An international manufacturing firm is implementing a centralized HR information system to replace multiple regional systems. Resistance is strong among EMEA and APAC subsidiaries due to concerns about data privacy, workflow changes, and perceived loss of autonomy. What should HR do FIRST to address this resistance while supporting the global strategy?
What should be included when establishing a business case for an international assignment?
At which stage of an organization's global development is HR's involvement fairly limited, with the firm relying on a few key managers to transfer knowledge to others?
In a global consulting business where intellectual talent is vital to business results, HR adds the most value by focusing its efforts on which of the following?
Which of the following is the most effective way to support global change management strategies?
A U.S. organization has a shipload of fresh vegetables and fruit sitting on the dock in a foreign country. The organization's local distribution manager pays the dock master to ensure that the shipment is sorted and loaded onto the refrigerated trucks in a timely manner. Has the organization's representative violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)?
A common challenge for an organization using mediation as a form of dispute resolution is that:
A young technical expert is sent to Hong Kong to improve the current human resource information system (HRIS). The current workforce is resisting change and takes direction only from their senior manager. What cultural conflict is being demonstrated?
A decentralized global consulting group is experiencing low shareholder returns. Global leadership has attributed this issue to perceived low employee performance and is looking at ways to improve it.
The organization implements a global human resource information system (HRIS), which reduces transactional requirements for HR. What is the best way HR can reposition its role as a strategic business partner?
A decentralized global consulting group is experiencing low shareholder returns. Global leadership has attributed this issue to perceived low employee performance and is looking at ways to improve it.
Employees are entering goals in a new global human resource information system (HRIS) for the first time. HR can best guide the goal process by ensuring that employees:
Which country would have the most success with a strictly defined reporting structure?
Who has the primary responsibility for the success of an organization’s diversity strategy?
Which term applies when there is no external frame of reference for comparing one set of rules to another set of rules?
Administering a legally defensible and non-discriminatory performance appraisal requires:
Which international market entry strategy involves a multinational organization acquiring an open area and building subsidiary facilities from scratch?
Which of the following is one of the most difficult challenges when designing benefits programs for different countries?
High-potential managers in foreign subsidiaries are linked with executives at headquarters. This style of mentoring is called:
An organization acquires a manufacturing company and replaces the host-country manager with their first expatriate manager. The manager is unfamiliar with the local customs and does not speak the language. The manager was given a directive from headquarters to reduce workforce by 10% immediately. This results in a disruptive protest which the manager is unable to contain. After 3 months, the organization repatriates the manager.
The organization stabilizes after hiring a local manager to run the manufacturing plant. This staffing approach is:
During a global expansion, an organization uses a matrix structure combining regional managers and functional leads. HR notices confusion among employees about reporting lines and decision-making authority. What is the BEST HR strategy to clarify accountability?
An employee expresses concern about being passed over for a strategic international assignment in favor of a high-potential employee. What is the best way for the organization to address this concern?
Compared to collectivist cultures, it can be observed that individualist cultures:
Which of the following workplace trends must be included in HR planning for a global workforce?
In selecting a global staffing vendor to meet specialized needs, HR needs to consider the;
Which compensation approach pays expatriates consistent with host-country employees?
Which of the following is the primary objective for corporate recognition programs?
Which of the following is considered the most important issue affecting the success of international business activity?
A manager from a high-context culture needs to deliver constructive feedback to a team member from a low-context culture. To successfully deliver feedback, the manager will: