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Level 7 Diploma in Tourism and Hospitality Management

International Human Resource Management Implementation

THM705 · Organisational Behaviour in Tourism and Hospitality — Week 7 of 16

CourseTHM705
Week7 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

International Human Resource Management Implementation

  1. Emergence of IHRM in transnational hotel groups
  2. Ethnocentric, polycentric, and geocentric staffing
  3. Cross-cultural HR adaptation
  4. International talent management
  5. IHRM 6.1: Global staffing
  6. IHRM 1.1: Megatrends in International Human Resource Management
  7. IHRM 3.3: Major models of national culture

What you will be able to do

  • 3.3 Critically evaluate how tourism and hospitality organisations can implement models of cross-cultural human resource management.
  • 4.1 Review the emergence of international human resources management in tourism and hospitality organisations.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: critically evaluate how tourism and hospitality organisations can implement models of cross-cultural human resource management.

Study materials

Videos

  • IHRM 6.1: Global staffing · YouTube · Prof. Fabian Froese · 13 min · for registered students
  • IHRM 1.1: Megatrends in International Human Resource Management · YouTube · Prof. Fabian Froese · 11 min · for registered students
  • IHRM 3.3: Major models of national culture · YouTube · Prof. Fabian Froese · 25 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Human Resource Management, ch. 14: International HRM · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 458–506 · for registered students
  • All Are Welcome: An Introduction to the Hospitality Industry, ch. 11: Human Resources · Reading · Libretexts, textbook chapter · for registered students
  • Principles of Management, ch. 6: International Management · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 153–196 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Organisational Structure and Design in Hospitality
  • Week 2: Evaluating Organisational Objectives and Structural Fit
  • Week 3: Performance Analysis in International Tourism
  • Week 4: Structural Realignment for Profitability
  • Week 5: Theories of Cross-Cultural Management
  • Week 6: Workforce Cultural Diversity in Hospitality
  • Week 7: International Human Resource Management Implementation
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Global Leadership and Management Competencies
  • Week 10: Motivation and Retention in Service Organisations
  • Week 11: Team Dynamics and Teamwork Models
  • Week 12: Applying Organisational Behaviour in Tourism and Hospitalit…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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