Chap. 6

Question 1

Actively filling jobs in a timely fashion with appropriately qualified individuals from inside or outside the MNC(worldwide) and consistent with MNC strategy

Answer 1

Staffing

Question 2

Consideting both internal and external sources to produce viable candidates to fill a given work demand

Answer 2

Recruitment

Question 3

Gathering appropriate information and deciding form among those candidates who to choose to fills the work demand

Answer 3

Selection

Question 4

Typically characterized by all or most key points at a foreign operation being filled by parent country nationals

Answer 4

Ethnocentric Approach

Question 5

Disambiguate of ethnocentric approach

Answer 5

• Expatriates are high direct costs for MNC
• Limits the promotional and developmental opportunities of HCN
• Dissatisfaction due to perception of inequity
• Dissatisfaction and related costs of lowers productivity and increased turnover

Question 6

Each major foreign subsidiary is usually somewhat independent and is typically managed by a local HCN who is very familiar with the competitive demands of local market

Answer 6

Polycentric approach

Question 7

Advatanges of Polycentric approach

Answer 7

• Strong familiarity of op.mangmt with local social norms and customs
• language fluency
• costs are less than an expatriate assignment
• no foreign adjustment problems or family member

Question 8

Disadvantage of polycentric approach

Answer 8

• Lack of effective flow of information and productive in MNC hq.
• Lack of international professional skill enhancement and career development opportunities for HCN.
• -Miss valuable global competency development opportunities > lower effectiveness on the part of MNC hq strategic mngt

Question 9

Advatanges of Geocentric approach

Answer 9

• Increased global leadership key opportunities for HCN
• increased opportunity for cross-cultural learning and knowledge sharing throughout the firm
• Greater opportunity for developing a common MNC identity and mindset
• Widespread dev. of key global competencies

Question 10

Strategies are implemented, staffing decisions are essential to the success of the operation and have implication and relates issues around cross-cultural conflict, control and temp vs permanent staffing assignment

Answer 10

International Joint Venture

Question 11

T/F: Internal candidates are frequently easier to persuade into taking an assignment abroad

Answer 11

True

Question 12

Internal methods of recruiting

Answer 12

Job Posting
Inertial referral
Skill Inevntories

Question 13

External method of recruiting

Answer 13

Advertising
Employee referral
Field recruiting 
Internship 
Internet

Question 14

To measure something from three different angle to achieve an accurate assignment

Answer 14

Triangulation