Employment in Global Context: Migrant workers

Business reports

The individual assignment requires you to submit a short 1,000 word business report, which focuses on your contribution to the team's analysis of the case study material (see ArcelorMittal IHRM assessment brief) and proposals for the organisation's strategic decision makers.
The reports must include relevant theory and concepts, and referencing using Harvard style.

Both the front matter (i.e. the NBS Front Cover, Title, and Table of Contents) and the end matter (the list of references) are excluded from the word count.

Your report should take the form of a formal business report and include the following sections:

NBS Front Cover (available on NOW)
Title
Table of Contents
Brief Introduction and Terms of Reference (~50 words)
Main Body
A succinct summary of the team's case (~100 words)
More detailed, critical discussion focused on your individual and specific contribution, including analysis and recommendations (~800 words)
6. Conclusion (~50 words)
References

The individual assignment follows the group-based assignment - the business report should focus on your individual and specific contribution to your team's analysis and proposals.
For example, one team member may take on the role of a particular HR specialist (such as a employment relations, resourcing, or a learning and development specialist) or a more strategic, business-centred role within the team, and in their report they detail their specific contribution to the team's effort.

Question: Are ‘migrant workers' relevant to ArcelorMittal?

. Consider in your teams:
What are the staffing issues?
Strategic approach (ethnocentric-polycentric-regiocentric-geocentric?)
Staffing (HCNs/ PCNs/ TCNs?) - expats/ migrant workers?
Human resource planning/ Recruitment/ Training and development priorities...
Research the company! e.g.
Have a look at their board composition?
What does their recruitment advertising indicate?
Are they expanding/ moving to new areas? What are the labour markets like (tight/ loose)? Sector?
2. Present a short summary to the class

Critically thinking about labour mobility and migration
Consider both ‘expatriates' and ‘migrant workers' - differences/ similarities
Hazards and vulnerabilities
Opportunities, for individuals and organisations
Be specific to the context re: the assessment case study organisation

Read the following journal article:

Tharenou, P., and Kulik, C (2020) Skilled migrants employed in developed, mature economics: from newcomers to organizational insiders, Journal of Management, 46(6): 1156- 1181.

What are the challenges re: skilled and semi-skilled migrants?
Consider the differences and similarities.