The Transfer of Corporate Human Resource Routines in International Companies: An ERP Implementation Example

• Authors: Michał Bartoszewicz , Katarzyna Susabowska

Title variants

PL

Transfer rutyn korporacyjnych w obszarze ZZL w przedsiębiorstwach międzynarodowych na przykładzie wdrożenia oprogramowania klasy ERP

• Languages of publication: EN PL

Abstracts

EN

The goal of this study is to provide knowledge about transferring routines from parent company to subsidiary in HRM area. We review concepts and theories of routines and then conduct the research. By examining company’s best practices we show the routines transfer on the example of implementation of enterprise resource planning (ERP) system in international company XXX. Implications of the project’s research design for interpretation of results, and for management of effective international HRM practices, are discussed.

PL

Celem artykułu jest odkrycie praktycznych wyzwań związanych z transferem rutyn z firm-matek do ich spółek-satelit (spółek-córek) poprzez artefakty (na przykładzie wdrożenia systemu klasy ERP w obszarze zarządzania zasobami ludzkimi). Struktura artykułu jest następująca: w pierwszej sekcji dostarczamy tło teoretyczne poprzez wskazanie głównych koncepcji związanych z kulturą organizacyjną i korporacyjną. W kolejnej części opisujemy założenia teoretyczne niezbędne do zrozumienia rutyn: tego, jak się zmieniają, oraz roli, jaką artefakty odgrywają w procesie transferu rutyn. Następnie opisujemy zastosowaną w badaniach metodologię. Artykuł kończy dyskusja dotycząca rezultatów badawczych, a także rekomendacje do dalszych badań.

Keywords

EN

routines ; routine transfer ; subsidiaries ; enterprise resource planning system ER ; IHRM.

PL

rutyny; transfer rutyn; filie; system ERP; MZZL

• Publisher: Institute of Labor and Social Studies, Warsaw
• Journal: Zarządzanie Zasobami Ludzkimi
• Year: 2014
• Issue: 2014 6(101) Uncertainty in a Flattening World: Challenges for IHRM (Niepewność w płaskim świecie: wyzwania dla międzynarodowego ZZL)
• Pages: 67-83
• Document type: article

Dates

published

2014-12-15

Contributors

author

Michał Bartoszewicz

• Department of Human Resource Management of the University of Economics in Katowice, Katowice, Poland

author

Katarzyna Susabowska

• Department of Human Resource Management of the University of Economics in Katowice, Katowice, Poland

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Notes

PL

The polish version of this article was published on free CD added to the paper version HRM(ZZL) 2014 6(101); ISSN 1641-0882.

To jest polskie tłumaczenie anglojęzycznego artykułu z numeru 2014 6(101) opublikowane na bezpłatnej płycie CD dołączonej do papierowego wydania numeru 2014 6(101), ISSN 1641-0882.