Question 1

The ideological similarity between union leaders in different countries has made cooperation easy.

Accepted Answer

The ideological gap between union leaders in different countries has made cooperation difficult.Divergent ideologies are reflected in radically different views about the role of a union in society and the stance unions should take toward multinationals.

Question 2

It is important that the spouse of the expatriate manager,and perhaps the whole family,be included in cultural training programs.

Accepted Answer

It has been suggested that expatriates should receive training in the host country's culture,history,politics,economy,religion,and social and business practices.Given the problems related to spouse adaptation,it is important that the spouse,and perhaps the whole family,be included in cultural training programs.

Question 3

Firms that emphasize localization try to create value by emphasizing:

Accepted Answer

Firms that emphasize localization try to create value by emphasizing local responsiveness.

Question 4

From a strategic perspective,the important point regarding compensation is that whatever compensation system is used,it should reward managers for taking actions that are consistent with the strategy of the enterprise.

Accepted Answer

From a strategic perspective,the important point is that whatever compensation system is used,it should reward managers for taking actions that are consistent with the strategy of the enterprise.

Question 5

The most common approach to expatriate pay is the income statement approach.

Accepted Answer

The most common approach to expatriate pay is the balance sheet approach.

Question 6

A major concern of organized labor is that an international business will keep highly skilled tasks in its home country and farm out low-skilled tasks to foreign plants.

Accepted Answer

A major concern of organized labor is that an international business will keep highly skilled tasks in its home country and farm out low-skilled tasks to foreign plants.Such a practice makes it relatively easy for an international business to switch production from one location to another as economic conditions warrant.

Question 7

A firm's performance appraisal systems are an important element of its control systems.
strategy and the attainment of a competitive advantage.

Accepted Answer

Performance appraisal systems are used to evaluate the performance of managers against some criteria that the firm judges to be important for the implementation of

Question 8

Expatriate managers who lack others-orientation tend to treat foreign nationals as if they were home-country nationals.

Accepted Answer

Perceptual ability is the ability to understand why people of other countries behave the way they do;that is,the ability to empathize.Expatriate managers who lack this ability tend to treat foreign nationals as if they were home-country nationals.

Question 9

Bringing managers together in one location for extended periods and rotating them through different jobs in several countries help the firm build an informal management network.

Accepted Answer

Bringing managers together in one location for extended periods and rotating them through different jobs in several countries help the firm build an informal management network.Such a network can then be used as a conduit for exchanging valuable performance-enhancing knowledge within the organization.

Question 10

An expatriate's base salary is normally lower than the base pay for a similar position in the home country.

Accepted Answer

An expatriate's base salary is normally in the same range as the base salary for a similar position in the home country.The base salary is normally paid in either the home-country currency or in the local currency.

Question 11

There is now a trend toward greater centralized control.

Accepted Answer

There is now a trend toward greater centralized control.This trend reflects international firms' attempts to rationalize their global operations.

Question 12

Unless a host country has a reciprocal tax treaty with the expatriate's home country,the expatriate may have to pay income tax to both the home-and host-country governments.

Accepted Answer

Unless a host country has a reciprocal tax treaty with the expatriate's home country,the expatriate may have to pay income tax to both the home- and host-country governments.When a reciprocal tax treaty is not in force,the firm typically pays the expatriate's income tax in the host country.

Question 13

Megan is the operations manager at HS Constructions Inc.She is asked to manage operations of her firm's subsidiary in the Middle-East.When posted,she will be referred to as a(n)_____ manager.

Accepted Answer

An expatriate manager is a citizen of one country who is working abroad in one of the firm's subsidiaries.

Question 14

Historically,most international businesses have been more concerned with management development than with training.

Accepted Answer

Historically,most international businesses have been more concerned with training than with management development.

Question 15

Transnational firm managers do not need culture training to understand the culture of the host country.

Accepted Answer

Transnational firm managers need to be able to detect pressures for local responsiveness,and that requires them to understand the culture of a host country.

Question 16

A(n)_____ manager is a citizen of one country who is working abroad in one of his/her firm's subsidiaries.

Accepted Answer

An expatriate manager is a citizen of one country who is working abroad in one of the firm's subsidiaries.HRM must also deal with a host of issues related to expatriate managers.

Question 17

Performance appraisal systems are part of the _____ systems in an enterprise.

Accepted Answer

Performance appraisal systems are part of the control systems in an enterprise.

Question 18

Unintentional bias makes it easy to evaluate the performance of expatriate managers objectively.

Accepted Answer

Unintentional bias makes it difficult to evaluate the performance of expatriate managers objectively.

Question 19

Many Americans regard Great Britain as a relatively easy foreign posting.This example pertains to the perceptual ability dimension identified by Mendenhall and Oddou.

Accepted Answer

The given example pertains to the cultural toughness dimension which refers to the relationship between the country of assignment and how well an expatriate adjusts to a particular posting.

Question 20

Which of the following is a major task of the human resource function?

Accepted Answer

The four major tasks of the HRM function are: staffing policy,management training and development,performance appraisal,and compensation policy.

Quiz 16: Global Human Resource Management