Exam 17: Human Resource Management in the Global Firm

The problem of non-comparable outcomes arises because of differences in economic, political, legal, and cultural variables.

Employee Categories (Scenario) Styleco Inc. is an international manufacturer of leather wallets and briefcases. Based in Canada, the firm has subsidiaries throughout Europe and Asia. High-level Styleco employees are often relocated for months at a time to foreign offices depending on the needs of the firm. Shelly Eaton, a Canadian, has been sent to manage the Styleco office in Italy. Raj Patel, an Indian, is an experienced software designer who is on assignment for Styleco in its Paris office. Keiko Tran of Japan is employed as a manager in Styleco's Tokyo office. Marcus Field is a Canadian working at the Styleco headquarters in Ontario as a manufacturing engineer. -Which of the following employees is most likely a third-country national?

Unions in Europe often represent not only factory workers but white-collar workers such as physicians, engineers, and teachers.

Which of the following is NOT one of the four dimensions of cultural intelligence?

________ are typically the largest proportion of workers hired abroad and usually work in manufacturing, assembly, basic service activities, clerical work, and other non-managerial functions.

Typically, a standardized diagnostic tool is used to evaluate the performance of all firm employees and subsidiaries, both domestic and international.

Which of the following offsets some of the benefits of paying low wages abroad?

Host-country nationals (HCNs) are citizens of the country where the MNE's subsidiary is located.

Women enjoy equal access to senior management positions in most Asian countries.

In a short essay, discuss the key tasks of international human resource managers.

Typically, country laws do dictate how many employees can come from non-local sources.

Given the potential hardships of working abroad, many MNEs also provide ________ to expatriate employees, which is similar to a bonus.

Which of the following issues most likely complicates international human resource management?

International Management Position (Scenario) Global Choppers Inc. is an MNE based in Vancouver that manufactures high-quality motorcycles for sale around the world. The majority of design work is done at the Vancouver headquarters, but manufacturing and assembly are performed in company facilities located in Romania. In order to maintain control over manufacturing quality, Global Choppers sends representatives from the company headquarters to manage the Romanian facility for one-year rotations. Conrad O'Neil has been selected to run the foreign facility for the upcoming year. The human resources department of Global Choppers will be preparing him for his foreign assignment through a variety of training methods. -Which of the following is the term used to describe an expatriate's return to his/her home country following completion of a foreign assignment?

Strikes are an organized, collective refusal to work, with the aim of ________.

Base remuneration is also referred to as ________.

Expatriates usually do not receive the benefits normally accorded to home-country employees.

When outsourcing work to foreign suppliers, managers must ensure that ________.

Firms using a(n) ________ primarily use parent country nationals to staff higher-level foreign positions.

Which of the following most likely occurs as a result of expatriate failure?