Human Resource Management and the International Challenge of Change

The greatest challenge for management of human resources in the 1990s is to place their local actions in a framework of global thought and strategy. Focusing on Britain, France, the US, Japan and Germany,outlines the cultural differences in management practices around the world. Suggests a framework for organizing thinking about personnel practice with an international dimension; i.e. the seven“Cs” of international HRM work – change,cosmopolitans, culture, communication, consultants, competence and co‐ordination.