International Human Resource Management

The HR function of an MNE is to.........staff

• Select

• Appraise the performance

• Develop

• do all of these and more

What is a reason(s) for using home-country nationals?

• Provide technical expertise and start up operations.

• The need to maintain and facilitate organizational coordination and control

• Provide the company’s more promising managers with international experience to equip them better for more responsible positions

• All are correct

The term "expat" means "out of the country" worker.

• True

• False

• Don't know

Which is the criteria in selecting expats?

• Ability to adapt and technical competence

• Spouse and family adaptability and human relations skills

• Desire to serve overseas and previous overseas experience

• All of the above

If an American company, operating in Sweden, expect all workers to adopt American attitudes and norms in work, it is called a__________approach

• geocentric

• polycentric

• ethnocentric

• regiocentric

In a geocentric approach, the MNC seeks to try to fill positions with the best candidates, regardless where they come from

• True

• False

One of the main reasons for Disney's failure in France was it's_____approach.

• polycentric

• geocentric

• ethnocentric

• none of the above

A polycentric approach is when you hire

• home country nationals

• anyone who can do the work

• host country nationals

• family of local powerful people

It is important to chose an expat who

• is adaptable

• is sensitivity towards different cultures

• has confidence

• all the above

The Polycentric Approach:

• Minimizes the dangers of narrow-mindedness

• can create a gap between home and host country operations

• The firm is less likely to suffer from cultural adaptation

• All the above