In the context of managing international transfers and assignments, which of the following is instruction directed at enhancing specific job-related skills and abilities and most often focuses on operating employees and technical specialists?

Which of the following statements is true of the Management Position Description Questionnaire (MPDQ)?

Identify a form of trade control that places a limit on the number or value of goods that can be traded.

Freego, an automobile manufacturing firm, wants to understand the processes by which the jobs within the firm can be performed more effectively. It hence asks its engineers and technicians with expert knowledge to prepare text descriptions of all the jobs in the company. The quality and length of these descriptions vary according to each manager’s writing skills. In the given scenario, Freego is using _____.

A company that implements a growth strategy is most likely to:

Robert, an executive manager, works in a firm with a clearly-defined hierarchical structure. He prefers to strictly follow the work schedule designed by the top management and assigns tasks to his subordinates well in advance. He expects his subordinates to follow his directions without questioning them and favors a standardized and structured approach to work. In the context of Geert Hofstede’s dimensions of national culture, Robert belongs to a culture that is likely to score:

Which of the following companies uses a strategic alliance to compete in the international business environment?

Organizations using the ethnocentric staffing model have a fully functioning human resource (HR) department in each foreign subsidiary that is responsible for managing all local HR issues for lower- and upper-level employees alike.

In the context of managing international transfers and assignments, repatriation occurs when a manager is:

Azus is an international food products company with subsidiaries in many countries. It employs host-country nationals extensively in each of its foreign locations. The corporate human resources (HR) function in Azus focuses primarily on coordinating relevant activities with their counterparts in each foreign location. Each subsidiary has its own fully functioning HR department that is responsible for managing all local HR issues for lower- and upper-level employees. In the given scenario, which of the following staffing models does Azus employ?