Chapter 16

Chapter 16

Global Human Resource Management

True / False Questions

1. (p. 522) Human resource management refers to the activities an organization carries out to utilize its human resources effectively.

TRUE

AACSB: Analytic

BT: Knowledge

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: 16-1

Topic: The Strategic Role of International HRM

2. (p. 522) The HRM function can help the firm achieve its primary strategic goals of reducing the costs of value creation and adding value by better serving customer needs.

TRUE

AACSB: Analytic

BT: Knowledge

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: 16-1

Topic: The Strategic Role of International HRM

3. (p. 523) A citizen of one country who is working abroad in one of the firm's subsidiaries is an expatriate manager.

TRUE

AACSB: Analytic

BT: Knowledge

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: 16-1

Topic: The Strategic Role of International HRM

4. (p. 523) Equal employment legislation is strongly pursued in every country.

FALSE

AACSB: Diversity; Analytic

BT: Knowledge

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: 16-1

Topic: The Strategic Role of International HRM

5. (p. 523) A large and expanding body of academic research suggests a strong fit between human resource practices and strategy is required for high profitability.

TRUE

AACSB: Analytic

BT: Knowledge

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: 16-1

Topic: The Strategic Role of International HRM

6. (p. 523) For a firm to outperform its rivals in the global market place, it must have many subsidiaries all over the world.

FALSE

AACSB: Analytic

BT: Knowledge

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: 16-1

Topic: The Strategic Role of International HRM

7. (p. 523) A problem in international HRM is how to evaluate the performance of expatriate managers who are operating in very different circumstances from those found in the home country.

TRUE

AACSB: Analytic

BT: Knowledge

Difficulty: Easy

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