Scenario: Swingset International
Jerome Johnston, the human resource manager at the U.S.-based Swingset International, is developing an international staffing policy for the company. Jerome personally believes Swingset should send managers from the United States to manage each subsidiary. But the CEO of the company, Valerie Vermont, believes subsidiary operations ought to be managed by individuals from the host country.
-The approach recommended by Valerie is called ________.

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The approach recommended by Valerie, where subsidiary operations are managed by individuals from the host country, is called polycentric staffing. Ethnocentric staffing is the approach advocated by Jerome, where managers from the parent company are sent to manage each subsidiary. Vertical and horizontal integration do not apply to this scenario as they are related to different aspects of business strategy.

Scenario: Swingset International Jerome Johnston, the Human Resource Manager at the U.S.-Based Swingset