In order to measure staffing effectiveness, a company measures the yield ratio of offers to interviews. According to the research, the company yields the following ratios for the following staffing sources: contingency firms (15% first year's salary) 1/10, website (1% G&A costs) 2/12, employee referrals ($0 cost) 3/9, internal recruiters (4% G&A costs) 1/15. Which of the following decisions is a good decision based on the information provided above ?
Which of the following is NOT a reason why corporations in the 21st century have decided to accelerate the rate of their global expansion?
Which of the following is an advantage of utilizing internal recruitment methods?
Which of the following factors dose ONT affect the trainability of individuals?
Which of the following is NOT a variable that differs between replacement planning and succession planning?
The HR Director of a multinational, U.S.-based company is proposing a staffing plan where foreign offices are staffed with as local nationals as possible instead of expatriates. Which of the following are NOT business justifications for this proposal?
Which of the following statements describes a false positive in the selection process?
Which of the following factors is NOT likely an issue a human resources professional would help a family to work through to determine the appropriateness of an international assignment for the family at that time?
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 statements is ture?
A high tech company has decided to adopt a fun culture that inspires hard work and innovation. There are wacky, colorful pieces of furniture all around the offices, free lunch is provided on a daily basis in their state-of-the-art kitchen managed by gourmet chefs; all engineers are required to spend one day a week to work on something new and of their own creation. According to Trompenaars, which of the following types of corporate cultures describe this organization?
Which of the following is NOT a reason why a company would pursue moving forward with an acquisition?
A .U. S. based Engineering Manager was sent to England for a short-term six-month assignment to recruit and build a team. He is almost dome with the assignmrnt and describes the entire opportunity as being exciting and challenging. He wants to stay in Europe further and hopes to go on future international assignments. According to Black and Mendenhall, which of the following stages of the cross-cultural adjustment cycle is the manager in?
A global team is made up of 5 individuals and a manager. The manager is located at headquarters in the U.S., 2 individuals are in Europe, and 3 individuals are in 3 different locations in Asia. The manager defines the group's goals, delegates work, and makes tough decisions when necessary.
His team is made up of a creative innovator, a person to deal with all of the operational details and requirements, a person who continuously communicates across the group and explores alternatives; a strategic thinker, and a person to evaluate and curtail potential errors and negative consequences. In this scenario, which of the following is NOT an aspect that the manager should monitor in order to ensure a successful global team ?
An organization is in the growth stage of the organizational life cycle. It has five locations, one in the U.S. (headquarters), two in Asia, one in South America, and one in Europe. The company has decided to utilize a geographic organizational structure. Although the foreign locations are relatively new, they are fully operational each running fairly independently.
However, once a year the executive team from headquarters visits each office to meet with the managers at each site to discuss the coming fiscal year’s strategic goals and objectives. According to Hannon’s framework, which of the following human resource strategies BEST aligns with this type of organizational structure?
Which of the following actions is a PRIMARY deterrent against employees organizing to form labor unions?
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 cultural ramifications affect the design stage of global training development process?
Which of the following would a trainer emphasize in order to ensure that a training program focused on developing skills for a particular job is valid ?
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?
What should be the first step when developing a global HR strategic plan ?
Which of the following id NOT a factor when developing a compensation and benefits plan for expatriates?
A Product Manager travels 2 weeks every month to the Asia office on business. The other 2 weeks of the month, she works at the U.S. based headquarters. She gets compensated in U.S. dollars. While in Asia, she works with the respective Engineering team to define specifications that will meet customer expectations. Which of the following describes her work situation?
Which of the following is NOT an action performed during the needs analysis analysis stage of the change management process ?
Which of the following is an intangible cost of an international assignment?
Which of the following individuals’ participation would add the LEAST value in the selection process to find the most suitable candidate for an international assignment?
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?
A Singapore-based restaurant chain is experiencing phenomenal growth. The chain offers a unique service for demographics experiencing the growth of two-person income families. It offers a variety of affordable, healthy alternatives to the fast food chains. Corporate headquarters is trying to decide whether to offer one dingle line of products shared throughout each chain or to offer one single line of products shared by each region. This scenario is an example of which of the following types of tensions common in global expansion ?
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?
Which of the following isNOT one of the four fundamental principles and rights at work established by the International Labor Oraganization (ILO)?