Exam 16: Hiring and Managing Employees

Which of the following training approaches involve employees visiting another culture,walking the streets of its cities and villages,and becoming absorbed by the culture for a short time?

You're Hired! Erica Els has just been promoted as vice president of human resources for Hudson Foods,a U.S.-based international frozen food corporation.Erica's first task is to staff the company's European subsidiary. -One challenge facing Hudson Foods as it expands into Europe is getting through all the bureaucratic and legal regulations surrounding the food industry.Erica plans to hire a manager to ensure that this challenge is overcome.Who among the following will Erica most likely recruit for this position?

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. -The most basic level of training that can be given to the managers is ________.

A geocentric staffing policy is generally reserved for ________.

________ is the process of staffing a company and ensuring that employees are as productive as possible.

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

Differentiate between the three types of staffing policies used by international companies.What are the advantages of each?

The major drawback of polycentric staffing is the potential for losing control of the host-country operation.

Differentiate between culture shock and reverse culture shock.How can companies help employees deal with such issues?

To help speed up the process of getting approvals for local operations,a firm would most likely benefit from hiring ________.

Which of the following is the first phase of human resource planning?

An expatriate manager who returns after a few years from an overseas assignment to find that there is no position for him in his home country office experiences a(n)________.

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

To speed up the process of getting government approval for local operations,companies must hire home country nationals.

Which of the following is a reason why there are only a few managers who are ready and willing to go to foreign branches on short notice?

Explain the advantages and disadvantages of a geocentric staffing policy,and discuss the effects of culture shock when assigning an employee to work in another country.

Compare and contrast the methods of cultural training.Is any single method better than all the others?

Mr.Yoshimura goes to Tennessee Mr.Yoshimura,vice president of quality control at Oshimura Yarn,has recently been assigned to a three-year project at the company's Tennessee plant.Mr.Yoshimura has brought his wife and his three daughters with him from Yokohama to Tennessee. -Mr.Yoshimura and his family were initially very excited to see Tennessee but soon started missing their home,relatives and friends in Japan.They are facing ________.

Companies typically recruit ________ to train individuals placed in more demanding nonmanagerial positions at foreign branches.

Sensitivity training constitutes the most basic level of cultural training for managers on international assignments.