Exam 16: Hiring and Managing Employees

The process of forecasting both a company's human resource needs and supply is called ________.

Which of these offer insight into political, legal, economic, and social institutions?

The psychological process of readapting to one's home culture is called culture shock.

A psychological process affecting people living abroad and characterized by homesickness, irritability, confusion, aggravation, and depression is called ________.

Companies recruit from ________ to fill their international positions.

International HRM differs considerably from HRM in a domestic setting.

Scenario: Gem Jewels Gem Jewels recently established operations in six countries. In four of these countries, the company is expecting a high level of involvement, whereas in the other two, involvement is expected to be very low. What type of cultural training should the company offer its employees? -The most basic level of training for employees in the two countries with low involvement should be ________.

________ constitute the most basic level of cultural training.

The best-qualified individuals, regardless of nationality, manage operations outside the home country in which kind of staffing?

Scenario: You're Hired! Erica Els is excited because she has just been promoted to vice president of human resources for her company, Hudson Foods, a U.S.-based international frozen and snack food corporation. Erica's first task is to staff the company's new European subsidiary. -The new subsidiary's production facilities will employ approximately 100 full-time workers. Erica should staff these facilities with ________.

________ is the process of staffing a company and ensuring employees are as productive as possible.

Companies can implement polycentric staffing for ________.

Citizens of one country who are living and working in another are called ________.

The process of screening and hiring the best-qualified applicants with the greatest performance potential is called ________.

Companies typically recruit ________ for nonmanagerial positions.

Discuss the importance of labor unions. Compare and contrast the labor-management relations in different countries.

Scenario: You're Hired! Erica Els is excited because she has just been promoted to vice president of human resources for her company, Hudson Foods, a U.S.-based international frozen and snack food corporation. Erica's first task is to staff the company's new European subsidiary. -One lower-level position Erica must fill requires the applicant to be familiar with the new market and in particular, be cognizant of the market's customs, traditions, and language. Also, because the subsidiary is new, the new hire must be comfortable with Hudson Food's culture and business traditions. Erica should consider ________.

Recruiting recent college graduates who have come from other countries to attend college in the firm's home country is a particularly common practice among companies in ________.

In polycentric staffing, operations outside the home country are managed by individuals from the host country.

In ________ staffing, operations outside the home country are managed by individuals from the host country.