Contractual, Legal and Integration Considerations
5OS04 – People management in an international context
This CIPD Level 5 video, part of unit 5OS04 – People management in an international context, explores the contractual, legal and integration considerations essential when selecting and resourcing staff for international assignments. Drawing on assessment criteria AC 2.1, the video examines how organisations must evaluate critical factors including contractual terms and conditions, duty of care obligations, legal compliance across jurisdictions, and integration challenges that affect expatriate success. You'll gain practical insight into balancing organisational needs with employee wellbeing, whilst understanding how different international orientations influence staffing decisions and support structures for international assignees.
Assessment Criteria 2.1
Assess the factors to be considered when selecting and resourcing staff for international assignments.
Indicative Content
Perlmutter’s orientation of international firms, polycentric, ethnocentric, geocentric and regional-centric orientations; different factors to include identification of qualities and behaviours, awareness of EDI, difference, emotional resilience, ability to cope with long- and short-term change, wellbeing, duty of care, language, personal contexts, contractual terms and conditions, consideration of cross-national HRM dominant cultural viewpoint.
What You'll Learn
Video covering: Contractual, Legal and Integration Considerations
About 5OS04 – People management in an international context
This unit is designed to provide people practitioners with the necessary knowledge and understanding to effectively manage people in an international context.
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