Exam 11: Global Human Resource Management

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)established free trade between the United States, Argentina, and Brazil.

Statistics reflect how immigration laws and the ability of foreign-born individuals to work in a given country vary widely throughout the world. In Japan, _____ percent of the labor force in is foreign born.

Scenario - Symon Enterprises Symon Enterprises is an international construction company with global offices in twenty foreign markets around the world. Symon currently has over 15,000 employees around the world. The company has an excellent record as being an employer of choice. It recently was voted the number three company to work for in the world by Forbes Magazine. Symon Enterprises has become very adept at effectively handling its human resources even though there are vast differences in the various countries it services. The company attributes its HR success to the expertise of its HR directors. Symon's practice has always been to hire human resource managers and directors from the country where they will -Symon Enterprises sends approximately 20% of its workers on overseas assignments. All of the following are considered advantages to be gained by the company from sending expatriates on foreign assignments except which one?

Employees from the home countries who are sent to work for their companies overseas are known as _____.

Workers who are already living in the foreign or host country where the parent company is opening operation refers to _______.

______ involves preparing employees for new future assignments or higher level positions.

A contract comprehensively setting forth employee terms and conditions of employment at a given workplace or group of workplaces refers to a _________.

Which of the following is NOT true about Qatar?

Jonathan is a U.S. citizen who works for U.S. based company, XYZ Computers. He was sent by XYZ Computers to France to help open a branch overseas. Jonathan is a(n)_____.

Geert Hofstede identified _____ major dimensions of national culture are they apply to human resource management.

Briefly describe the five cultural dimensions identified by Geert Hofstede as they apply to human resource management.

Of the following, which is NOT true regarding cultural differences in performance appraisal?

According to Hofstede research, Russia can be described as a low power distance country, because strict hierarchies are maintained in the performance appraisal system, and managers evaluate subordinate employees.

Employees from the home country that are sent to work for their company overseas refers to _______.

______ refers to employees from a new parent or host country who are being employed in a given foreign country.

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. -Which one of the following would be least likely to be present if the Campbell Corporation found itself manufacturing its products within a foreign country that embraces unionization?