Exam 15: International Human Resources Management

The balance-sheet approach to compensation refers to designing pay systems that equalize the purchasing power of employees at comparable position levels living overseas and in the home country.

Repatriation is usually a planned and positive experience for employees returning from an international assignment.

Managers' attitudes and behaviours are influenced by the society in which they received their education and training.

A work permit or work certificate allows a foreign individual to seek employment in another country.

In designing compensation systems, what does the philosophy of "thinking globally and acting locally" mean?

Which of the following is a recent trend in expatriate assignments?

NAFTA has spurred job growth in all three member countries.

Global managers must be capable of managing highly decentralized organizations.

At early stages of international expansion, many organizations prefer to use host-country nationals.

International HRM is virtually identical to domestic HRM.

A multinational corporation (MNC) has three basic sources to use when staffing its foreign operation. Name the three sources of overseas managers and state advantages and disadvantages of each.

While GH Motors is located in Canada, it has allowed management in all of international operations to make independent decisions on how they conduct business in their different environments. How would you classify GH Motors?

In general, it is typically better to hire host-country nationals when operating abroad because it is less expensive, it pleases the local government, and it eliminates the problem of employees adjusting to the culture.

Which of the following is the main purpose of free trade agreements, such as NAFTA?

The International Labour Organization has set itself a new agenda-called the "Decent Work Agenda." Which of the following is the main purpose behind this move?

Learning how people think and act in their relations with others is a part of cultural training that prepares employees for working internationally.

One of the biggest causes of expatriate failure is a spouse's inability to adjust to his or her new surroundings.

In some countries, unions are part of alliances between political parties, churches, or governments.

Canadian companies have been conducting business on an international basis longer than anyone else.

Cultural differences have little impact on international compensation.