CHAPTER 11

Question 1

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

Answer 1

STRATEGIC INTERNATIONAL HRM PLANNING

Question 2

Human resources management issues, functions, policies, and practices that result from the strategic activities of multinational enterprises and that affect the international concerns and goals of those enterprises.

Answer 2

STRATEGIC INTERNATIONAL HRM

Question 3

Internationalized by exporting goods abroad as a means of seeking new markets.

Answer 3

DOMESTIC STRATEGY

Question 4

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

Answer 4

MULTIDOMESTIC STRATEGY

Question 5

HRM systems for foreign subsidiaries that will be consistent with the local economic, political, and legal environment.

Answer 5

ADAPTIVE IHRM APPROACH

Question 6

Standardizing the products and services around the world to gain efficiency.

Answer 6

MULTINATIONAL STRATEGY

Question 7

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

Answer 7

EXPORTIVE IHRM APPROACH

Question 8

Introducing culturally sensitive products in chosen countries with the least amount of cost.

Answer 8

GLOBAL STRATEGY

Question 9

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

Answer 9

INTEGRATIVE IHRM APPROACH

Question 10

2 purposes of international assignments:

Answer 10

1. STRATEGIC CONTROL
2. TRANSFER OF KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

Question 11

This category of assignment is intended to retain the culture, structure, and decision processes of the home-country firm.

Answer 11

STRATEGIC CONTROL

Question 12

This type of assignment to bring necessary skills to the host-country firm.

Answer 12

TRANSFER OF KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

Question 13

5 types of international assignments:

Answer 13

1. FREQUENT FLYERS
2. INTERNATIONAL COMMUTERS
3. SHORT-TERM ASSIGNMENT
4. EXPATRIATE ASSIGNMENT
5. PERMANENT TRANSFER

Question 14

This type of assignment is for the employee who takes more than the occasional business trip.

Answer 14

FREQUENT FLYERS

Question 15

They work in the host country, but continue to live in the home country.

Answer 15

INTERNATIONAL COMMUTERS

Question 16

This type of assignment describes any relocation assignment lasting less than a year.

Answer 16

SHORT-TERM ASSIGNMENT

Question 17

A form of international assignment where the employee is relocated for a period of time usually in excess of a year.

Answer 17

EXPATRIATE ASSIGNMENT

Question 18

Type of international assignment when the employee is permanently moved from the home country to the host country.

Answer 18

PERMANENT TRANSFER

Question 19

Individuals from the subsidiary country who know the foreign cultural environment well.

Answer 19

HOME-COUNTRY NATIONALS (HCN)

Question 20

Individuals from headquarters who are highly familiar with the firm’s products and services, as well as with its corporate culture.

Answer 20

PARENT-COUNTRY NATIONALS (PCN)

Question 21

Individuals from a third country who have intensive international experience and know the corporate culture from previous working experience with corporate branches in a third country.

Answer 21

THIRD-COUNTRY NATIONALS (TCN)

Question 22

3 dimensions of cross-cultural competencies:

Answer 22

1. SELF-MAINTENANCE COMPETENCIES
2. RELATIONSHIP COMPETENCIES
3. PERCEPTUAL COMPETENCIES

Question 23

Which refer to the capability to substitute sources of reinforcement when necessary and deal with alienation and isolation.

Answer 23

SELF-MAINTENANCE COMPETENCIES

Question 24

Which refer to the capability to develop and maintain relationships with home-country nationals (HCNs).

Answer 24

RELATIONSHIP COMPETENCIES

Question 25

Which refer to the capacity to understand why foreigners behave the way they do.

Answer 25

PERCEPTUAL COMPETENCIES

Question 26

The process of returning to their home headquarters or home subsidiaries.

Answer 26

REPATRIATION