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

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.
-A major drawback of the staffing policy recommended by Valerie is ________.

A) the potential for losing control of the host-country operations
B) the necessity of depending on managers who don't know the local culture
C) the potential for creating legal barriers to host-country operations
D) the high cost of training managers in the language of the host country