Perlmutter's Framework and Strategic Orientations
5OS04 – People management in an international context
This CIPD Level 5 learning video explores Perlmutter's Framework and Strategic Orientations, a cornerstone concept within unit 5OS04 – People management in an international context. The video examines how organisations adopt ethnocentric, polycentric, geocentric, and regional-centric orientations when selecting and resourcing staff for international assignments, addressing assessment criteria AC 2.1. You'll discover how to assess critical factors including candidate qualities, emotional resilience, cultural awareness, EDI considerations, language capabilities, and duty of care obligations across cross-national contexts. By watching, you'll gain the strategic insight needed to evaluate international staffing decisions and understand how organisational orientation shapes HRM practices globally.
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: Perlmutter's Framework and Strategic Orientations
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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