Strayer BUS325 midterm (part 1 and 2)

Question
1

A Japanese citizen working in Hong Kong for a Japanese
multinational would be classified as:
Answer

A host country
national (HCN)

A third
country national (TCH)

A parent country national (PCN)

A related
country national (RCN)

Question 2

As foreign subsidiaries matures the local HR activities:
Answer

Have broadening responsibilities

Revert to the
home office

decrease as
government relations are understood

Stay largely
the same

Question 3

Which three dimensions are presented in Morgan’s model of IHRM?
Answer

Types of
employees, countries and industries

Types of employees, countries and human resource
activities

Types of
products, industries and human resource activity

Types of
employees, labor problems and human resource activity

Question 4

Which of the following is a global mindset?
Answer

Focus on
domestic issues

Minimize
differences between international and domestic environments

Transferability
between domestic and international HRM practices

To formulate and implement HR
policies that develop globally oriented staff

Question 5

Which ratio is not part of” index of transnationality”?
Answer

Foreign assets
to total assets

Foreign sales
to total sales

Foreign debt to total debt

Foreign
employment to total employment

Question 6

Emic refers to which kind of specific
aspect of concepts or behaviors?
Answer

Language

Culture

Country

History

Question 7

An asymmetric event is:
Answer

Terrorist
attack on 9/11

London 2012
Olympics

HR activities

Weekly staff
training

Question 8

Cultural difference is not necessarily equivalent to:
Answer

Social Factors

Values and
beliefs

National
Differences

Shared and
recognized ways of looking at the world

uestion 9

What activity in international human resource would not be
required in a domestic environment?
Answer

Staff
orientation

Tax
equalization

Terrorism
considerations

Relocation
assistance

Question 10

International HRM is reflected in:
Answer

The need for a
narrower perspective

The need for a
short term perspective

The need for a
judgmental perspective

The need for a
broader perspective

Question 11

What is a key driver for firms seeking international markets?
Answer

A small home
market

Tax
regulations

Large home
markets

Managerial
incompetence

Question 12

Which of the following is not a major external factor that
influences IHRM?
Answer

The state of
the economy

Type of
government

Generally
accepted practices of doing business

Regulatory
requirements

Question 13

Cross-cultural management research is based on the assumption
that:
Answer

There are no
real differences in management practices in various countries and the
respective environments do not matter.

There are
differences in management practices in various countries but the respective
environments do not explain these differences.

There are
differences in management practices in various countries and the respective
environment explains these differences.

There are
differences in management practices in various countries and these
differences are explained by company strategy alone.

Question 14

According to researchers like Barry Gerhart:
Answer

Cross-cultural
research emphasizes the influence of culture and business practices

Cross-cultural
research actually understates the influences of culture on business practices

Cross cultural
research as yet to show any influence of culture on business practices

Cross cultural
research is insufficient in quantity or quality of findings to make any
judgment of how culture may or may not influence business practices

Question 15

According to Hofstede, some Asian
cultures such as Singapore and Hong Kong:
Answer

Score low
on uncertainty avoidance and low on power distance

Score low
on uncertainty avoidance and high on power distance

Score high
on uncertainty avoidance and low on power distance

Score high
on uncertainty avoidance and high on power distance

Question 16

The GLOBE research tries to study the complex relationships
between:
Answer

Culture,
leadership behavior, organizational effectiveness, social co-habitation
conditions, and the economic success of societies.

Culture,
leadership behavior, political institutions, social legislations, corporate
strategies and the economic success of societies.

Culture,
economic development, social progress, and multinational dynamism.

Culture,
leadership behavior, organizational effectiveness, employee commitments and
satisfaction, social dynamics and the economic success of societies.

4 points
Question 17

Individualism vs. collectivism refers to:
Answer

How government
agencies act towards citizens

The extent to
which individual initiative and responsibility to close family is valued in
society as contrasted to group initiative and responsibility to an extended
definition of family as socially valued

The extent to
which individuals relate to the government as opposed to individuals being
alienated from their government

The extent to
which individual achievements are socially recognized and rewarded as opposed
to recognition of wider social collectives – groups, organizations, etc.

Question 18

Hofstede’s study is classified or based on:
Answer

Cultures

Ethnic
subgroup

Countries

Common
cultural regions

Question 19

One study by Child, reviewing research on the development of
cultures concluded:
Answer

Studies on the
macro level (organizations structure) found evidence for divergence or
growing differences in cultures

Studies on the
micro level (behaviors by employees) found enhance for convergence or the
lessening of differences in cultures

Studies on the
macro level (organizational structure) found evidence for convergence, or the
lessening of differences in cultures

Studies on
both the macro and micro level found evidence for convergence or the
lessening of differences in cultures

Question 20

As applied research, the Trompenaars and Hampden-Turner study:
Answer

Is backed up
by extensive duplicate studies in a variety of countries and industries

Has repeatedly
demonstrated validity and reliability

Has not
demonstrated validity nor reliability

Provides an
explicit rationale for the origins and operationalization of the seven
cultures/dimensions

Question 21

Trompenaars and Hampden-Turner’s cultural dimensions is
Ascription vs. :
Answer

Description

Conscription

Achievements

Acclimation

Question 22

Hofstede’s cultural dimensions are:
Answer

Universality,
uncertainty avoidance, individualism vs. collectivism, aspiration vs.
resignation and referentism.

Power
distance, uncertainty avoidance, femininity vs. masculinity, individualism
vs. collectivism dynamics.

Power
distance, uncertainty avoidance, individualism vs. collectivism and
contextualism vs. universalism.

Universalism
vs. contextualism Confucian dynamics, individualism vs. collectivism and
consumerism vs. theft

Question 23

The GLOBE study:
Answer

Distinguishes
between organizational cultures and national cultures.

Does not
distinguish between organizational cultures and national cultures

Never
distinguishes between subcultures in some nations for which data was
collected

Distinguishes
between subcultures in all 62 nations for which data was collected

Question 24

Under Confucianism dynamics, orientations can be either:
Answer

Long-term or
short-term

Paternal or
individualistic

Adaptable or
subordinate

Political or
idealistic

Question 25

Hofstede identifies a strong tendency or masculinity with a high
tendency for uncertainty avoidance in:
Answer

The
Scandinavian cluster

The Asian
Tigers clusters

The German
speaking cluster

The Gallic
cluster

Midterm part 2
Question 1

The process of socializing people so that they come to share a
common set of values and beliefs that shapes their behavior is:
Answer

Networking

Corporate
culture

Matrix
structure

Social
investment

Question 3

A major contributing factor of an unmanageable matrix structure is:
Answer

Confused human
resource department

Standard
reporting procedures

Clear
responsibilities

Dual reporting
requirements

Question 4

The matrix structure:
Answer

Is rather
simple to control

Is
characterized by a manager who belongs to two units at the same time

Is one of the
first structures used by newly-formed international firms

Is difficult
to set up, but once in place it is easy to maintain

Question 5

An important forum for the development of personal networks is:
Answer

Relocating
staff on a regular basis

Luncheon
meeting

Training
programs held in regional centers

Weekly
department meetings

Question 6

The host-country effect:
Answer

Implies that
multinationals are shaped by institutions existing in their country origins

Refers to the
extent to which HRM practice in subsidiaries are impacted by the host country
context

Refers to the
transfer of practices from foreign locations to the headquarters

Relies heavily
on knowledge from the parent or peer subsidiaries

Question 7

Which stage of international operations tend to create a
separate international division in a company:
Answer

Foreign
production/service operations

Exporting

Physical
location

Sales

Question 8

Many companies in the developmental stage of internationalization
will maintain control by:
Answer

Placing PCN in
all key positions

Placing a
human resource division on location

Going to
governmental sources for support

Hiring locals
in all aspects of the organization

Question 9

Network multinational structures:
Answer

Are the most
popular form of multinational organization

Are tightly
coupled bureaucracies, linked by formal explicit policies

Are
culturally homogeneous and hierarchically controlled

Are loosely
coupled political systems

Question 10

Which category of employee is typically used in key sales
subsidiary position in a new developing international company:
Answer

Parent Country
National

Host Country
National

Third Country
National

Multi Country
National

Question 11

The “think global, act local” paradox:
Answer

Purchase
vegetables at farmers markets grown in another country

Push for local
responsiveness toward global integration

Results in a
foreign subsidiary hiring local employees

Reflects the
hierarchy of needs for a multinational company

Question 12

Matrix structures:
Answer

Can be managed
by anyone with basic skills

Requires a
manager with some experience, but who insist on no ambiguities

Requires
managers who know the business in general, who has good interpersonal skills
and who can deal with ambiguities in responsibilities

Requires a
manager who has worked at least five years in a previous matrix organization

Question 13

Typically the initial stage of a firm entering international
operations is:
Answer

Export

Licensing

Investment

Employment

Question 14

One of the largest merges in history was between:
Answer

IBM and Wang

Chrysler and
Daimler Benz

Ford and
Jaguar

Lincoln and
Ford

Question 15

The HR manager’s role as an innovator in a IJV means:
Answer

Create a
win-win situation by sharing rather than competing between entities

Taking all
stake holders needs into account

Conceptualize
and implement new strategies

Identify
talent for executing IJV strategies and adapt to changes

Question 16

The best way to address intercultural conflicts is to:
Answer

Ignore the
conflicts as they will diminish with time

Have local
country experts to interpret these conflicts

Take explicit
measures to build and maintain the identity of the IJV organization

Let the two
sides battle it out and the stronger of the two will prevail

Question 17

Which expatriate role or characteristic is found to be most
important for a successful integration in a M&A activity?
Answer

Prior work
experience with a country

Language
skills

A manager’s
industry experience

Creative
analytical skill

Question 18

The European Commission’s definition of SME is which of the
following?
Answer

Small company
with less than 50 employees

Medium company
with less than 500 employees

Small balance
sheet with less than 25 million in assets

Medium balance
sheet with less than 75 million in assets

Question 19

IJV positions called “functional gatekeepers”:
Answer

Provide a
governmental regulation function

Control the
public relations aspects of an IJV

Allow
functional resources to be inventoried freely

Protect their
firm’s assets in specific functional areas

Question 20

An option for SMEs to improve Human Resource related issues
rapidly is to:
Answer

Outsource the
HR department

Rely less on
the resources

Send managers
to external training institutions

Fire the
weaker employees

Question 21

Shortage of working capital to finance exports is a top barrier
to access international markets in:
Answer

EEA

IJV

SMEs

HR

Question 22

A perceived “ unaffordable luxury” in SMEs is:

Answer

Training

Research

Environmental upgrades

Change facilitator

Question 23

Which companies have a difficult challenge to enter foreign markets?

Answer

Conglomerate

Small to medium companies

Partnerships

Chinese based firms

Question 24

The due diligence phase of a M&A is:

Answer

Putting all the planning into action

An in depth analysis of the benefits on the mergers

The plan to carry out the merger

Designing key talent retention programs

Question 25

Cross-border alliances are:

Answer

Cooperative agreements between two or more firms from a different national
background

Investment in which profits and other responsibilities are assigned

Agreement between 2 companies to join their operations

Multinational attempting to integrate its operations across more than one
dimension