Exam 16: Hiring and Managing Employees

Scenario: Swingset International Jerome Johnston,the human resource manager at the U.S.-based Swingset International,is developing an international staffing policy for the company.Jerome personally believes Swingset should send managers from the United States to manage each subsidiary.But the CEO of the company,Valerie Vermont,believes subsidiary operations ought to be managed by individuals from the host country. -Which staffing policy should Swingset consider if it wants its foreign operations to be managed by the best-qualified individuals regardless of nationality?

Describe the differences between human resource management in a domestic setting and an international setting,and explain the three phases of human resources planning.

A(n)________ policy can be pursued to hire employees at all levels in an organization.

An ethnocentric policy toward staffing is typically reserved for top-level managers.

Which of the following phases of human resource planning involves decruitment?

A major drawback of geocentric staffing is that it is expensive.

________ allows labor representatives in Germany to participate in high-level company meetings by actually voting on proposed actions.

What challenges do international labor unions face as they try to accomplish their objectives?

In geocentric staffing,operations outside the home country are managed by the best-qualified individuals,regardless of their nationality.

The process of reducing the size of an organization's workforce is called decruitment.

Which of the following is true of employee compensation in international companies?

Which of the following offers insight into a host country's political,legal,economic,and social institutions as a way of enhancing environmental briefings?

Reverse culture shock is the trouble expatriates face while adjusting to a new environment in which they find themselves.

The most common inducement that companies offer managers to accept international postings is ________.

A manager could most likely gain information on a local area's housing,health care,transportation,schools,and climate by participating in ________.

Managers who are asked to go into a particularly unstable country or one with a very low standard of living often receive a bonus called ________.

An important advantage of polycentric staffing is that it ________.

Scenario: Gem Jewels Gem Jewels recently established a number of subsidiaries in various foreign countries aiming to build high levels of international business involvement in the coming years.Cultural training has to be given by the company to home-country managers assigned to work in the new subsidiaries. -If Gem Jewels wants its employees to get "under the skin" of the local people,it should provide ________.

Which of the following is most likely to occur in the honeymoon stage of culture shock?

The customary means by which a company fills up vacancies in its offices is called ________.