Exam 20: International Human Resources

Companies find it challenging to judge a potential expatriate's adaptability to foreign places,people,and processes.

An advantage of the geocentric outlook to staffing is ________.

What are the current trends in expatriate allowances? What are the reasons for these changes?

Why are third-country nationals increasingly being used to fill expatriate assignments? How do third-country nationals fit into the concept of geocentrism?

The headquarters-based compensation method bases the expatriate's compensation on the salary of a comparable job in the city where the MNE has its headquarters.

A(n)________ staffing policy framework assumes that the practices and procedures that work at headquarters will work in foreign operations; as such,executive slots are filled by home country nationals.

List and discuss the main components of an expatriate's compensation package.

According to the text which of the following is the most important competency in the expatriate selection process?

A(n)________ manager champions the ways of foreign markets as comparable,if not more enlightened,than the practices of his or her parent company and home nation.

What is the primary advantage of an MNE using an ethnocentric framework?

The various activities of HRM perform best when managers link them to the strategy of the firm.

What problems do managers commonly encounter when repatriated from foreign assignments? How can HRM improve the repatriation process?

How do MNEs benefit from superior international HRM especially when filling expatriate positions? What costs do MNEs face when expatriate assignments are unsuccessful?

Generally,HRM does not emphasize which of the following characteristics when evaluating the adaptiveness of an expatriate candidate?

List and compare the three common methods of implementing a balanced compensation plan.

Which of the following interpretative frameworks does NOT automatically presume that a particular nation provides a solution to every problem or an explanation for every action?

The past few years have seen fewer females sent on international assignments.

Watson Electronics,an MNE based in Canada,tends to follow an ethnocentric staffing model. From which group will it most likely hire for upper-level management positions in its new facility in Germany?

The three types of interpretative frameworks in international businesses are ________.

A key disadvantage of a polycentric staffing policy is that it limits the career mobility of subsidiary executives.