Assignment

Question 1

As a foreign subsidiary matures:
a. The local HR unit's responsibilities for planning, training and compensation would broaden
b. The responsibilities of planning, training and compensation would narrow
c. The local HR unit's responsibilities for planning, training and compensation would stay the same
d. The local HR unit's responsibility for planning, training and compensation would end

Question 2

The direct costs of international assignment failures can be as high as ___times the costs of those for similar failure in a domestic assignment:
a. Five
b. Three
c. Ten
d. Eight

Question 3

Cultural difference is not necessarily equivalent to:
a. Social Factors
b. Values and beliefs
c. National Differences
d. Shared and recognized ways of looking at the world

Question 4

Senior managers with little international experience:
a. Are very successful in multinational operations
b. Assume that there is no transferability between domestic and international HARM practices
c. Assume that there is a great deal of transferability between domestic and international HRM practices
d. Are usually very eager to take on international responsibilities

Question 5

Emic refers to which kind of specific aspect of concepts or behaviors?
a. Language
b. Culture
c. Country
d. History

Question 6

Differences between domestic and international HRM include:
a. Staff training
b. Tax equalization
c. housing relocation
d. risk

Question 7

Which department of an organization is the major user of language translation services?
a. Tax
b. Shipping
c. Human resources
d. Operations

Question 8

Which of the following is not a category of an employee in an international firm?
a. Third -country national
b. Host-country national
c. Parent-country national
d. Multi-country national

Question 9

Series of linked domestic industries in which rivals compete against each other on a worldwide basis is:
a. Multidomestic industry
b. Global industry
c. Conglometric industry
d. Automobile industry

Question 10

International HRM is reflected in:
a. The need for a narrower perspective
b. The need for a short term perspective
c. The need for a judgmental perspective
d. The need for a broader perspective

Question 11

One major difference between domestic and international HRM is:
a. Staff training
b. Tax equalization
c. housing relocation
d. risk

Question 12

What activity in international human resource would not be required in a domestic environment?
a. Staff orientation
b. Tax equalization
c. Terrorism considerations
d. Relocation assistance

Question 13

An expatriate:
a. Is an employee transferred out of their home base to the firm's international operation
b. Is an employee transferred into a parents organization
c. Is an employee who understands international business operations
d. Is an employee who has works in more than one country

Question 14

What is a key driver for firms seeking international markets?
a. A small home market
b. Tax regulations
c. Large home markets
d. Managerial incompetence

Question 15

Which of the following is not a major external factor that influences IHRM?
a. The state of the economy
b. Type of government
c. Generally accepted practices of doing business
d. Regulatory requirements.