Process and curriculum in teaching international human resource management

Providing the structure for the teaching and learning of international human resource management is a complex task of balancing content areas of cog-nitive knowledge, and non-cognitive (e.g., attitudinal) material, with the edu-cational process designed to achieve optimal personal learning as well as meet institutional objectives. This paper presents a model for educational design which allows for flexible and multiple approaches to student learning, and applies it to an existing undergraduate course in IHRM at an Australian university. The course is examined for effectiveness of process and curriculum, and recommendations are made for the development of similar courses in IHRM. Educators generally are confronted with changing expectations concerning the aims and methods of education. Among the numerous interacting forces for educational changes are changing social norms towards less punitive and restrictive educational practices, calls by educational critics for more participative and varied techniques, and employers ’ needs for adaptive employees capable of different tasks and wor