An Organization’s sales team is made up of two individuals to sell its products internationally. In lieu of the small group, the company has decided to utilize representatives from other inability to communicationicate its technical aspects. Which of the following elements should the sales team work with marketing on to resolve this promblem?
A corporation decides to pursue a participative management style in order to make improvements in their operational efficiencies. Which of the following processes is the organization utilizing in order to achieve their strategic goal?
You are responsible for hiring an engineering architect in Bangalore, India through a short-term international assignment. Which of the following rechniques is the LEAST relevant selection selection criterion tool for this position ?
Which of the following actions is NOT subject to prosecution, based on the Age Discrimination in Employment Act ( ADEA )?
Which of the following is a measure of recruiting effectiveness in the long term?
Which of the following elements of a competency model allows for clear feedback to employees regarding their career growth?
HR Management is a key factor in building competitiveness through its alignment with the organization's strategies. Which of the following BEST describes the functions of personnel focused on achieving this aspect of their role ?
Which of the following is a disadvantage of utilizing internal recruitment methods ?
Which of the following is NOT likely an issue a human resources professional would help a dual career family to work though to determine the appropriateness of an international assignment for the family at that time ?
An organization is in the decline stage of the organizational life cycle. It has worldwide locations throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. However, it will be closing three of offices within the next two years. This was joint decision made by the management team at the annual managers’ meeting, which all managers above the senior manager grade level attended.
Key personnel in each of these offices are not worried because they will likely be re-deployed to meet specific organizational needs. In fact, this was what had occurred last year to one of its offices had shut down. In addition, management has reiterated this message. Which of the following stages of globalization BEST describes the phase this company is in?
Which of the following is NOT a basic objective of a total compensation system ?
According to the global performance management process, an organization should be aliging company systems in phases EXCEPT in which of the following stages?
You are in the process of developing a global compensation structure. Which of the following factors dose NOT contribute to a balanced and consistent compensation strategy?
A good MBO (management by objectives) shares all of the following aspects EXCEPT:
A corporation has identified an initiative to recruit and train global leaders over the next 5 year in order to become a truly transnational company. In order to meet this goal, the firm has identified and developed 30 international assignments amongst its 10 office locations. Which of the following candidates would LEAST match these positions?
Which of the following challenges is faced PRIMARILY when developing a global competency model?
Which of the following is NOT a significant benefit for employers to clearly communicate the direct and indirect compensation strategy to their employees?
Which of the following type of listening is occurring when a person is thinking. “Robert has some legitimate points about the importance of quality and its importance in the company’s growth” while listening to a ISO-9001 training session?
Which of the following describes a framework a framework that links business strategies with day-to-day activities?
An organization is evolving from a largely domestic to a multinational company with offices around the world. There has been some tension between the new offices and headquarters in regards to the level of freedom of each of the sites. Which of the following steps should be the next step in this change management process towards further globalization?
A company has two locations and is in the domestic stage of globalization. Headquarters is in the U.S. focused on R&D, and another site has been built in Asia to manufacture the product. The firm has identified an objective to become a truly multinational corporation in 5 years in order to become components will likely MOST benefit this company by pursuing international assignments?
Which of the following is NOT a variable that differs between replacement planning and succession planning?
In order to develop a global competency model for global leaders at a high tech company, a HR Manager decides to study the connotation of specific attributes across the various office locations. Which of the following types of culture would be the LFAST valuable to evaluate in order to develop a valid and reliable model?
A Peoplesoft consultant is interested in moving up in management. In order to do that, she has just started attending a part-time MBA program at Columbia University. In addition, she realizes that she needs additional global experience. Which of the following would MOST benefit this person if they would like to pursue the management track ?
Which of the following id NOT a factor when developing a compensation and benefits plan for expatriates?
In which of the following situations do HR managers have the greatest impact on organizations?
Which of the following best describes an organization’s compensation philosophy if the average employee’s compa-ratio is determined to be 0.70?
Which of the following would NOT impact the effectiveness of the transfer of training?
Which of the following describes the ability of an instrument to measure what is intended to measure?
A company is considering moving its production offshore to Shenzhen, Chian. Which of the following is NOT a potential negative consequence of this strategy?
Which of the following is NOT a potential difference in benefits practices that Human Resources should evaluate when developing a global compensation and benefits strategy?
In the European Union, many multinational companies have Work Councils that are created to protect workers interests. A company with 50 employees working across the EU has decided to create a Work Councils Recently, a court has fined the corporation for laying off 10% of the employee population in one of its E.U sites without discussing it with its Work Councils. Which of the following reasons represents the PRIMARY rationale for why this occurred?
A company has two locations and is in the domestic stage of globalization. The firm has identified an objective to become a truly multinational corporation in 5 years in order to become competitive and reduce overall costs of operations. Given this strategic goal, which of the following international assignments would result in the highest ROI?
A corporation is considering building a greenfield operation for a R&D site in Bangalore, India According to the strategic plan, technical managers from headquarters will manage these employees and incorporate them in their current engineering product deployments. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of pursuing heterogeneous global teams?
Which of the following factors is NOT a significant variable in how an individual may re-adjust after returning home ?
A U.S. based high tech company has just built a new manufacturing operation in Beijing, China. Over the last two months, they have been trying to recruit skilled and unskilled labor to fill the new open positions. In addition, the company has decided to create 2 international assignments to fill identified skill gaps.
One position is for a Senior Manufacturing Manager/Director to get the operation up and running within 4 more months meeting identified planned outs and the second position is for a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to deal with any engineering issues when developing the process. When trying to identify potential internal candidates for the Senior Manufacturing Manager/Director position through the skills inventory, which of the following skills is the LEAST relevant ?
A HR staffing plan is different from strategic HR planning because it is a lot more tactical responding quickly to changes. Which of the following is NOT a factor that helps to ensure that the tactical HR staffing plan is linked to strategic HR planning?
The HR Manager is creating an interactive training program on recruiting for a group of 20 R&D managers as well as one for a group of 20 production line leads. Which of the following is NOT a factor to consider bearing in mind these target audiences ?
You have decided to measure the organization’s recruiting effectiveness in the long term by calculating of turnover. Which of the following reasons represents the PRIMARY purpose of this measurement?
Which of the following takes into account the effects of inflation when analyzing data from a pulished survey?
A company just posted openings for entry-level finance positions. There were 400 total job applicants. The organization narrows the candidate pool to 20 qualified applicants and schedules interviews with all of them. The company offers employment to 10 applicants and 6 individuals accept the offers. What is the yield ratio of offers to interviews?
The HR Director of a multinaltional, U.S. based company is proposing a staffing plan where foreign office are staffed with as many third country nationals as possible instead of expatriates. Which of the following is an advantage to utilizing third country nationals vs. expatriates to fill international assignments?
Which of the following processes has the primary objective of creating a pool of potential employees?
According to the McKinsey 7-S framework, which of the following is identified as a hard S?
Which of the following is NOT a cultural impact on the performance appraisal process?
Which of the following factors is NOT a significant, variable in how an individual may adjust to a new cross-cultural environment?
A company develops its future leaders by hiring college graduates of top tier universities and putting them through a management program. During the management program, they are rotated through carious job functions over 2-3 tears. During this time period, their success in a technical area of expertise isolates out the potential leaders for various departments. According to Evans, Pucik, and Barsoux, which of the following approaches to leadership to leadership identification and development is this organization utilizing ?
A U.S. based high tech company decides to build a R&D office in Bangalore, India. Which of the following terns describes this kind of expansion decision?
A company is evaluating its performance appraisal method for its international office in Japan. According to Japanese culture, feedback should be formal and focused around the performance of the group. Similarly, rewards should be applied evenly across those at the same level within a group and progressively increase as you go up the hierarchy. Which of the following performance appraisal methods would be the most effective tool to manage their performance ?
An organization decides to provide their employees who have stayed with the company for 15+ years a pension based on the average earnings in the last 3 rears of their employment with the company. Which type of formula does this utilize ?
Which of the following factors dose ONT affect the trainability of individuals?