ABSTRACT

This casebook is a collection of international teaching cases focusing on contemporary human resource management issues. Each case centers primarily on one country and illustrates a significant challenge faced by managers and HR practitioners, helping students to understand how the issues they learn about in class play out in the real world.

The cases emphasize the national and cultural contexts of HR management, providing readers with a global understanding of employee motivation, reward systems, recruitment and selection, career development, and more. In this edition, the editors and authors have made significant updates to reflect recent developments in the field and cover a broader range of countries in Eastern Europe and Africa. The authors also delve into new industries like food service, clothing manufacturing, and transportation as well as IT and academia. Recommendations for further reading and relevant videos provide readers with practical insights into the modern HRM field.

With more than 30 cases followed by questions and tasks to encourage reflection, this is a valuable companion for any student of human resource management.

part I|51 pages

Western Europe

chapter 1|10 pages

Austria

Talent Development at McDonald's Austria: A Compromise Between Local Demands and Global Standards

chapter 2|9 pages

Belgium

Get Innovative in Personnel Selection: The Case of the Port of Antwerp

chapter 3|10 pages

Germany

Learning about Talent Rentention in Times of Crisis - Opportunities for the Robert Bosch Group in the Context of the German Industrial Relations System

chapter 4|10 pages

Ireland

Prospect and Challenges in Managing Creativity to Realise Ireland's Knowledge-based Aspirations

chapter 5|10 pages

The Netherlands

HRM and Culture at RetailCo 1

part II|54 pages

Scandinavia

chapter 6|9 pages

Denmark

Redesigning Talent Assets: Grundfos Revisits their Talent Engine

chapter 7|11 pages

Finland

Implementing a Global Diversity Management Initiative in Finland

chapter 8|12 pages

Iceland

Merger, Culture, and HRM: The Marel and Stork Case

chapter 9|9 pages

Norway

Comparing Internally Consistent HRM at the Airport Express Train (AET), Oslo, Norway and Southwest Airlines (SA), Dallas, USA

chapter 10|11 pages

Sweden

At the End of the Road: The Process of Plant Closure

part III|70 pages

Central and Eastern Europe

chapter 11|9 pages

Bulgaria

Telerik: Minding Your Own Business and Making Progress

chapter 12|9 pages

Czech Republic

The Impact of Managerial Decisions on the Occurrence of Company Crisis

chapter 13|10 pages

Hungary

An Online Game for Recruiting IT-Programmers at an American Subsidiary in Hungary 1

chapter 14|8 pages

Poland

Reward Management in Small and Medium Enterprises on the Basis of Alfa i Omega, Głogów, Poland

chapter 15|10 pages

Romania

Employee Motivation at a Romanian Clothing Manufacturing Company

chapter 16|10 pages

Russia

Succession Planning at Eldorado

chapter 17|12 pages

Slovenia

On Becoming a Truly Global Player: The Global Talent Management Challenge at Trimo

part IV|66 pages

Mediterranean, Middle East, and Africa

chapter 18|9 pages

Azerbaijan

Developing HRM Specialists in Azerbaijan: A University/Industry Collaboration

chapter 19|11 pages

Botswana

Diversity Management: The Case of Managing International Staff and Exchange Students in an Institute of Higher Learning in Botswana 1

chapter 20|9 pages

Cyprus

People Management in Academia: Anna-Maria Harilaou's Story 1 Revisited

chapter 21|8 pages

Israel

Implementing New Production Design and Reward System

chapter 22|10 pages

Jordan

The Jordan Company of Hospitality Education (JCHE)

chapter 23|10 pages

Uganda

HRM Strategic Alignment and Visibility in Uganda

chapter 24|7 pages

UAE

Training and Development at United Bank: What Do the Employes Think?

part V|50 pages

Asia and the Pacific Rim

chapter 25|11 pages

China

Using Human Resource Management to Reshape the Labour Relations Structure at a Chinese Automobile Manufacturer

chapter 26|9 pages

Hong Kong

Engaging the Next Generation of Leaders at MostClean Hong Kong 1

chapter 27|10 pages

India

Propelling Growth Engine for ICICI Bank, India: Woman Leadership, Gender Equity or Paradigm Shift?

chapter 28|9 pages

Singapore

Alexandra Hospital: Realizing the Value of Older Workers

chapter 29|9 pages

Thailand

How Selection Practices Make a Difference: A Case Study of a Global Thai Company

part VI|35 pages

The Americas

chapter 30|12 pages

Canada

Building a Culture of Inclusion at the Royal Bank of Canada: Strategies for Aboriginal Peoples and Newcomers to Canada

chapter 31|11 pages

Chile

Development of Self-Managed Teams at S.C. Johnson & Son in Chile

chapter 32|10 pages

Mexico

Mexican Experiences from a Danish Firm: "Changing" Mexican Culture