This document discusses cultural and international human resource management trends and future challenges. It identifies key qualities like corporate culture, professional industry culture, and national ethnic culture that can lead to cross-cultural differences. It also outlines trends in international HRM like global business process redesign and changing capabilities of international operations. Major challenges in IHRM mentioned include talent gaps, cultural conflicts, interest conflicts, and labor law conflicts. Mechanisms to cope with these challenges include managing the shift to global HRM, enabling global capability development, ensuring effective knowledge management, and providing cost-effective HR services.