Reflective 3

Globalising HRIS

As we know, this globalising is control the world economy, technological, sociocultural and political forces is run and controlled by multinational companies and international institutions. The globalising is becoming has becoming famous in the recent year. According Christopher B. and Sumantra G. (1991), have three models which are multinational, global, and international model. What I learnt from this topic, there are three different strategic needs in determining the model of a company which are responsive to location, global efficiency and knowledge sharing. Multinational model, it manages a variety of portfolios, national HR system, allowing local operations of a large freedom and autonomy of an organization. Company are used this model, can make decision decentralized and they less focused on centralized corporate direction. Beaman (2000), global model is a single, centralized, and standardized system which mange and implement HRIS efficiently. Actually, these model are not good system because, they are no power to make decision and minimize the needs of local, national, regional business units and they must adapt their environment to different environment. International model, they are learning and sharing knowledge to managing HRIS by adjusting the knowledge and expertise to local organizations. They also maintain a large influence on the control of local organizations. These models are balance between local autonomy and central oversight.  In addition, transnational model is the combination of these three models. In the transnational, there are three components that consist of global efficiency, local flexibility, and innovation and sharing. Global efficiency means that one single system that best practice around the world and they use this system to get more efficiently for their information system. Local flexibility, this aspect means the flexibility of the HRIS that can local can use that for their organization. This means they are more concern about their needs. When responsive on their need, we need to legitimate diversity and appreciate multiple perspectives. By innovation, they not only do for their product and service only but also their processes. To share the information they must use the best sources that all organization can use such as internet, so from the internet they can easily sharing their information and their expertise.

Of this title, there are three important things I learned, that is four types of HRIS model (Multinational, Global, International and transnational), three different strategic needs and three critical components of transnational HRIS.

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Resource:

Karen V. Beaman (2003). The New Transnational HR Model: Building a Chaordic Organization. Pp1-27.

Karen Beaman and Alfred J. Walker (2000). Globalizing HRIS: The New Transnational Model. IHRIM Journal, pp 30-43.