This assessment fosters the development of communications, presentation, academic literacy, information literacy and critical thinking skills. Students will apply their learning in this subject to study a current issue in International HRM in depth, drawing on academic literature, critical reflection, and professional practice. When preparing this Report, we hope that you will be able to:

• critically analyse international business activity in the context of current and emerging international HRM theory;
• explain the complexity of cross-cultural differences with respect to the integration of international business activity and international human resource management practice;
• reflect, contrast and critically evaluate the differences and similarities in human resource management practices among different cultures;
• examine and justify criteria for selecting, preparing, managing and repatriating international managers;
• compare and contrast approaches to international human resource management practice; and
• critically discuss emerging issues in international business and their human resource management implications.