Exam 14: Establishing Hrm Practices in Foreign Countries

What is defined as the degree of mental involvement and effort that must be expended by the trainer and the trainee in order for the trainee to learn the required concepts?

Which of the following is a society's set of assumptions, values, and rules about social interaction?

The 1991 amendments to Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act extended protection to expatriates allowing them to sue their American employers, just as they do in the United States.

Expatriate managers can usually communicate information about important business functions overseas more effectively than host-national managers because:

In order to be successful in an overseas assignment, it is critical that the expatriate employee becomes fluent in the host country's language.

Knowledge of culture allows you to predict how others should behave in a variety of situations.

Which of the following actions is considered improper while exchanging business cards in Japan?

The performance appraisal process for expatriates is compounded by a misinterpretation of each other's behavior which can lead to:

To be successful in overseas assignments, managers must be able to adapt their management behavior to the culture of the host country.

Japanese business norms are:

American-Japanese joint ventures that fail generally suffer from:

Increasing ____ has forced many American firms to seek overseas markets in order to stay competitive.

_____ dictates which behaviors are appropriate and which are not in a particular culture.

The "trick" in developing an effective compensation system in international environments is to understand:

When it comes to assessing expatriate managers' job performance, the key question is, "How soon after the assignment begins should the appraisal be conducted?"

Helping expatriate managers understand how to work with and for people from different cultures is clearly not an HRM department problem.

A country's artifacts are the most visible signs of its culture.

Japanese managers like to settle conflict in public while American managers prefer to solve problems behind closed doors.

What is the percentage increase recorded per year in the overseas sales of U.S. companies in the last decade?

Discuss the role of the HR professional in maintaining a successful overseas operation.