Question 1

_____ refers to a strategy that is concerned with the selection of employees for particular jobs.

Accepted Answer

A)   Compensation policy
B)   Staffing policy
C)   Performance appraisal policy
D)   Training policy
E)   Management development policyF) D) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 2

A polycentric staffing approach is effective only for international firms pursuing a transnational strategy and inappropriate for other strategies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Home-office managers are unbiased while evaluating the performance of expatriate managers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Historically,most international businesses have been more concerned with management development than with training.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

In international businesses,a disadvantage of an ethnocentric staffing policy is that it produces resentment in host-country nationals.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Describe how management development programs can increase the value of human capital in an international business firm.

Accepted Answer

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Question 7

_____ refers to a subset of expatriates who are citizens of a foreign country working in the home country of their multinational employer.

Accepted Answer

A)   Virtual expatriates
B)   Inpatriates
C)   Third-country nationals
D)   Host-country nationals
E)   Parent-country nationalsF) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 8

Megan,a U.S.citizen,is the operations manager at the Middle East office of HS Constructions Inc.,an American firm.In this situation,she is an example of a(n) _____ manager.

Accepted Answer

A)   immigrant
B)   host-country
C)   inpatriate
D)   expatriate
E)   virtualF) None of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 9

Which of the following is an additional and difficult dimension to the long-standing problem of expatriate failure due to the inability of the spouse to adjust?

Accepted Answer

A)   Formal training
B)   Dual-career families
C)   Cultural diversity
D)   Single parenting
E)   Cultural toughnessF) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 10

The fact that many countries want foreign subsidiaries to employ their citizens limits a firm's ability to pursue a geocentric policy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

International businesses differ markedly in their approaches to international labor relations.The trend now is toward _____ that reflect(s) international firms' attempts to rationalize their global operations.

Accepted Answer

A)   decentralized labor activities
B)   greater centralized control
C)   autonomy
D)   lateral relationships
E)   national legislationF) None of the above
G) B) and C)

Question 12

A(n) _____ staffing policy is one in which all key management positions are filled by parent-country nationals.

Accepted Answer

A)   ethnocentric
B)   global
C)   polycentric
D)   geocentric
E)   transnationalF) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 13

Bringing managers together in one location for extended periods and rotating them through different jobs in several countries help the firm build an informal management network.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

In terms of expatriate pay,what does a firm typically do when a reciprocal tax treaty is not in force?

Accepted Answer

A)   The firm requires the expatriate to pay one-third of the income tax to the host-country government.
B)   The firm requires the expatriate to pay 50 percent of the income tax to the host-country government.
C)   The firm pays the expatriate's income tax to the host-country government.
D)   The firm requires the expatriate to pay the income tax both to the host-country and the home-country government.
E)   The firm pays the expatriate's income tax to the home-country government.F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 15

Describe human resource management.

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Question 16

What is the advantage of a geocentric staffing policy?

Accepted Answer

A)   It requires firms to provide little or no documentation to hire a foreign national.
B)   It enables firms to build a cadre of international executives who feel at home working in a number of cultures.
C)   It is inexpensive to implement the policy in a firm.
D)   It allows all key management positions of the firms and their subsidiaries to be filled by parent-country nationals.
E)   It helps firms to follow a localization strategy.F) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 17

A(n) _____ staffing policy requires host-country nationals to be recruited to manage subsidiaries,while parent-country nationals occupy key positions at corporate headquarters.

Accepted Answer

A)   geocentric
B)   polycentric
C)   ethnocentric
D)   global
E)   transnationalF) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 18

Firms that use an ethnocentric staffing policy consider it to be:

Accepted Answer

A)   a way to reduce the costs of value creation.
B)   inappropriate for a localization strategy.
C)   the best way to maintain a unified corporate culture.
D)   the most inexpensive staffing approach.
E)   the only approach to reduce cultural myopia.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 19

Which of the following is the most common approach to expatriate pay which equalizes purchasing power across countries so employees can enjoy the same living standard in their foreign posting that they enjoyed at home?

Accepted Answer

A)   Merit approach
B)   Correspondence approach
C)   Balance sheet approach
D)   Parity approach
E)   Perceptual approachF) B) and E)
G) D) and E)

Question 20

Organized labor responds to the increased bargaining power of multinational corporations by:

Accepted Answer

A)   trying to impose regulations on multinationals through organizations such as GATT.
B)   trying to achieve international regulations on multinationals through the United Nations.
C)   trying to establish regional boards.
D)   lobbying for multinational corporations to restrict their global reach to three or fewer foreign countries.
E)   trying to develop a local trade forum.F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Exam 17: Global Human Resource Management

A(n) _____ staffing policy is one in which all key management positions are filled by parent-country nationals.

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_____ refers to a strategy that is concerned with the selection of employees for particular jobs.

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Home-office managers are unbiased while evaluating the performance of expatriate managers.

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The fact that many countries want foreign subsidiaries to employ their citizens limits a firm's ability to pursue a geocentric policy.

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Megan,a U.S.citizen,is the operations manager at the Middle East office of HS Constructions Inc.,an American firm.In this situation,she is an example of a(n) _____ manager.

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Describe human resource management.

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Historically,most international businesses have been more concerned with management development than with training.

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A polycentric staffing approach is effective only for international firms pursuing a transnational strategy and inappropriate for other strategies.

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Which of the following is the most common approach to expatriate pay which equalizes purchasing power across countries so employees can enjoy the same living standard in their foreign posting that they enjoyed at home?

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In terms of expatriate pay,what does a firm typically do when a reciprocal tax treaty is not in force?

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_____ refers to a subset of expatriates who are citizens of a foreign country working in the home country of their multinational employer.

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Firms that use an ethnocentric staffing policy consider it to be:

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Organized labor responds to the increased bargaining power of multinational corporations by:

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International businesses differ markedly in their approaches to international labor relations.The trend now is toward _____ that reflect(s) international firms' attempts to rationalize their global operations.

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In international businesses,a disadvantage of an ethnocentric staffing policy is that it produces resentment in host-country nationals.

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A(n) _____ staffing policy requires host-country nationals to be recruited to manage subsidiaries,while parent-country nationals occupy key positions at corporate headquarters.

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Which of the following is an additional and difficult dimension to the long-standing problem of expatriate failure due to the inability of the spouse to adjust?

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Describe how management development programs can increase the value of human capital in an international business firm.

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Bringing managers together in one location for extended periods and rotating them through different jobs in several countries help the firm build an informal management network.

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What is the advantage of a geocentric staffing policy?

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