22nd Program on Human Resource Management An International Perspective

The economic successes of Japan, South Korea, and now China and India, have forced international management theorists to re-examine universalistic assumptions and one-size-fits-all approaches.International management styles are, to a large extent, culturally driven,and hence the design of multicultural organizational structure,processes, and incentive programs have to be able to reconcile national cultural dilemmas.
To achieve competitive advantage at global level, an international perspective is required for successful human resource management interventions. With rapid increase in global activities, the role of international HRM in the companies has grown in significance and is seen as a major determinant of success or failure in international business. To a large extent the successful implementation of global strategies depends on the development of internationally experienced managers. Research evidence shows that shortage of global leadership is becoming an increasing problem for companies.

The International HRM field is broad and expanding, incorporating many disciplines including cross-cultural management, comparative HRM and strategic international HRM. Technology has shifted the paradigm and newer ways for managing human resources from recruitment to deployment are emerging in the field. The technological interventions have changed the nature of jobs and also the nature of business itself. Concerns for managing performance in disruptive environment and challenges of managing diverse workforce have posed additional challenges to HRM practitioners. Sustainability concerns have added another dimension to the complex task of managing human resource in a global world. Optimum use of resources, ethical decision making and good governance practices have been the focus of successful organizations. An urgent need to learn from different company and different country experiences is being felt by practicing managers.

In 2012, HBR listed “Code-Switching Between Cultures” as one of the “Three Skills Every 21st century Leader Needs”. This skill refers to the ability to understand and decode the behaviour of organizations bosses, peers, partners, and team members across countries, and negotiate these differences successfully

With an aim to meet these requirements and bridge the gap for requisite leadership competencies, a management development program with International exposure has been planned.


The Program on Human Resource Management – an International Perspective would be jointly conducted by MDI Gurgaon and Queensland University of Technology, Australia. Interaction with leaders and academics at the Faculty of Business and industry visits would provide rich exposure on the business environment and the opportunity to develop a perspective of how global business is managed. This program is designed to meet the needs of experienced HR specialists and line managers in strategic roles, who wish to develop and implement effective HR strategies in line with their business needs. The ‘Expert Talks’, ‘Games and Simulations based Learning’ and ‘Participant Learning groups’, would ensure a rich learning environment.
 

Program Contents

This two weeks’ program would explore the best practices and leading-edge developments in Management of Human Resource. It would be an intense academic experience with personal insights and growth experience, as participants would be stimulated to relate their own experiences with additional knowledge sharing with an aim to implement the learning in their organizations.

Given below are the major issues and contents that would be covered during the program:

Understanding the role of National Culture in International Business
•    Understand ways to analyze cultural differences
•    Understand how cultural differences can impact management practices
•    Strategies to resolve cross-cultural conflicts

Leadership and Transformation and Emotional Intelligence & People Management

Role of HR for building sustainable organizations

•    Building value based human interventions
•    Focus    on    employee    experience    and    customer experience.
•    Strategies for Multi stakeholder engagement.

How HR can be a differentiator for competitive advantage

•    Link between HR strategies and business strategy:
•    From service delivery to business partner
•    HR as a change agent.
•    Use of HR Analytics for workforce management.
•    Interpersonal Sensitivity

People Development Practices

•    Building organizational capability; attracting &retaining high performance employees
•    HR’s role in building leadership
•    Technology based learning interventions
•    Inspiring and influencing for innovative performance

HR at the leading edge

•    Mapping Best HR Practices Mindfulness-based Practices (MAP) for harmonious working. During the overseas learning module scheduled at Australia, participants would be exposed to current thinking and best practices in international business through interactions with leaders from industry and acclaimed academics from Queensland University of Technology, Australia.

The pedagogy would be experiential and interactive. Deliberations during the second week would be on the following areas:
•    International HRM context
•    Benchmarking HR Practices
•    Use of AI in HR
•    Introduction to Design Thinking
•    Interpersonal Sensitivity and Leadership Development
•    Inspiring, Influencing and leading for high performance
•    Managing Talent Diversity & Inclusiveness
•    Blockchain – The changing Financial Environment:Implications for HR
•    Workplace, Health & Safety

In addition to classroom interactions, industry & site visits have been organized for better understanding of the business environment.
 

This Program is for

Global managers operating in a strategic role. They need to have HR or line responsibilities at middle and senior levels. Participants would be from private and public enterprises as well as the social sector.

Registration & Fees

Rs. 6,00,000/- includes fee for academic inputs at MDI Gurgaon, boarding and lodging for one week at MDI Gurgaon. GST applicable will charged extra. This fee covers the cost of academic inputs, economy class travel to and from Brisbane, local travel required for the Programme within Brisbane, airport transfers, medical insurance and visa. The fee for the Overseas Learning Programme does not include the cost of boarding and lodging in Australia, as well as any personal and incidental expenses incurred by each participant. These will have to be met by the respective sponsoring organization according to their TA/ DA rules. However, to facilitate logistics, the arrangements for stay abroad as well as in-city travel will be organized by MDI Gurgaon The enclosed nomination form should be completed and returned to the MDP Office (Programs), Management Development Institute Gurgaon, Sukhrali, Gurgaon-122007.

In case participants are eligible for travel by higher class (Business Class), the differential airfare may be paid directly to the travel operator by nominated organizations.