Exam 13: Managing Human Resources Globally

Expatriates acting as ambassadors:

As HRM becomes increasingly more strategic,managers should use VRIO dimensions to assess its activities.

A repatriate is a manager who returns to his or her home country to stay after working abroad for a length of time.

Allied Food Inc.is a food and beverage manufacturing company in Bordania.While staffing its top positions in its headquarters and in its foreign subsidiaries,it focuses only on finding suitable people to fill the positions.The nationality of the applicants is not considered important.In this case,which of the following staffing approaches has Allied Food Inc.adopted?

How do institutions and resources affect human resource management (HRM)?

To avoid expatriate failure,which of the following is true of the firms using only individual dimensions to select expatriates?

_____ refers to longer-term,broader preparation to improve managerial skills for a better career.

Widget Corp.,a technological firm based in the U.S.,mainly relies on staffing its employees from the U.S.for its operations.It adopts the same approach in staffing the top positions of its foreign subsidiaries as they have perfect understanding of the norms and cultures of the parent company.In this case,Widget Corp.follows a(n)_____ in staffing.

A perceived lack of talent among parent-country nationals (PCNs)often necessitates an ethnocentric approach.

Which of the following statements is true of the going rate approach of compensating expatriates?

Zipsoft Inc.,a technological firm in Belwick,is planning to establish subsidiaries in Arcadia and Platinia.A major problem is that Arcadia is a union stronghold.To tackle the union stronghold,which of the following would be in the best interest of the company if it establishes a subsidiary in Arcadia?

Austin is an employee of Zade Corp.in Ethiona.He worked in Zade's subsidiary in Lumeria for over four years and returned to Ethiona.Upon his return,he assumed a new position as a project manager at Zade.In this scenario,Austin is a(n)_____.

_____ is specific preparation to do a particular job.

A HRM team that wants to retain expatriates and foster strong identification with the host country should use which of the following compensation approaches?

When a geocentric approach in staffing is adopted,_____.

_____ are nonnative employees who work and reside in a foreign country.

To be more effective and supportive of labor causes,labor unions should move operations around the world.

In multinational enterprises (MNEs),third-country nationals:

To avoid expatriate failure,which of the following is true of the firms that use situation dimensions to select expatriates?

The staffing choices of top positions abroad are of paramount importance and often a reflection of the strategic posture of the MNE.