CHAPTER 17: Video Assignment / Root Capital: Human Resources Management and Operations

Which of the following activities should be part of Root Capitals employment planning process?

a.) Orientation

b.)Training

c.)Recruitment

d.)Performance Appraisal

Which of the following could be considered a comparative advantage for Root Capital?

a.) The ability to grow urban areas through investment in small industries

b.) The meshing of local cultures to create a cohesive culture and strong set of values in the organization

c.) Highly centralized leadership

d.) Human resource managers' complete discretion over whom to hire, promote, or fire.

Which of the following items would be most useful to human resource personnel at Root Capital when performing an internal search to fill a newly created position within the company?

a.) A human resource inventory

b.) A performance-simulation test description

c.) An affirmative action program

d.) A realistic job preview

One of the challenges that Root Capital faces in doing business in Africa and South America is the variation in ________.

a.) Suppliers

b.) Training

c.) Logistics

d.) Available workers

e.) Labor laws

Which of the following phrases best describes the growth rate at Root Capital?

a.) Rapidly increasing

b.) Gradually decreasing

c.) Gradually increasing

d.) Remaining constant

Root Capital has offices throughout Africa and South America, and its home office is in the United States. The companys point of view represents a(n) _______ mindset, which means it is open to multiple cultural and strategic realities on both global and local levels.

a.) Expatriate

b.) Ethnocentric

c.) Self-reference

d.) Geocentric

e.) Mediation

Which of the following terms does NOT describe Root Capitals structure?

a.) Globalized

b.) Localized

c.) Formalized

d.) Service-oriented

e.) Standardized