Human resources in the future: an obstacle or a champion of globalization?
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The human resource (HR) function is still perceived in many business organizations as a barrier to globalization because of its narrow focus and the ethnocentricity and insularity of its systems and policies. The effectiveness of HR professionals as partners in the globalization process is being hampered by their lack of sufficient direct exposure to international business issues, the traditional focus of HR on managing expatriates, and the traditional non-involvement of HR people in issues spanning national boundaries. To become a full partner in globalization efforts, the HR function must develop a global mindset, harmonize core HR processes and activities with the requirements of international competition and local focus, and improving global competencies and capabilities.
Publication Name: Human Resource Management
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0090-4848
Year: 1997
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Strategic alliances, organizational learning, and competitive advantage: the HRM agenda
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Strategic alliances that entail competitive collaboration are discussed. The competitive advantage of a company can be protected only when it can put together invisible assets in a carefully arranged and executed process of corporate learning. When this effort is embedded in people, many of the needed capabilities are tied to personnel management strategies and practices. It is suggested that the key to strategic risk facing the personnel function in companies engaged in cooperative international ventures is the transformation of the system to support the organizational learning process.
Publication Name: Human Resource Management
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0090-4848
Year: 1988
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