Seminar 1 MN1028 Political CSR

Seminar 1 MN1028 Political CSR. Muhammad Ashikur Rahman.

Learning outcome. To appreciate how different countries have different corporate governance influenced by its overall economic systems To understand the changing role of managers To understand the implications of these different systems on employees.

Seminar activity. Edwards , T, and Ferner , A. (2005) 'Managing Human Resources in Multinational Companies' (Chapter 4), pp. 68-89 in S. Bach ( ed ), Managing Human Resources: Personnel Management in Transition (Hoboken: John Wiley and Sons). Briscoe, D., Schuler, R. and Tarique , I. (2011), ‘Strategic international human resource management’ (Chapter 2), pp. 29-53 in International Human Resource Management : Policies and Practices for Multinational Enterprises . London, Taylor and Francis. Seminar instructions: Re-read the section on “Corporate governance and management style” in Edwards an Ferner (2005, 79-81) Re-read pp. 46-53 in Briscoe et al (2011).

Seminar activity. Prepare to discuss the following questions : How has managerial control in large corporations changed under the influence of shareholders over the last decades? Are German managers under different kinds of pressures than their counterparts in the US? What are the implications of these different systems (US vs Germany, liberal market economy vs coordinated market economy) for employees? Given the differences in national business systems (and the resulting varieties of capitalism) is it possible to develop one strategic approach to IHRM across an MNC’s operations?.