International Human Resource Management (IHRM)

Please answer the following multiple choice questions. Please double check your answers ! Thank you.

1. Reason for International Assignment is not included:

A. Positional filling

B. Organizational development

C. Regional interest

D. Management development

2. If an employee is a citizen of India, working in the U.S and employed by the company whose headquarters are in Japan then the employee is classified as:

A. third world employees

B. expatriates

C. third country nationals

D. host country nationals

3. Find the statement is not correct:

A. Getting the right mix of skills in the organization regardless of geographical location is one of the challenges of IHRM.

B. Avoid cultural risk and regional disparities are the objectives of IHRM.

C. Taxation, international relocation, expatriate remuneration, performance appraisals, cross-cultural training and repatriation are the major differences between Domestic and IHRM.

D. None of the above.

4. The main focus on IHRM is the;

A. World-wide management of people

B. Management of expatriates

C. Management of international organizations

D. Management of small businesses internationally

5. Which is the following is not an advantage of using host country nationals in international assignments:

A. Morale among HCNs may improve

B. Local knowledge and command of language

C. Improvements in the continuity of management as HCNS stay longer.

D. Increased hiring costs due to regulations

6. If an employee is a citizen of a country where the operation is located but headquarters are located in another country then the employee is classified as:

A. expatriates

B. third world employees

C. host country nationals

D. third country nationals

7. A person who lives in his home country Moscow and on a weekly or bi-weekly basis he works in London is called;

A. Commuter assignment

B. Contractual assignment

C. Virtual assignment

D. Relational assignment

8. IHRM practices include;

A. Recruitment in USA Is more short-term than in Germany, France, & UK but USA training & career planning is the most extensive

B. Japan still has longest-term focus & French still favor French managers

C. Performance-related pay is more popular in US than in Japan or Germany

D. All of the above

9. When the firms choose a strategy of recruiting the most suitable persons for the positions available in the firm, irrespective of their nationalities, it is called:

A. Geocentric approach

B. Polycentric approach

C. Ethnocentric approach

D. None of the above