INTERNATIONAL ISSUES IN STAFFING

Question 1

They are either
cross-border commuters (especially in the EU)
or the accidental expatriate who goes on many
business trips or temporary assignments due to
offshoring and/or international joint ventures.

Answer 1

Stealth expatriates:

Question 2

A collection of beliefs,
expectations, and values learned and shared by a
corporation’s members and transmitted from one
generation of employees to another.

Answer 2

Corporate culture:

Question 3

Assessing Strategy-Culture Compatibility

The match
between existing corporate culture and a new
strategy to be implemented.

Answer 3

Strategy-culture compatibility:

Question 4

Managing Cultural Change Through
Communication

is key to the effective
management of change.

Answer 4

Communication:

Question 5

There are four general methods of managing two
different cultures.

Answer 5

Integration:
Assimilation:
Separation:
Deculturation:

Question 6

In four general methods of managing two
different cultures what is
A process that involves a relatively
balanced give-and-take of cultural and
managerial practices between merger partners,
with no strong imposition of cultural change on
either company

Answer 6

Integration:

Question 7

In four general methods of managing two
different cultures what is A strategy that involves the
domination of one corporate culture over
another.

Answer 7

Assimilation:

Question 8

In four general methods of managing two
different cultures what is A method of managing the culture
of an acquired firm in which the two companies
are structurally divided, without cultural
exchange.

Answer 8

Separation:

Question 9

In four general methods of managing two
different cultures what is The disintegration of one
company’s culture resulting from unwanted and
extreme pressure from another to impose its
culture and practices.

Answer 9

Deculturation: