Assigning an international cadre of skilled managers to global subsidiaries regardless of their nationality is known as the polycentric policy of global staffing strategies.

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Assigning managers based on their nationality is known as the ethnocentric policy, not the polycentric policy. The polycentric policy involves hiring managers from the host country to run the subsidiary, and the geocentric policy involves hiring the best person for the job regardless of nationality.

Assigning an International Cadre of Skilled Managers to Global Subsidiaries