Question : 121.From a strategic perspective, the key issue in international labor : 1299535

 

121.From a strategic perspective, the key issue in international labor relations is:  

A. dealing with multiple business units.

B. the degree to which organized labor can limit the choices of an international business.

C. whether to hire parent-country nationals, host-country nationals, or third-country nationals.

D. helping expatriates cope with new role demands.

E. the extent to which a reciprocal tax treaty can be brought into effect.

122.In the context of international labor relations, which of the following is true of organized labor? 

A. It supports the pursuit of a transnational standardization strategy.

B. It supports the pursuit of a global standardization strategy.

C. It increases unintentional bias in evaluating the performance of expatriate managers.

D. It limits a firm’s ability to integrate and consolidate its global operations.

E. It reduces a firm’s ability to understand host-country cultural differences that require different approaches to marketing.

123.A principal concern of domestic unions about multinational firms is that the company can counter its bargaining power with:  

A. work schedules tied to global rather than domestic standards.

B. wage rates tied to global rather than domestic standards.

C. the power to import labor from abroad.

D. the power to move production to another country.

E. the retention of low-skilled tasks in home country.

124.In the context of international labor relations, which of the following is a concern of organized labor?  

A. An international business increases the bargaining power of organized labor.

B. An international business keeps highly skilled tasks in its home country and farms out only low-skilled tasks to foreign plants.

C. An international business faces difficulty in switching production from one location to another.

D. An international business does not import employment practices and contractual agreements from its home country.

E. An international business signs a reciprocal tax treaty with the host country.

125.In the context of international labor relations, a labor union concern arises when an international business:  

A. keeps low-skilled tasks in its home country.

B. signs a reciprocal tax treaty with the host country.

C. increases the bargaining power of organized labor.

D. faces difficulty in switching production from one location to another.

E. attempts to import employment practices and contractual agreements from its home country.

126.In the context of international labor relations, one of the reasons for a decline in union influence is the:  

A. introduction of a reciprocal tax treaty.

B. retention of low-skilled tasks in an international firm’s home country.

C. importing of employment practices and contractual agreements that are alien to the host country.

D. increased bargaining power of organized labor.

E. their increased ability to threaten to disrupt production, either by a strike or some other form of work protest.

127.Organized labor responds to the increased bargaining power of multinational corporations by:  

A. trying to impose regulations on multinationals through organizations such as GATT.

B. trying to achieve international regulations on multinationals through the United Nations.

C. trying to establish regional boards.

D. lobbying for multinational corporations to restrict their global reach to three or fewer foreign countries.

E. trying to develop a local trade forum.

128.In the 1960s, organized labor began to establish _____ to provide worldwide links for national unions in particular industries.  

A. HR watchdog groups

B. international trade secretariats

C. unorganized labor organizations

D. international orientation resources

E. reciprocal tax treaties

129.The long-term goal for organized labor to establish international trade secretariats was to:  

A. import employment practices and contractual agreements from the home country of the multinational firm.

B. retain low-skilled tasks in the host country.

C. prevent multinational firms from switching production from one location to another as economic conditions warrant.

D. introduce a reciprocal tax treaty.

E. be able to bargain transnationally with multinational firms.

130.In the 1960s, organized labor believed that by coordinating union action across countries through an international trade secretariat, it could counter the power of a multinational corporation by: 

A. threatening to disrupt production on an international scale.

B. introducing a reciprocal tax treaty.

C. trying to farm out highly skilled tasks back to the home country of the firm.

D. increasing its bargaining power.

E. lobbying for importing employment practices from the home country of the firm.

 

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