Exam 11: Global Human Resource Management

Scenario - Symon Enterprises Symon Enterprises is an international construction company with global offices in twenty foreign markets around the world.Symon currently has over 15,000 employees around the world.The company has an excellent record as being an employer of choice.It recently was voted the number three company to work for in the world by Forbes Magazine. Symon Enterprises has become very adept at effectively handling its human resources even though there are vast differences in the various countries it services.The company attributes its HR success to the expertise of its HR directors.Symon's practice has always been to hire human resource managers and directors from the country where they will be working.It has found this seems to give the company a competitive edge over the competition. -Symon Enterprises sends approximately 20% of its workers on overseas assignments.All of the following are considered advantages to be gained by the company from sending expatriates on foreign assignments except which one?

A situation in which a number of employers join together to bargain with a given labor union is called co-determination.

______ refers to the process of assessing employee performance.

Contracts that typically establish work policies including rates of pay,amounts of vacation time,and seniority rights of employees are referred to as collective bargaining agreements.

Hofstede's dimension of _____ relates to values that are traditionally associated with one gender or the other.

Of the following,which is NOT true of expatriates?

Of the following,which is NOT true regarding cultural differences in performance appraisal?

In the United States,companies have turned to executive pay strategies focused on tying pay to performance by using performance stock awards and bonuses based on meeting target goals.

Scenario - Symon Enterprises Symon Enterprises is an international construction company with global offices in twenty foreign markets around the world.Symon currently has over 15,000 employees around the world.The company has an excellent record as being an employer of choice.It recently was voted the number three company to work for in the world by Forbes Magazine. Symon Enterprises has become very adept at effectively handling its human resources even though there are vast differences in the various countries it services.The company attributes its HR success to the expertise of its HR directors.Symon's practice has always been to hire human resource managers and directors from the country where they will be working.It has found this seems to give the company a competitive edge over the competition. -When Symon Enterprises has work to be performed within a country where workers place a high value on things like competition,assertiveness,and achievement,it can be stated that the company is most likely working within which one of the following Hofstede's cultural dimensions?

An expatriate is someone who

Scenario - The Campbell Corporation The Campbell Corporation is a multinational business,which currently operates in five foreign markets.It manufactures stuffed toys for children around the world and is very pleased with the quality of its products.At present,this company has about 900 employees split equally between the five markets it serves.Fifty percent of its employees are host country nationals and this balance seems to work effectively for contributing to the success of the Campbell Corporation. The Campbell Corporation has faced many difficulties in gaining knowledge about human resource management in foreign marketplaces.Even though the challenges have been considerable,they have not weakened the desire of this company to succeed.The Campbell Company hopes to soon enter its sixth foreign market,Switzerland.Past experiences have taught the owners of this company that it must gain knowledge of the foreign country's culture prior to entering its marketplace if it hopes to be successful. -If the Campbell Corporation wanted to subcontract one of its production processes to a third party currently in Switzerland,this action would most likely be referred to as which one of the following?

Providing employees with skills specific to the job they are going to be doing refers to ______.

Host country nationals are workers already living in the foreign or host country where the U.S.company is opening operations and are being employed by the U.S.company.

_______ established free trade between the United States,Canada,and Mexico.

With which statement would Hofstede agree?

The United Nations International Labor Organization (ILO)sets minimal standards that involve prohibitions against slave or forced labor,restrictions on the use of child labor,certain basic job safety protections,and the right of workers to form labor unions.

In highly collectivist countries such as South Korea and Japan,success tends to be measured by the success of the group rather than by individual achievements and performances.

Hofstede's dimension of individualism vs.collectivism refers to

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)established free trade between the United States,Argentina,and Brazil.

The process that takes place when the expatriate employee returns home is called _____.