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CALL: Internationalizing HRM -- PARIS Nov 2000

  • 1.  CALL: Internationalizing HRM -- PARIS Nov 2000

    Posted 10-06-2000 12:44
    From Lo�c CADIN <cadin@escp-eap.net>

    Just six weeks away AGRH 11th annual conference to be held in Paris on 16th
    and 17th November 2000. The theme is: Internationalising Human Resource
    Management. The keynote speakers are Thomas KOCHAN (MIT) and Robert BOYER
    (CNRS).
    AGRH is the French speaking Academic Association for HRM. During the
    conference, and as much as possible, speakers will use English as a working
    language to enable discussions with non-French speaking participants.
    For further details, visit our web site : www.agrh.asso.fr
    You will find a programme overview below.
    Our apologies for multiple postings!

    Best regards

    Lo�c Cadin
    Conference Chair
    Associate Professor of Human Resource Management
    ESCP-EAP, European School of Management
    Paris Campus
    79 avenue de la R�publique
    75011 PARIS


    PROGRAMME OVERVIEW
    Workshops' titles are presented by broad themes.

    International comparisons of HRM practices

    -Convergence or divergence of HRM practices
    -International comparison of some employment management practices
    -International comparison of some management models
    -International comparison of some gender equal opportunity practices
    -Boundaryless careers and new employment relationships

    Characteristics of national HRM models

    -Analysis of several national HRM models
    -Practices of multinational firms and "country of origin effect"
    -HRM determinants and HRM performance
    -Examples of confrontations between national culture
    -HRM practices and the Evolution of Public administrations

    Supranational and regional approaches

    -Industrial relations systems and Europe
    -Multinational firms and the Asia Pacific region
    -HRM and the Maghreb

    Expatriation

    -Preparing for the international experience
    -Expatriation : motivation, adaptation, pathology
    -Examples of corporate policies of expatriation

    The Evolution of employment types and working conditions

    -Stress and organisational tension
    -Organisational commitment and mobilisation
    -Information technologies and internationalisation of HRM

    International comparisons and HRM research methodologies

    -Theoretical models of internationalisation
    -HRM concepts and international HRM audits
    -International relevance of research tools used in HRM

    The papers mention HRM, industrial relations, employment and management
    practices in more than 40 countries.


    KEYNOTE SPEAKERS FOR THE PLENARY SESSION ARE :

    Thomas KOCHAN, Professor of Management at MIT's Sloan School of Management
    and President of the Industrial Relations Research Association, has
    undertaken research on a variety of topics related to industrial relations
    and human resource management in the public and private sector. He has led
    international comparisons of employment practices in 11 OECD countries.

    Robert BOYER, Research Director, CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche
    Scientifique) and Professor, EHESS (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences
    Sociales), is an economist specialising in the impact of social
    institutions and programmes on economic growth.

    INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION

    C�cile Miranda, ESCP-EAP Paris, Oxford, Madrid, Berlin
    79, avenue de la R�publique, 75543 Paris cedex 11 - France.
    Tel: 33.1.49.23.22.30 Fax : 33.1.49.23.21.03 Email : agrh2000@escp.fr

    The registration form can be downloaded from the website of the Association
    http://www.agrh.asso.fr

    Conference Fees
    Companies : 2500 FF
    AGRH members : 1800 FF
    Foreign AGRH members : 1300 FF
    Special rate for doctoral students (please attach a copy of your student's
    card): 1000 FF