This document discusses factors that influence differences in domestic and international human resource management, including the host country's culture, industry type, reliance on home market, and senior management attitudes. It also outlines forces driving change in the global work environment like competition, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, and technology advances. These impacts require multinational companies to be flexible, responsive to local needs, share knowledge, and transfer competencies. In response, managers must develop a global mindset, use control mechanisms, facilitate cross-border communication, leverage virtual teams, and offer international assignments.