Exam 3: The Global Environment

In the context of entering the international business market, the process of making a product domestically and then selling it in another country is called importing.

Which of the following models involves staffing high-level foreign jobs with parent-country nationals?

Which of the following is NOT one of the national cultural dimensions discussed by Hofstede?

How does an organization choose to compete in the international environment, and how does each strategy affect its human resource function?

Which of the following cultural dimensions identified by Hofstede emphasizes a preference for structured circumstances over situations that are relatively unstructured?

Scenario 3.1 Mini-PC is a Houston-based manufacturer of handheld computers.In response to high European demand, Mini-PC purchased Marstrand Electronics, a handheld computer manufacturer in Stockholm, Sweden.Mini-PC allowed the management of Marstrand to continue its functions rather than sending U.S.managers to oversee Swedish operations.Mini-PC decided to purchase Marstrand because virtually all Swedes speak English, value women's rights, and are predominantly Christian in religious beliefs.The Swedish workforce is about 80 percent unionized, in comparison to Mini-PC's nonunionized workforce.Sweden has a socialist approach to health benefits, which means higher personal taxes for workers but lower health benefits costs for employers.When comparing average national scores on Hofstede's dimensions of culture, the United States and Sweden are about the same in power distance and long-term orientation, but the United States scores higher than Sweden in individualism and uncertainty avoidance. -Refer to Scenario 3.1.Which staffing model is Mini-PC using for its Swedish unit?

Which of the following cultural dimensions identified by Robert House's GLOBE project (Global Leadership and OrganizationalBehavior Effectiveness) was not discussed by Hofstede?

There are often many differences in the benefit packages received by employees in different countries.

When a multinational firm hires local workers, how should it approach its local training issues?

According to Geert Hofstede's cultural dimension model, uncertainty avoidance refers tothe extent towhich persons define themselves as individuals ratherthan as members of groups.