Exam 1: Global Professional in Human Resources

Which of the following leadership theories believes that leadership styles should correspond to the maturity of the employees?

According to the European Union and the International Labor Organization (ILO), which of the following legal instruments is non-binding?

A .U. S. based Engineering Manager was sent to England for a short-term six-month assignment to recruit and build a team. He is almost dome with the assignmrnt and describes the entire opportunity as being exciting and challenging. He wants to stay in Europe further and hopes to go on future international assignments. According to Black and Mendenhall, which of the following stages of the cross-cultural adjustment cycle is the manager in?

A U.S. based high tech company has built a R&D office in Bangalore, India. Four years have passed since the Greenfield operation was successfully built. During this time, the new location has taken on higher priority engineering projects and trained and developed managerial skills of its newly recruited manages in Bangalore. Headquarters wants the office to take on a new engineering project that would expand its business in the U.S. by adding a new product line. This project has been identified as the most important objective for the corporation in the mid-term. The project is still in the phase of identifying specifications and developing milestones, where the engineering management team is working closely with the product manager. Which of the following types international assignment is the most appropriate for the product manager during this phase of the project?

Which of the following represents a PRIMARY reason why employees leave an organization ?

Which of the following is NOT likely an issue a human resources professional would help a dual career family to work though to determine the appropriateness of an international assignment for the family at that time ?

An organization is in the growth stage of the organizational life cycle. It has five locations, one in the U.S. (headquarters), two in Asia, one in South America, and one in Europe. The company has decided to utilize a geographic organizational structure. Although the foreign locations are relatively new, they are fully operational each running fairly independently. However, once a year the executive team from headquarters visits each office to meet with the managers at each site to discuss the coming fiscal year's strategic goals and objectives. According to Hannon's framework, which of the following human resource strategies BEST aligns with this type of organizational structure?

Which of the following is NOT a reason to outsource ?

An Organization's sales team is made up of two individuals to sell its products internationally. In lieu of the small group, the company has decided to utilize representatives from other inability to communicationicate its technical aspects. Which of the following elements should the sales team work with marketing on to resolve this problem?

Which of the following is NOT a potential difference in benefits practice that Human Resources should evaluate when compensating an expatriate or local national ?

After two years of selling mostly prototypes of their product, built to customer specifications, a company is beginning to commercialize this product. The current average cost to build the product is $1000 per unit, where $600 is the bill of materials and $400 id the direct labor. The company currently produces at the run rate of the 100 good units per week from 200 total units processed. The firm currently sells the product at $1500 per unit, without volume discounts. One of the major pressures from their customers is to cut costs by 40% within one year. Which of the following strategies should the firm pursue first based on the following research data ? Please assume there is infinite customer demand.

A Singapore-based restaurant chain is experiencing phenomenal growth. The chain offers a unique service for demographics experiencing the growth of two-person income families. It offers a variety of affordable, healthy alternatives to the fast food chains. Corporate headquarters is trying to decide whether to offer one dingle line of products shared throughout each chain or to offer one single line of products shared by each region. This scenario is an example of which of the following types of tensions common in global expansion?

Which of the following is NOT a significant benefit for employers to clearly communicate the direct and indirect compensation strategy to their employees?

Which of the following is a difference between the recruitment and selection of an individual for a position in the home country vs. For an international assignment?

Which of the following criteria is NOT a factor in determining the level of control of a non-U.S. corporation?

Which of the following type of listening is occurring when a person is thinking. "Robert has some legitimate points about the importance of quality and its importance in the company's growth" while listening to a ISO-9001 training session?

Which of the following factors is NOT a significant variable in how an individual may re-adjust after returning home ?

Which of the following factors is an incentive for company to pursue localization?

Which of the following is NOT an international assignee?

Which of the following is NOT an external third-party source for recruiting ?