Best Human Resource Management Practices in Latin America

<p>Latin America today presents a dynamic but challenging business landscape. Although foreign investment in the region has risen Asia’s increasing role in the global economy is a challenge to Latin America’s competitiveness. At the same time Translatina firms – Latin American trans-national companies – continue to grow in capital and influence.</p><p>This original collection explores the tensions between the strategic HRM policies demanded by global competition and local approaches rooted in Latin American cultural values. The book uses a selection of real-life case studies plus quantitative data to understand the unique challenges of human resource management in Latin America exploring:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>the relationship between political economic and social forces and HR practices</li> <li>lessons from successful HRM practices in the region</li> <li>the role of HRM practices for business strategy in Latin America</li> <li>national development and HRM practices</li> <li>diverse specific social and cultural contexts.</li> </ul><p>Written by regional-based academics with intimate knowledge of the cultural and business landscapes this is an important reading for students of human resource management and business and management </p>