CH. 11 SIHRM, 7 questions on exam

Question 1

Strategic International HR planning definition

Answer 1

projecting global competence supply, forecasting global competence needs, and developing a blueprint to establish global competence pools within companies

Question 2

Attracting and maintaining managers who are competent to represent a company is valuable
t/f

Answer 2

T, the most critical goal

Question 3

International HR planning needs to fit only with the internal organizational factors, such as firms strategies, competencies, hr system current in place.

T/F?

Answer 3

False, HR planning needs to fit with both the internal and external factors including
		○ Local
		○ Political
		○ Social
		○ Cultural
		○ Legal
		○ Hr systems

Question 4

Strategic international HRM (SIHRM) definition

Answer 4

HR management issues, function, policies, practices that result from the strategic activities of multinational enterprises and that affect international concerns and goals of those enterprises

Question 5

Domestic strategy definition

Answer 5

Internationalizing by exporting goods abroad as a means of seeking new markets

Question 6

Multi-domestic strategy definition

Answer 6

a strategy that concentrates on the development of foreign markets by selling to foreign nationals

Question 7

Multinational strategy

Answer 7

standardizing the products and services around the world to gain efficiency

Question 8

Global strategy

Answer 8

a strategy that aims to introduce culturally sensitive products in chosen countries with the least amount of cost

Question 9

Adaptive IHRM

Answer 9

HRM system that will be consistent with the local, economic, political, and legal environment

Question 10

Exportive IHRM approach

Answer 10

transferring home HRM systems to foreign subsidiaries without modifying or adapting to the local environment

Question 11

Integrative IHRM approach

Answer 11

combining home HR practices with local practices and selecting the most qualified people for the appropriate positions no matter where these candidates come from

Question 12

Home-country nationals (HCNs)

Answer 12

individuals from the subsidiary country who know the foreign cultural environment well

Question 13

Parent-country nationals (PCNs)

Answer 13

individuals from headquarters who are highly familiar with the firms products and services as well as with its corporate culture

Question 14

Third country nationals (TCNs)

Answer 14

individuals form a third company who have intensive international experience and knows the corporate culture from previous working experience with corporate branches in the third country

Question 15

Expatriate definition

Answer 15

any individual who gives up residence in he/her home country to take up residence in a foreign country either temporarily or permanently

Question 16

Train-ability definition

Answer 16

an individual’s ability to acquire certain skills to a desired level of performance

Question 17

CCT

Answer 17

cross cultural training

positively influences expatriate self-development, interpersonal skills, cross cultural perception

Question 18

Repatriation definition

Answer 18

the PCNs, TCNs, or even HCNs finish their overseas assignment and come back to their home headquarter or home subsidiaries.

Question 19

Reverse Cultural shock:

Answer 19

feelings of anxiety, uncertainty and disorientation upon re-integration into one’s home country and culture

Question 20

Challenges for HR

Answer 20

Legal
Ethical
Internal equity and external competiveness of compensation
Tax issues
Relocation and travel

Question 21

Key challenges HR managers face when their organizations expand across national borders

Answer 21

1. work diversity
2. employment legislation
3. the role of the HR function
4. flexibility
5. security

Question 22

Key practices and processes influenced by the internationalization of organizations

Answer 22

• recruitment and selection
• pre-assignment training
• post-assignment activities

Question 23

Recruitment and Selection use what criterion ?

Answer 23

• Personality
• train- ability
• other characteristics: cross cultural competencies needed; self-maintenance, relationship, perceptual competencies

Question 24

Pre-assignment training is call ____ _____ training

Answer 24

cross cultural

Question 25

post assignment activities include… ?

Answer 25

○ repatriation, reverse cultural shock
○ Career development
○ performance appraisals
○ Compensation