Exam 11: Global Human Resource Management

In which of the following countries would the general expectation be that women will not be full-time participants in the workforce?

Of the following,which is NOT true regarding technological implications on human resource management?

A U.S.company sending an employee to work for a few years in its Madrid,Spain office while also learning the Spanish language would be an example of training.

Jonathan is a U.S.citizen who works for U.S.based company,XYZ Computers.He was sent by XYZ Computers to France to help open a branch overseas.Jonathan is a _____.

Which statement about compensation is accurate?

Negotiations in which a number of employers jointly bargain with a given labor union is known as _____.

______ involves preparing employees for new future assignments or positions.

In which country would it be inappropriate to mix upper and middle managers together in the same training or development program?

Why might Poland be a good country to open an operation for a business that needs a large available labor supply?

A major complaint about the NAALC process is that _____.

Hofstede's dimension of long-term vs.short-term orientation refers to

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. -Which one of the following would be least likely to be present if the Campbell Corporation found itself manufacturing its products within a foreign country that embraces unionization?

Hofstede's dimension of _____ relates to the extent that people think of themselves as members of a group or collective,rather than discrete individuals.

Human resource management (HRM)is handled much the same way in all countries.

In the United States,training and development tends to focus on improving the group,with instruction addressed to small groups and testing focusing upon group questions and answers.

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. -Employee compensation,performance appraisals,and benefits vary greatly from culture to culture.Which one of the following would not be considered a challenge facing Symon Enterprises when it comes to global compensation and performance management?

A U.S.company sending an employee to work for a few years in its Berlin office office would likely see to it that the employee learns to speak a bit of German and understands something about German cultural norms.This is an example of _____.

In low power distance countries,strict hierarchies are maintained in the performance appraisal system,and managers simply evaluate subordinate employees.

A manager who makes occasional trips to a foreign office but who manages mainly through ongoing e-mails,videoconferences,and web-based collaboration can BEST be described as a(n)______.

The _______ distance dimension deals with the degree of equality of authority distribution in a given society and its workplaces and employee expectations related to the same.