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The Global Challenge, Third Edition offers a comprehensive view of international human resource management, emphasizing the integration of strategy, organizational capabilities, and people management in multinational firms. Each chapter covers different aspects of HRM, from historical overview to functional implications, addressing topics like cultural differences, mobility, and global leadership development.
List of contents
Chapter 1: The Challenges of International Human Resource Management
Chapter 2: Becoming Locally Responsive
Chapter 3: Achiving Global Integration
Chapter 4: Structuring Coordination
Chapter 5: Contructing Social Achitecture
Chapter 6: Acquiring Global Talent
Chapter 7: Global Performance Management
Chapter 8: Developing Global Leaders
Chapter 9: Steering Global Mobility
Chapter 10: Facilitating Change in Mutinational Organizations
Chapter 11: Managing Knowledge and Innovation across Borders
Chapter 12: Forging Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions
Chapter 13: Managing Alliances and Joint Ventures
Chapter 14: Transforming the Global Human Resource Role
About the author
Vladimir Pucik is a Visiting Professor in the Department of Management at China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) in Shanghai. Until his retirement, he was for fifteen years a Professor of International Human Resources and Strategy at IMD, in Switzerland, where he directed a variety of executive programs. Before joining IMD, he taught at Cornell University and the University of Michigan and spent three years as a visiting scholar at Keio and Hitotsubashi Universities in Tokyo. He was born in Prague where he studied international economics, law, and political science. After falling out with the country's repressive government, he left Czechoslovakia and received a master's degree in international affairs- specializing in East Asia-and a PhD in business administration from Columbia University. He has published extensively in first-tier academic and professional journals, contributed to more than 30 books and monographs in the area of international business and HRM, and written numerous case studies in the field of business strategy, organization, and international HRM. His recent research interests include strategic HRM in multinational firms, cross-border M&A and strategic alliances, building organizational capabilities for global competition, and comparative management with a particular emphasis on China, Japan, and Central and Eastern Europe. During his career, he has consulted and conducted workshops for major corporations worldwide, including ABB, Allianz, AGC, Baxter, BMW, Bosch, Canon, Daimler, GE, Hitachi, IBM, Intel, J&J, KPMG, Merck, Nokia, Oracle, Shell, and Toyota. In addition to his work as an academic and consultant/coach to senior management teams, Dr. Pucik is also a founding partner in several high-tech start-up ventures.
