Exam 13: Strategizing, Structuring, and Learning Around the World

Staffing, training and development, compensation, and labor relations are main areas of multinational enterprises.

The term HRM indicates that people are key resources of the firm that must be actively managed and developed.

Expatriate failure can be defined as

In the United States, unionized employees earn less than non-unionized employees.

Identify the typical staffing approaches.

Global standardization or transnational strategies often require a geocentric approach, resulting in the mix of HCNs, PCNs, and TCNs.

Which of the following is NOT a factor in expatriate individual selection decision?

Which of the following is not a situational factor in an expatriate selection decision?

Which country is now Manpower s largest market ahead of the United States?

The resource-based view focuses on:

European MNEs are more likely to appoint HCNs and TCNs to lead subsidiaries.

Compare and contrast going rate vs. balance sheet approach.

How do institutions and resources affect human resource management?

HCNs in management and professional positions have increasing bargaining power.

Desirable expatriate attributes include a positive attitude, emotional stability, and previous international experience.

Desirable attributes for cross-cultural adaptability include:

Non-native employees who work and reside in a foreign country are known as:

An ethnocentric approach emphasizes the norms and practices of the parent company by relying on PCNs.

Describe the role of expatriates.

A combination of work-related and family-related problems usually does not lead to expatriate failures.