report.

• This is NOT the same as an Executive Summary

• Tip – refer to the assignment task

3. Analysis

• Identify the current policies/practices for one of the areas (international staffing or international performance management or international compensation) in the chosen MNE?

• Analyse how Covid-19 pandemic may have and/ or will influence the above policies and practices for the chosen area (International staffing or international performance management or international compensation).

• Apply appropriate academic theory (models/ frameworks) to analyse and justify your discussion and evaluation.

4. Recommendations

• What should the chosen MNE do to deal with the influence by Covid-19 that is analysed above? Explain why.

• The recommendations should directly flow from your initial analysis in section 3.

• Include the possible solutions for the firm to move forward into 2021 and beyond.

5. Conclusion

• Summarise your key arguments in this report

• Briefly highlight the importance of your report to the firm (or other firms), HRs, senior management and its employees.

Your work shows a good knowledge and understanding of the material covered in this module and you tackle a range of different ideas and/or contexts. Your work also shows that you are able to analyse ideas critically using the principles, theories and approaches that we covered in the module. Your work also shows that you are able to define problems and/or practical issues clearly and to choose appropriate methods to resolve them. Most of your work shows good academic practice in terms citation and referencing, presentation format andclear, accurate English.

CSatisfactory Your work shows some knowledge and understanding of the material covered

in this module. Your work also shows that you are able to analyse material critically, but it does not always focus on key points. Your work shows that you have applied appropriate methods and tools to identify resolve the more straightforward problems and/or

practical issues covered in the module. Your work follows good academic practice to some extent in terms of citation and referencing; presentation format and clear, accurate English.