HRM3704 Assignment 6 Semester 2 2024 | Due 31 October 2024

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HRM3704 Assignment 6 Semester 2 2024 | Due 31 October 2024. All questions answered.  Question 1
1. Read the following case study and then answer questions 1.1 and 1.2
KOYO
KOYO is one of the world’s largest international computer manufacturers. It is based in one of the
countries in Europe, with subsidiaries worldwide. Five years ago, one of their subsidiaries in the
Middle West needed three experts in computer engineering, programming, and networking to come to
their branch and take those positions. The subsidiary in the Middle West decided to bring someone
from the country of the KOYO headquarters, but who was already working in the host country to take
a computer engineer position, for the programmer position they brought in someone who was in the
same region as the host country, the Middle West. For the position of a networking specialist, they
brought in a person from the host country only for six months.
Source: Primary lecturer,2024
1.1. Explain how KOYO as an international organisation managed international transfers of
employees. Support your response by providing at least two advantages that KOYO would get
from each international transfer. 1.2. Critically analyse the underlying academic debates in international human resource
management (IHRM) in terms of comparative and international HRM and refer to the case
study.  Question 2
2. Read the following case study and then answer questions 2.1 to 2.3
Soul Sounds
Shaun Kelly is a well-known music mogul whose music label, Soul Sounds, has produced well-known
international music stars like Loyo, Hiya, Samrat, Libra, LovelyC, and Owen J. Shaun Kelly’s success
is attributed to his studies in commerce, including a BCom (Entrepreneurship and HR) and an MBA
(finance and digital business). He also has a BMus degree where he specialised in music technology
and jazz piano. His studies of commerce degrees have made him run a solid business with proper
functional units like HR, finance, marketing, and so forth. The order in his business has contributed to
his success. He believes in talent and talks to the HR manager all the time to ensure that there is no
corruption in recruitment and selection and that truly talented people are given the opportunity to take
posts in his company. He has a staff complement of 220 people. He sends his employees to ethics
workshops yearly. Tebza is an HR manager with a diploma in HR from a reputable higher-learning
institution and seems to do his job well. Soul Sounds had planned to shortlist applicants for three posts,
music event organiser, music talent manager, and music instrument maintenance officer in the next
week. All interviews were scheduled for a week after the shortlisting week. However, a few days
before the shortlisting, Tebza received a call from someone who wanted to meet with him, this person
would not say what the conversation would be about but promised Tebza that coming to this meeting
would benefit him handsomely, and Tebza was tempted and they met at a remote restaurant. When
Tebza arrived at a restaurant, he exchanged greetings with the person who had called him, but even
before the conversation could start Ben, a man who was meeting Tebza threw two big A4 size
envelopes in the hands of Tebza and told Tebza to open them. To Tebza’s surprise, there was money in
those envelopes. Ben said ‘take it and make sure my cousin, Zwelibi, who has applied for the position
of music talent manager, is shortlisted and gets the job. He has a degree in HR, but it has been difficult
for him to find a job. I am doing what any relative would do’. The man immediately walked away,
Tebza feared for his life and that of his family and therefore decided that he would take the money and
hire Zwelibi, but after one month he resigned from Soul Sounds and never told Shaun what his reasons
were.
Source: Primary lecturer,2024
2.1. Explain the ethical decision-making frameworks of utilitarianism, Kantian deontology, and
justice, and apply them to the case study. Three marks will be allocated for the theoretical
explanation of each concept and three marks will be allocated for the application of each
concept. 2.2. Explain African moral theory in terms of its various characteristics and apply it to the case
study. 2.3. Explain the values encapsulated in the human resources professional code of conduct that
Tebza has violated and provide examples of his wrong actions.  Question 3
3. Read the following case study and then answer questions 3.1 3.1. Defend Gugu’s final decision based on relevant ethics quick tests.