CH 16 - Global Human Resource Management

Question 1

HRM

Answer 1

Activities an organization carries out to use it’s human resource effectively

Question 2

Major tasks for the HRM

Answer 2

• staffing policy
• management, training and development
• performance appraisal
• compensation policy

Question 3

Ethnocentric staffing

Answer 3

All key management positions are filled by nationals

• lack of qualified individuals in the host country
• maintain unified corp. culture
• create value

Question 4

Polycentric staffing

Answer 4

Host country nationals are securities to manage, parent country nationals occupy key positions

• less likely to suffer from cultural myopia
• less cultural misunderstandings
• for firms in a multi domestic strategy
• less expensive

Question 5

Geocentric staffing

Answer 5

Seek the best people regardless of their nationality

• for firms in a global strategy
• build a cadre of international executives
• issues with immigration laws and costs

Question 6

Four dimensions of success in foreign postings:

Answer 6

• self orientation
• others orientation
• perceptual ability
• cultural toughness