The Human Resource Challenge of International Joint Ventures

by Dianne J. Cyr

Overview

Human Resource Management (HRM) plays an important and strategic role in the success of international joint ventures. Based on information collected from progressive, successful international joint ventures involving companies such as Chrysler, Ciba-Geigy, Corning, Mitsubishi, and Siemens, the author delivers chapters rich in verbatim quotations from executives and other joint venture employees. Each chapter concludes with a summary of key points that are a guide for attaining excellence in joint ventures. The book will be of special interest to both managers and scholars who seek a fuller view of HRM in international joint ventures.

Evaluating effective joint ventures, the author considers the subtle people dimensions involved in these operations. A special feature of the book is the treatment of human resource management from the interorganizational viewpoint of parent corporations and the joint venture firm. The author addresses such interesting issues as (1) how parent strategic goals influence HRM in the venture, (2) the importance of HRM operational assignments within the JV management contract, (3) the strengths and limitations of various HRM policies and practices, (4) the role of culture, and (5) organizational learning at strategic and operational levels in each venture. Valuable knowledge into best practices for strategic HRM allows practitioners to enhance their joint venture success.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780899309194
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/14/1995
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.62(d)
Lexile:	1380L (what's this?)

About the Author

DIANNE J. CYR is an Adjunct Professor at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada, where she teaches international HRM and organization theory. She has conducted research in progressive international joint ventures in North America, as well as initiated a major investigation into HRM in joint ventures in Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. She is the President of Global Alliance Management, which specializes in topics related to international joint ventures and strategic alliances, and has numerous publications on international human resource management.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Wayne Cascio
Preface
Introduction
Competing for Success
The Joint Venture Phenomenon
HRM in International Joint Venture Firms
Strategic Profiles of Four Successful International Joint Ventures
Management of the Joint Venture-Parent Relationship
Parent Goals and Strategic HRM
Joint Venture Autonomy or Interdependence
Integration of HRM and Strategic Planning
The Process Experts: A New Role for HRM
Creating an Integrated Whole of the Venture
Communication Systems to Enhance Integration and Learning
Staffing to Win
Training and Development Priorities
Meaningful Reward and Recognition Systems
Performance Appraisal: A Necessary Component?
Special Issues
Richness and Complexity when Diverse National Cultures Combine
From a Planned to a Market Economy: The Case of Central and Eastern Europe
Toward the Future
Appendixes
References
Index

Editorial Reviews

Looks at the role of human resource management (HRM) in the success of international joint ventures, using information collected from joint ventures involving companies such as Chrysler, Ciba-Geigy, Corning, and Mitsubishi and quotations from interviews with executives and employees. Addresses issues including how parent company strategic goals influence HRM in the venture, the role of culture, and organizational learning at strategic and operational levels. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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