Baddi University End-Semester Examination

Programme: MBA Branch : SMS Session: 2019-20

Semester: 4th Course Code- PBA-H51 Course Title: IHRM
Max. Marks: 50 Time duration- 40 min Total Number of Questions: 50

1. A person working in a high-contact culture will most likely experience which of the

following?

A) co-workers spending time together socially

B) managers using hand motions to express emotion

C) managers speaking to subordinates quickly and rudely

D) co-workers greeting each other with a double handshake

2. The considerable variation between Americans and Chinese in the use of silence during

meetings is an aspect of ________.

A) proxemics

B) haptics

C) paralanguage

D) object language

3. A major difference between International HRM and Domestic HRM is the

(a) Increased complexities such as currency fluctuations, foreign HR policies and practices, and

differing labour laws

(b) Number of employees covered by the HR policies

(c) Ease with which employees adjust to new cultures

(d) Development of effective cross-border management styles

4. HRM as practised by multinational organisations is called

(a) global HRM

(b) personnel management practices

(c) domestic HRM

(d) international HRM

5. When a person from one culture communicates with a person from another culture they are

engaging in

(a) cross-cultural communication

(b) two-way communication

(c) multi-focus communication

(d) verbal communication

6. Cultures where non-verbal communications and indirect language are used to transfer

meaning are described as

(a) low-context cultures

(b) medium-context cultures

(c) context cultures

(d) high-context cultures

7. In cultures that emphasise hierarchy and status employees expect the overriding style of

their managers to be

(a) participative

(b) egalitarian

(c) consultative

(d) autocratic
8. Employees in countries such as Australia and the United States, expect to have a much

greater say in decision making and more autonomy in their work. These cultures have been

described as having

(a) low power distance

(b) high power distance

(c) equality of status

(d) cooperative work environments

9. Cultures that value hierarchy and status differentials will have compensation strategies that

(a) have an emphasis on individual achievements

(b) promote and reinforce differentials

(c) minimise status differentials

(d) are based on group performance and individual seniority

10. When a person from one culture communicates with a person from another culture they are

engaging in cross-cultural communications. ( T/F)

11. The sharing of a set of moral values so that expectations of regular and honest behaviour

are created leads to the development of trust. ( T/F)

12. Companies that operate internationally find that transplanting an existing performance

appraisal system from head office is very effective. ( T/F)

13. Effective managers use one consistent style of management in all situations. ( T/F)

14. Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons that language frequently causes

miscommunication during international business situations?

A) being unable to speak a local language

B) translating a local language too literally

 C) missing meanings conveyed through body language

D) assuming that others use similar reasoning processes

15. Posture, gestures, facial expressions, and eye contact are examples of ________.

A) kinesics behaviour

B) proxemics

C) paralanguage

D) verbal communication

16. HRM as practised by multinational organisations is called

(a) Global HRM

(b) Personnel management practices

(c) Domestic HRM

(d) International HRM

17. The key questions to be asked when developing an international HRM policy is

(a) Who is going to coordinate the HRM functions?

(b) What type of organisation is desired?

(c) How can cross-border training be designed?

(d) When should the HR manager begin developing HR policies?

18. Whirlpool’s use of a performance management system worldwide is an example of

(a) extended management control over employees

(b) attempts to increase productivity in all its branches

(c) an international HRM policy

 (d) a policy that has adopted a global village philosophy

19. Fraud, bribery, graft and the payment of secret commissions and kickbacks is

(a) corruption

(b) normal business practice

(c) standard behaviour

(d) an ethical dilemma

20. All aspects of training and development in international organisations are affected by all of

the following except

(a) cultural differences

(b) diversity of the work force

(c) financial costs

(d) language differences

21. Managing tasks effectively' comes from

a) personal competencies

b) interpersonal competencies

c) business management

d) Both A and C

22. In cultures that emphasise hierarchy and status employees expect the overriding style of

their managers to be

(a) participative

(b) egalitarian

(c) consultative
 (d) autocratic

23. What type of staffing strategy hires host-country nationals for positions in the company

from mail room clerks all the way up to the executive suites?

a) Ethnocentric

b) Polycentric

c) Third-country approach

d) Geocentric

24. All aspects of training and development in international organisations are affected by all of

the following except

(a) cultural differences

(b) diversity of the work force

(c) financial costs

(d) language differences

25. Cultures that value hierarchy and status differentials will have compensation strategies that

(a) have an emphasis on individual achievements

(b) promote and reinforce differentials

(c) minimise status differentials

(d) are based on group performance and individual seniority

26. Compensation strategies that reward individual performance and the acquisition of

individual skills and know-how are common in

(a) individualistic cultures

 (b) egalitarian cultures

(c) collectivist cultures

d) risk-averse cultures

27. National culture does not have any impact on compensation strategies. (T/F)

28. The main focus on IHRM is the…

a) management of expatriates

b) world-wide management of people

c) management of small businesses internationally

d) management of international organisations

29. _______________ Convergence refers to a situation where the countries are actually

becoming more similar.

a) Cultural

b) Final

c) Initial

d) Directional

30. International organisations normally employ expatriates in the following roles, except…

a) country manager

b) technical specialist

c) financial controller

d) union leader

31. International HRM originally consisted of three major clusters on inquiry, namely:
 a) the conduct of people management in internationally operating companies

b) the international transfer of staff, focused on expatriation

c) comparing HRM policies and practices across different countries

d) comparing different culture with each other

1 a, b and c

2 b, c and d

3 a, c and d

4 a, b, c and d

32. In international human resource management, communication in polycentric organisations

is _________________.

a) totally connected in a network of subsidiaries and subsidiaries with headquarters

b) little among subsidiaries and little between the subsidiary and headquarters

c) from headquarters to local subsidiaries

d) little between the subsidiary and headquarters, medium to high among subsidiaries in

regions

33. In international human resource management, communications in regio-centric

organisations are _________________.

a) totally connected in a network of subsidiaries and subsidiaries with headquarters

b) little among subsidiaries and little between the subsidiary and headquarters

c) from headquarters to local subsidiaries

d) little between the subsidiary and headquarters, medium to high among subsidiaries in

regions
34. In international human resource management, geocentric organisations are usually staffed

with _________________.

a) home country managers

b) the best people where they can be utilised the best

c) host country managers

d) managers that may come from nations within the region

35. In international human resource management, polycentric organisations are usually staffed

with _________________.

a) home country managers

b) the best people where they can be utilised the best

c) host country managers

d) managers that may come from nations within the region

36. In international human resource management, ethnocentric organisations are usually

staffed with _________________.

a) home country managers

b) the best people where they can be utilised the

c) host country managers

d) managers that may come from nations within the region

37. _________________ Clubs are groups of international organisations sharing pay and cost

of living information.

a) Salary

b) Benefit
c) Expatriate

d) Repatriate

38. Mention the cultural variables given by GLOBE?

39. What is Repatriation? Define culture shock?

40. Define PCN

41. What is cross cultural management?

42. Mention any one code of Cultural ethics.

43. What does LTO stand in Hofstede's model?

44. Define Multidomestic Industry.

45. What is Pre-departure Training?

46. What is Ethno relativism?

47. Define Trans -national?

48. Define TCN?

49. Write any one difference between Domestic HRM and International HRM?

50. Write any one important factor involved in selection decision?