WorksheetsInternational Human Resource Management
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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
The advantage of the Geocentric Approach: is that it
makes the best use of human resources
is easy to implement due to immigration laws
is an inexpensive trategy
makes it easy on the employee's family
The Ethnocentric Approach is beneficial when
there is a lack of qualified individuals in the host country
a unified corporate culture is desired
the firm wants to transfer knowledge of core competencies to the foreign operation
All the above
In most foreign countries labor unions will posibly play a much larger role in a manager's life than in the USA
True
False
You may find that you are confronted with the following laws regarding labor in foreign countries:
Compulsory fully paid materity leave of three months or more
Compulsory fully paid vacation of 14 to 30 days per year
Compulsory full time appointment of staff after serving three months as part time
Compulsory medical and pension benefits
All the above
The most common approach to expatriate pay is the approach to pay a
home salary in home currency
a salary similar to similar jobs in host country and in host country currency
a balance sheet approach which will ensure present standard of living
a lower salary than host country nationals so as to not anatagonize the labor unions
