Exam 15: International Human Resources Management

Only 20 percent of people globally are covered by any sort of social insurance programs.

Expatriates can be compensated for their services in several ways.At one end,their pay can be based on their earnings in the home country.What is at the other end of expatriate pay?

Which of the following is the source of overseas employees that provides the advantages of less cost and greater facility in the language?

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.

UVW is an international firm with headquarters in Germany.Its operations in other parts of the world are fully autonomous.What type of firm is UVW?

Codetermination refers to the training an expatriate manager receives before an international assignment.

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

The host country is the country in which an international business operates.

In some countries,such as India,profit sharing is mandated by law.Thus,companies have to distribute some of their profits to the employees.What is the key reason for this requirement?

Rand Computers is a mid-sized firm located in Toronto.As a result of personal connections,Rand Computers has started a division in Buffalo,New York.What type of corporation is Rand Computers?

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

When an American multidomestic corporation hires a Canadian to work in its offices in India,what is this employee known as?

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

NBC Petroleum Corporation,a French firm,is now establishing a subsidiary in Bangladesh.This represents an early stage of international expansion for the company.What type of employees would NBC Petroleum most likely use?

The European Union (EU)was established to facilitate free trade with North America.

What is evident when you compare wages and benefits for employees in European countries such as Norway and Denmark to employees in North America?

Global managers must be capable of managing highly decentralized organizations.

What is the specialized agency of the United Nations that promotes the rights of workers?

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.

Think about a spider's web with the spider in the middle.In this scenario,the spider controls the web from the centre.What type of corporation does this web resemble the most?