Question 1

What would be considered an informal control mechanism?

Accepted Answer

Cultural control,the process of socializing people so that they come to share a common set of values and beliefs that then shape their behavior and perspectives at work.HR can incorporate a cultural agenda into recruitment and selection,training and development and assignment placement activities and processes.

Question 2

Centralized HR companies are operated within a matrix structure.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

Clan control is defined as:

Accepted Answer

A)   Hiring family relations to maintain control
B)   Hiring people from similar backgrounds to ease cooperation
C)   Social control to supplement or replace traditional structures
D)   Control by personal influence C

Question 4

Less human resources planning and management development are in the matrix structure of operations than traditional organization.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The metanational form is described as a global tournament.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The Inpatriate manager performs a major role in identifying employees who can direct operations in a foreign subsidiary.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Matrix structures:

Accepted Answer

A)   Can be managed by anyone with basic skills
B)   Requires a manager with some experience,but who insist on no ambiguities
C)   Requires managers who know the business in general,who has good interpersonal skills and who can deal with ambiguities in responsibilities
D)   Requires a manager who has worked at least five years in a previous matrix organization

Question 8

Chinese firms have many international operations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Half of the US firms reported that HR functions were unrelated to the nature of the firm's international operations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The following types of units are regarded in a metanational firm EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)   Sensing unit,financial unit and performing unit
B)   Magnet unit and entrepreneurial unit
C)   Sensing unit,magnet unit and marketing unit
D)   Marketing unit,magnet unit,financial unit

Question 11

The matrix structure:

Accepted Answer

A)   Is rather simple to control
B)   Is characterized by a manager who belongs to two units at the same time
C)   Is one of the first structures used by newly-formed international firms
D)   Is difficult to set up,but once in place it is easy to maintain

Question 12

How can a social relationship be considered a control?

Accepted Answer

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Question 13

The complex network of interrelated activities in a MNE can be described in the following structure:

Accepted Answer

A)   Functional
B)   Product division
C)   Heterarchy
D)   Bureaucratic

Question 14

One advantage of a matrix structure is:

Accepted Answer

A)   Allows all departments to network efficient
B)   Brings conflicts of interest out into the open
C)   Provides the company with uniform corporate values
D)   Allows each locations to have its own self-contained division

Question 15

What are the advantages and disadvantages of the global matrix structure?

Accepted Answer

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Question 16

Social Capital emphasizes the need for:

Accepted Answer

A)   Recycling facilities for community
B)   A customer list in an organization
C)   Employees with poor social skills
D)   Contacts and ties that facilitate knowledge sharing

Question 17

Japanese based multinational firms are the only firms to successfully balance operations in all the regional blocks.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which category of employee is typically used in key sales subsidiary position in a new developing international company:

Accepted Answer

A)   Parent Country National
B)   Host Country National
C)   Third Country National
D)   Multi Country National

Question 19

The European path approach to a global matrix tends to emphases:

Accepted Answer

A)   Worldwide product division approach
B)   Area/geographic division approach
C)   Functional approach
D)   Corporate subsidiary approach

Question 20

An export manager is typically the first international HR position in a new international company.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 3: The Organizational Context

What would be considered an informal control mechanism?

Centralized HR companies are operated within a matrix structure.

Clan control is defined as:

Less human resources planning and management development are in the matrix structure of operations than traditional organization.

The metanational form is described as a global tournament.

The Inpatriate manager performs a major role in identifying employees who can direct operations in a foreign subsidiary.

Matrix structures:

Chinese firms have many international operations.

Half of the US firms reported that HR functions were unrelated to the nature of the firm's international operations.

The following types of units are regarded in a metanational firm EXCEPT:

The matrix structure:

How can a social relationship be considered a control?

The complex network of interrelated activities in a MNE can be described in the following structure:

One advantage of a matrix structure is:

What are the advantages and disadvantages of the global matrix structure?

Social Capital emphasizes the need for:

Japanese based multinational firms are the only firms to successfully balance operations in all the regional blocks.

Which category of employee is typically used in key sales subsidiary position in a new developing international company:

The European path approach to a global matrix tends to emphases:

An export manager is typically the first international HR position in a new international company.