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chapter 14 Flashcards

1
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expatriates

A

managers who live and work outside their home country

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2
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types of international managers

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expatriates

host-country nationals

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3
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types of expats

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home-country nationals
third-country nationals
impatriates

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4
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expatriate managers who are citizens of the country in which company is headquartered

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home-counry nationals

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expatriate managaers who are citizens of countries other htan the one they are working or they work for is headquartered

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third-country nationals

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inpatriates

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managers form a host country or third-country national working in home country

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7
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managers who are citizens of the country in which they are working

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host-country nationals

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8
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the use of outside personnel on a contractual or temporary basis
may create quality contorl problems

A

outsourcing, subscontracting

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9
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reasons for using home country nationals

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they are more effective in start up operations
to provide technical expertise
to maintain coordination over mncs foreign operation

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10
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companys belief that a home-country manger is best for the job

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ethnocentrism

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reasons for not using host-country nationalsq

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host government expects mnc to hire local mangers
mnc will unlikely have available home country mangers to fill oversees positions
lower costs

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12
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general criteria

A

technical skills

behaviorla and relationship skills

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technical skills

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managers must possess the knowledge, to do the job

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14
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managers must have proper interpersonal skills

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behavioral and relationship skills

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how well is the manger able to adjust to different cultures

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adaptability to cultural change

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physical and emotional health

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managers must be physically able to do the job

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17
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young managers are more willing to travel oversees

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age, expereince, and education

18
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language training

A

international mangers learn language of foreign country

19
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manager demonstrate adequate motivation for wanting to go overseas

A

motivation

20
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spouse and dependents or work/family issues

A

what affect will assignment haveon the mangers family

21
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compensation

A 
salary
benefits
allowances
incentives
taxes
22
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salary that an expatriate woudl receie in the home country

A

base salary

23
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payments made to expats to havve sam eliving experience as they did at home

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allowances

24
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incentives

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payments to entice expats to accept assignment

25
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using various methods to determine salary packages

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tailor-made packages

26
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methods of tailor-made packages

A 
balance sheet approach
localization
lump-sum
catheterize approach
regional system
27
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expats return to their home country from overseas assigmentt

A

repatriation

28
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reasons for returnign home

A

time is reached
family reasons
dissatisfaction of conditions
managers failure to perform

29
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readjustment problems

A

problems faced by expats upon returning home

30
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examples of readjustment problems

A

out of mind

lower standard of living

31
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Polycentric

A

Places local nationals in key positions allowing them to develop and appoint own people

32
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The acquisition of skills, knowledge, and abilities

A

Learning

33
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Mnc that relies on local managers from a particular geographic region

A

Regiocenteic mnc

34
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Mnc seeks to integrate diverse regions of the world through global approach to decision making

A

Geocentric mnc

35
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An approach to developing an expatriate compensation package that allows person to decide how to spend funds

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Cafeteria approach

36
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Approach to developing an expatriate compensation package that involves setting a compensation system

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Regional system

37
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Expatriate compensation package giving expat predetermined amount of money

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Lump sum method

38
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Paying the expat a salary comparable to local nationals

A

Localization

39
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Ensures expat is made whole and does not lose money by taking the assignment

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Balance-sheet approach

40
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Process of evaluating how well a family is likely to stand p to stress of overseas life

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Adaptability screening

41
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Factors used to choose personnel for international assignments

A

International selection criteria

42
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Programmed learning technique designed to expose members of one culture to basic concepts of another culture

A

Cultural assimilator

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