Exam 11: Global Human Resource Management

Hofstede identified five major dimensions of national culture as they apply to human resource management throughout the world: power distance, uncertainty avoidance, individualism vs. collectivism, introversion vs. extroversion, and masculinity vs. femininity.

_____ involves the process of transferring an organizational function to another country whether outsourced or not.

The primary goal of labor unions is to _____.

Hofstede's dimension of _____ relates to values that are traditionally associated with one gender or the other.

______ refers to the process of assessing employee performance.

Hofstede's dimension of masculinity vs. femininity refers to

The _____ approach involves keeping an employee on the home country's salary structure and also providing additional allowances.

Differentiate between outsourcing and offshoring. Analyze the pros and cons of these practices.

A company that has identified an employee with future managerial potential might send that employee to a three-week university-sponsored program to help improve the individual's leadership skills. This is an example of _____.

A company, which has identified an employee with future managerial potential, sending that employee to a three-week university-sponsored program to help develop the individual's decision making and leadership skills, would be an example of development.

A situation in which a number of employers join together to bargain with a given labor union is called co-determination.

Keeping an employee on the home country's salary structure and also providing additional allowances refers to the ______.

In the United States, multi-employer bargaining, or a situation in which a number of employers join together to bargain with a given labor union, is much more common than in Germany.

Scenario - The Campbell Corporation The Campbell Corporation is a multinational business, which currently operates in five foreign markets. It manufactures stuffed toys for children around the world and is very pleased with the quality of its products. At present, this company has about 900 employees split equally between the five markets it serves. Fifty percent of its employees are host country nationals and this balance seems to work effectively for contributing to the success of the Campbell Corporation. The Campbell Corporation has faced many difficulties in gaining knowledge about human resource management in foreign marketplaces. Even though the challenges have been considerable, they have not weakened the desire of this company to succeed. The Campbell Company hopes to soon enter its sixth foreign market, Switzerland. Past experiences have taught the owners of this company that it must gain knowledge of the foreign country's culture prior to entering its marketplace if it hopes to be successful. -If the Campbell Corporation wanted to subcontract one of its production processes to a third party currently in Switzerland, this action would most likely be referred to as which one of the following?

Although the global economic recession that began in 2008 increased unemployment rates throughout the world, some countries have faced persistently higher rates of unemployment than others.Unemployment rates in Eastern European countries such as Poland and the Slovak Republic consistently have been in the _____ percent range.

Statistics reflect how immigration laws and the ability of foreign-born individuals to work in a given country vary widely throughout the world. For example, 25.7 percent of the labor force in the United States is foreign born, but in Australia this figure is less than one percent.

A U.S. company sending an employee to work for a few years in its Madrid, Spain office would likely see to it that the employee learns to speak Spanish. This is an example of _____.

Of the following, which is NOT true regarding females in the workforce?

Of the following, which is NOT true about NAALC?

______ occurs when an expatriate does not complete his or her full expatriate assignment.