Strategic HRM considers how to achieve the goals of the organiza/on by managing people
inside that organiza/on. IHRM focuses on the interna/onal component of people management
and the challenge related to globaliza/on.
Culture and cross-cultural management
3 dis0nct yet related fields:
- Cross-cultural management (impact of cultural norms, values, etc. on decision making)
- Interna0onal HRM (opera0onaliza0on of HRM strategies across different countries
within a single organiza0on)
- Compara0ve HRM (different ways in which countries manage employment rela0ons
and HR prac0ces)
Take a few minutes to discuss what the term “culture” evokes or means to you.
Culture is a set of (coutumes), tradi0ons, etc.
Organiza0on culture difference btw a small company than a bigger company, hierarchiza0on,
HR processes, different feel and experience in difference companies.
Culture is a complex term:
- From biology: to grow (microorganisms, 0ssues, etc) in or on a controlled or defined
medium.
- From social/cultural anthropology: studying different ways of living within countries of
by ethnic groups.
Culture exists at different levels: