0 or 3 credits
Fall 2025 Lecture Distance Learning Upper Division
This course prepares students to lead human resource activities within a global, technology-driven economy and business environment. Topics include recruitment, training and development processes, cultural issues, policies and regulations within a global and international context.
Learning Outcomes1Identify the main differences between domestic and international human resources.
2Understand the challenges of international business dynamics on international human resources and the procedures for preparing employees for international assignments.
3Understand how managing expatriates helps to improve their performance and minimize their business failures in international assignments.
4Recognize that training and development of expatriates is a key factor for their success in their assignments.
5Understand the complexity of international human resources and the need for staffing international human resources in accordance to the models of business organizations.
6Recognize the challenges of repatriation of expatriates and develop the skill to minimize their stress in the parent country organizations.
7Recognize the need for balancing the process international human resource adaptation and standardization in the host country.
8Identify relevant theories on performance management in the context of international human resources.
9Develop intercultural knowledge and competence.
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