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1. Which of the following is the usual way in which companies first enter foreign markets?

Outsourcing

Exporting

Offshoring

Importing

2. The economic approach to evaluating the effectiveness of HR practices focuses on

A. Determining whether the HR practice had the intended effect.

B. Reviewing the various outcomes of the HR functions.

C. Determining the dollar value of a program's cost and benefits.

D. Comparing the company's HRM costs to those or major competitors.

3. ___________ promotes respect for past tradition and for fulfilling social obligations in the present.

A. Short-term orientation

B. Large power distance

C. Femininity

D. Uncertainty avoidance

4. Peter, a British citizen, and Keith, a US citizen, are employees of an electronics manufacturing company headquartered in London. While Peter works out of the London office, Keith operates out of the marketing unit in New York. Which of the following statements is true in this scenario?

A. Peter is a host-country national.

B. Keith is a third-country national

C. Peter is a parent-country national

D. Peter and Keith are expatriates

5. The employees of Fanzi Textiles Inc. are concerned about company management overlooking interests. They decide to form a union to voice their concerns and speak up for their rights. They elect Ronny to represent them during negotiations. Ronny's new role requires him to ensure that the terms of the labor contract are enforced and that the interests of the union are met. In this context, Ronny most likely holds the position of

A. Business representative

B. Stakeholder

C. Union trustee

D. Union Steward

6. Identify an attitude of having wide latitude in reducing a company workforce.

A. It gives employers the option of hiring for peak needs and laying off employees if need decline.

B. It helps employees adjust to a new culture.

C. It allows workers to keep more of their earnings regardless of the taxes they pay.

D. It helps in protecting workers' job

7. James, an American who works for a US based company, has been set to England for a work assignment. James would be known as a/an

A. Expatriate

B. Host-country national

C. Guest-country national

D. Repatriate

8. Zoom motors pays a lot of attention to improving employee skills on the job. Its training centers and mentors are open to one-on-one sessions, group discussions, and workshops. The organization boasts a world-class resource center that offers the latest editions of many books and journals related to the automotive industry. All employees have free access to the knowledge pool in the organization and are welcome to initiate discussions on topics of interest. In this scenario, Zoom Motors has created a __________ organization.

A. Smart

B. Learning

C. Cultural

D. Technology-based

9. Edward, a US businessman, visits India for a corporate meeting. While interacting with the board members, he addresses them by their first names, as he does with board members in the United States. However, the board members in India were offended by this gesture. Which of the following differences in culture does this scenario reveal?

A. Long-term/short-term orientation

B. Uncertainty avoidance

C. Individualism/collectivism

D. Power distance

10. Which of the following best defines decision support systems?

A. A network of remote servers used to store reusable data

B. Computer software systems that allow managers to see how outcomes vary when assumptions or data are altered.

C. The set of topics on which a human resource information system

D. A network of systems that incorporates decision rules used by people who are considered to have expertise in a certain area

11. Which of the following organizations are most likely to locate a facility based on the ability to effectively, efficiently, and flexibility produce a product or service, using cultural differences as an advantage?

A. Domestic organizations

B. Multinational organizations

C. Global organizations

D. Foreign subsidiaries

12. __________ systems are computer systems that incorporate the decision rules used by people who are considered to have proficiency in a certain area.

A. Transaction-processing

B. E-HRM

C. Expert

D. Decision support

13. A standard feature of a modern HRIS (Human Resource Information system) is the use of ________ databases, which store data in separate files that can be linked by common elements.

A. Relational

B. Graph

C. Parallel

D. Hypermedia

14. Which of the following best describes a multinational company?

A. An organization that operates from one country and has customers from all over the globe.

B. An organization that builds facilities in a number of different countries in an effort to minimize production and distribution costs.

C. An organization that set up one or a few facilities in one or a foreign country.

D. An organization that builds facilities within the same country to facilitate large-scale exports to various countries.

15. Which of the following processes involves ensuring that HR policies, practices, and program support or are congruent with an organization's overall culture or brand, including its products and services?

A. Brand Alignment

B. Corporate social responsibility

C. Crowdsourcing

D. Brand reinforcement

16. Which of the following is unfair labor practice by unions under the Taft-Hartley Act?

A. Refraining from activity on behalf of the union

B. Going out on strike to secure better working conditions

C. Insisting on provisions that the employer may hire only workers who are union members

D. Nominating candidates to union office and conducting secret-ballot elections

17. Which of the following best defines a high-performance work system?

A. A computer software system that's designed to help managers solve problems by showing how results vary when the manager alters assumptions or data.

B. The right combination of people, technology, and organizational structure that makes full use of the organization's resources and opportunities in achieving its goal.

C. A performance management system that measures customer satisfaction.

D. A system that's used to collect, record, store, analyze, and retrieve data concerning an organization's human resources.

18. The HR department at AYM Resources is having a tough time documenting its hiring decisions. In addition, irregularities were uncovered when reviewing the offers made to job candidates during the previous year. As a solution to these issues, the human resource manager proposes that all activities related to the employee selection be documented thoroughly with the help of computers. In the scenario, the manager proposes using

A. Transaction processing

B. Expert systems

C. Transformational processing

D. Decision support systems

19. Which of the following occurs when organizations encourage employees to see relationships among ideas and to test assumptions and observe the results of their actions?

A. Organizational change

B. Disruptive, intermittent learning

C. Critical, systematic thinking

D. High employee turnover

20. Union membership in the United States peaked in the

A. 1980s

B. 1960s

C. 1990s

D. 1950s