HR - Global Context

Question 1

Method by which an organization relocates its processes or production to an international location through subsidiaries or third-party affiliates.

Answer 1

Offshoring

Question 2

Organizations that own or control production or service facilities in one or more countries other than the home country.

Answer 2

Multinational enterprises (MNEs)

Question 3

Practice of contracting a part of business processes or production to an external company in a country that is relatively close (e.g., within the same own region).

Answer 3

Near-shoring

Question 4

Extent to which diversity is embraced in management of people, products/services, and branding.

Answer 4

Identity alignment

Question 5

Status of growing interconnectedness and interdependency among countries, people, markets, and organizations worldwide.

Answer 5

Globalization

Question 6

Process by which employees returning from international assignments reintegrate into their home country’s culture, conditions, and employment.

Answer 6

Repatriation

Question 7

Process by which an organization moves an employee out of an international assignment; can involve moving back to the home country, moving to a different global location, or moving to a new location or position in the current host country.

Answer 7

Redeployment

Question 8

Extent to which underlying operations such as IT, finance, or HR integrate across locations.

Answer 8

Process alignment

Question 9

Globalization strategy that emphasizes adapting to the needs of local markets and allows subsidiaries to develop unique products, structures, and systems.

Answer 9

Local responsiveness (LR)

Question 10

Relocation of business processes or production to a lower-cost location inside the same country as the business.

Answer 10

Onshoring

Question 11

Process by which an organization contracts with third-party vendors to provide selected services/activities instead of hiring new employees.

Answer 11

Outsourcing

Question 12

Globalization strategy that emphasizes consistency of approach, standardization of processes, and a common corporate culture across global operations.

Answer 12

Global integration (GI)

Question 13

Employees who work outside their home countries.

Answer 13

Assignees

Question 14

Innovations created for or by emerging-economy markets and then imported to developed-economy markets.

Answer 14

Reverse innovation

Question 15

Legal system in which each case is considered in terms of how it relates to legal decisions that have already been made; evolves through judicial decisions over time.

Answer 15

Common law

Question 16

Right of a legal body to exert authority over a given geographical territory, subject matter, or persons or institutions.

Answer 16

Jurisdiction

Question 17

Ability to take an international perspective, inclusive of other cultures’ views.

Answer 17

Global mindset

Question 18

Concept that laws are enforced only through accepted, codified procedures.

Answer 18

Due process

Question 19

Legal system based on written codes (laws, rules, or regulations).

Answer 19

Civil law

Question 20

Societies in which relationships have less history; individuals know each other less well and don’t share a common database of experience, so communication must be very explicit.

Answer 20

Low-context cultures

Question 21

Societies or groups characterized by complex, usually long-standing networks of relationships; members share a rich history of common experience, so the way they interact and interpret events is often not apparent to outsiders.

Answer 21

High-context cultures

Question 22

Capacity to recognize, interpret, and behaviorally adapt to multicultural situations and contexts.

Answer 22

Cultural intelligence

Question 23

Concept that stipulates that no individual is beyond the reach of the law and that authority is exercised only in accordance with written and publicly disclosed laws.

Answer 23

Rule of law

Question 24

Extension of the power of a country’s laws over its citizens outside that country’s sovereign national boundaries.

Answer 24

Extraterritoriality

Question 25

Basic beliefs, attitudes, values, behaviors, and customs shared and followed by members of a group, which give rise to the group’s sense of identity.

Answer 25

Culture