International HR Practices

 

NMIMS Global Access

School for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE)

Course: International HR Practices

Internal Assignment Applicable for December 2023 Examination

Assignment Marks: 30

Instructions:

All Questions carry equal marks. All Questions are compulsory

All answers to be explained in not more than 1000 words for question 1 and 2 and for question 3 in not more than 500 words for each subsection. Use relevant examples, illustrations as far as possible.

All answers to be written individually. Discussion and group work is not advisable.

Students are free to refer to any books/reference material/website/internet for attempting their assignments, but are not allowed to copy the matter as it is from the source of reference.

Students should write the assignment in their own words. Copying of assignments from other students is not allowed

Students should follow the following parameter for answering the assignment questions

For Theoretical Answer

Assessment Parameter	Weightage
Introduction	20%
Concepts and Application	60%
related to the question
Conclusion	20%

For Numerical Answer

Assessment Parameter	Weightage
Understanding and usage	20%
of the formula
Procedure / Steps	60%
Correct Answer &	20%
Interpretation

Q1. STPL Steel India Limited, planning to set up its manufacturing plant in Vietnam. You have been appointed as a Global HR Head of the company on undertaking International Human Resource Planning.

Explain important issues and challenges of Human Resources Planning at global level,

Which you will be addressing in a meeting with management. (10 Marks)

 

NMIMS Global Access

School for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE)

Course: International HR Practices

Internal Assignment Applicable for December 2023 Examination

Q2. XYZ Limited an Indian-based IT company opens a subsidiary in Germany. Many employees applied for Internal Job postings and out of 20 applicants, 3 got the opportunity to work in a German subsidiary. After 4 months, one of the employees wishes to come back to their home country and he reaches out to you (the HR team). He says it’s difficult for him to sustain in Germany with the current compensation as the cost-of-living rising day-by-dayand too high to stay in Europe.

You did review the situation. What are the causes you could identify and how will you address them? What factors could have been considered before moving employees to a foreign subsidiary? Which approach or structure of international compensation, does the Company could have been offered to the ex-pats?

(10 Marks)

Q3. Ace Engineering is Mumbai, India-based heavy engineering company specializing in transformer manufacturing and setup projects. It’s now planning to set up a project management office in Warsaw, Poland. For this, there will be a team of 15 project experts moving from India and 2 from France to Poland for 6 months and will return to their home countries after 6 months, including a senior manager coming from France.

1. How will you (in the Global HR role) plan and prepare for the repatriation

process for these returnees? (5 Marks)

1. What could be the challenges faced by repatriates while returning to their

homeland? (5 Marks)

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