Exam 17: Managing Global Human Resources

Hourly wages for production workers in the United States are higher than those in Germany.

________ are financial payments over and above regular base pay.

________ refers to bringing a manager back home after a foreign assignment has been completed.

Why is recruiting,hiring,and retaining good employees difficult in China?

U.S.employers are required to attempt recruiting U.S.workers before filing requests to fill positions with foreign workers.

The most effective global HR systems implement identical strategies,practices,and methods in every location to ensure consistency throughout the organization.

The most expensive approach to staffing is the polycentric staffing model.

Which of the following is NOT one of the primary expense groups used in the balance sheet approach to formulating expatriate pay?

________ are noncitizens of the countries in which they are working.

Which of the following terms refers to the process of assessing an employee's probable success in handling a foreign transfer?

Daniel is a manager for Siemens China,and it is time to conduct performance appraisals.During the appraisals,it would be most effective for Daniel to ________.

An expatriate manager working in ________ would have the highest amount of disposable income.

Sara,who is originally from India,works in Texas for Dell as an IT manager.Dell,which has a localization policy,recently announced that management positions are available in its Bangalore,India facility.If Sara,who wants to return to India,is offered the Bangalore position,she would most likely be categorized as a ________.

Peter is a German citizen working as a manager for Siemens in Freiberg,Germany.Siemens has facilities all over the world but its headquarters is in Germany.Peter is best categorized as a(n)________.

What staffing options do multinational firms have when filling positions in foreign subsidiaries?

In China,a structured interview process is the typical method for selecting employees.

Which of the following is recommended to firms to ensure that local managers find a global HR system acceptable?

Which of the following terms refers to having local employees abroad do jobs that the firm's domestic employees previously did in-house?

Mercedes sent a team of executives from Germany to oversee the start-up of its U.S.operations.Which of the following terms best describes the values of Mercedes' top executives?

In January 2009,Wal-Mart acquired a controlling interest in Chile's leading food retailer.Since then,Wal-Mart has opened the first environmentally friendly supermarket in Chile that uses energy efficient technology throughout the store.Wal-Mart is planning to open additional stores in Chile over the next five years.Wal-Mart's top executives are considering the idea of transferring U.S.managers to Chile to oversee the construction and establishment of the new stores. Which of the following,if true,supports the assertion that Wal-Mart is an ethnocentrically oriented corporation?