Tuesday, January 25, 2005
[IWS] Mercer: Transforming HR MANAGEMENT in ASIA [25 January 2005]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 Director, IWS News Bureau
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Mercer
Book launch -
Transforming HR Management in Asia [title of book = Mastering Business in Asia: Human Resource Management.
United Kingdom
London, 25 January 2005
http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1168350;jsessionid=XPFBZMX3PZ4UWCTGOUFCHPQKMZ0QUI2C
Click <http://www.mercerhr.com/referencecontent.jhtml?idContent=1157580>here to learn more about the book and its authors and to order a copy
Organisations in Asia should avoid importing human resource (HR) practices from the West to prevent unnecessary failures. Many people programmes stumble at the implementation phase because organisations ignore the need to customise them for the local market, according to a new book by Mercer Human Resource Consulting called Mastering Business in Asia: Human Resource Management.
The book claims that multinational companies need to be particularly sensitive to the historical, cultural, social, and economic dynamics in Asia when seeking to implement HR initiatives for their employees.
We have seen terrible results where global HR departments introduce extensive people programmes across Asia, ignoring the fundamental differences in these markets. People initiatives should be customised by global HR staff, who typically work in US or European headquarters,said Reiji Ohtaki, co-author of the book published by Wiley.
Dr Ohtaki added: Asia's HR practices have mostly been imported from the West. But there is a need to resist colonisation where someone outside of Asia dictates what they consider to be the best approach. Asia's HR management is in need of transformation, but on Asia's own terms.
Hugh Bucknall, the book's other author, predicts HR management will go through a form of "Asianisation" as a new breed of Asian manager rises to the challenge of adapting Western practices to suit local needs.
The book is the first in the Mastering Business in Asia series published by Wiley and is aimed at chief executive officers, chief financial officers, and chief HR officers who work in Asia or want to know more about HR developments in the region.
It is a unique HR book written with an Asian perspective for a global audience. Case studies and interviews with Asian-based companies set this book apart from typical HR management books, which are often short on local content.
The book also explores issues faced by different markets in Asia, including how:
Chinese organisations are coping with the deluge of new compensation and performance management programmes
-India needs to develop programmes to retain its highly mobile workforce
-Asian leadership models have changed over time
-Expatriate pay patterns have evolved
-HR in Asia needs to cope in a globalised world while maintaining a focus on local needs
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky *
Director, IWS News Bureau *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor *
New York, NY 10016 *
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Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
Fax: (607) 255-9641 *
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu *
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Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
Mercer
Book launch -
Transforming HR Management in Asia [title of book = Mastering Business in Asia: Human Resource Management.
United Kingdom
London, 25 January 2005
http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1168350;jsessionid=XPFBZMX3PZ4UWCTGOUFCHPQKMZ0QUI2C
Click <http://www.mercerhr.com/referencecontent.jhtml?idContent=1157580>here to learn more about the book and its authors and to order a copy
Organisations in Asia should avoid importing human resource (HR) practices from the West to prevent unnecessary failures. Many people programmes stumble at the implementation phase because organisations ignore the need to customise them for the local market, according to a new book by Mercer Human Resource Consulting called Mastering Business in Asia: Human Resource Management.
The book claims that multinational companies need to be particularly sensitive to the historical, cultural, social, and economic dynamics in Asia when seeking to implement HR initiatives for their employees.
We have seen terrible results where global HR departments introduce extensive people programmes across Asia, ignoring the fundamental differences in these markets. People initiatives should be customised by global HR staff, who typically work in US or European headquarters,said Reiji Ohtaki, co-author of the book published by Wiley.
Dr Ohtaki added: Asia's HR practices have mostly been imported from the West. But there is a need to resist colonisation where someone outside of Asia dictates what they consider to be the best approach. Asia's HR management is in need of transformation, but on Asia's own terms.
Hugh Bucknall, the book's other author, predicts HR management will go through a form of "Asianisation" as a new breed of Asian manager rises to the challenge of adapting Western practices to suit local needs.
The book is the first in the Mastering Business in Asia series published by Wiley and is aimed at chief executive officers, chief financial officers, and chief HR officers who work in Asia or want to know more about HR developments in the region.
It is a unique HR book written with an Asian perspective for a global audience. Case studies and interviews with Asian-based companies set this book apart from typical HR management books, which are often short on local content.
The book also explores issues faced by different markets in Asia, including how:
Chinese organisations are coping with the deluge of new compensation and performance management programmes
-India needs to develop programmes to retain its highly mobile workforce
-Asian leadership models have changed over time
-Expatriate pay patterns have evolved
-HR in Asia needs to cope in a globalised world while maintaining a focus on local needs
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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