Question : 61.A(n) _____ staffing policy seeks the best people for key : 1299529

61.A(n) _____ staffing policy seeks the best people for key jobs throughout the organization, regardless of nationality.  

A. global

B. ethnocentric

C. geocentric

D. polycentric

E. transnational

62.How is a geocentric staffing policy beneficial to a firm?  

A. It requires the firm to provide little or no documentation to hire a foreign national.

B. It is inexpensive to implement.

C. It helps the firm follow a localization strategy.

D. It allows all key management positions to be filled by parent-country nationals.

E. It enables the firm to make the best use of its human resources.

63.What is the advantage of a geocentric staffing policy?  

A. It requires firms to provide little or no documentation to hire a foreign national.

B. It enables firms to build a cadre of international executives who feel at home working in a number of cultures.

C. It is inexpensive to implement the policy in a firm.

D. It allows all key management positions of the firms and their subsidiaries to be filled by parent-country nationals.

E. It helps firms to follow a localization strategy.

64.Firms pursuing a(n) _____ staffing policy may be better able to create value from the pursuit of experience curve and location economies than firms pursuing other staffing policies.  

A. domestic

B. eurocentric

C. ethnocentric

D. geocentric

E. local

65.Which of the following is an advantage of adopting a geocentric staffing approach?  

A. It tends to reduce cultural myopia and enhance local responsiveness.

B. It is inexpensive to implement.

C. It reduces the costs of value creation.

D. It allows all key management positions of a firm and its subsidiaries to be filled by parent-country nationals.

E. It requires minimal documentation for hiring foreign nationals.

66.Most countries require extensive documentation if they wish to hire a foreign national instead of a local national. This is a disadvantage of the _____ staffing approach.  

A. polycentric

B. geocentric

C. transnational

D. ethnocentric

E. local

67.Which of the following is an advantage of a geocentric approach to staffing for international businesses? 

A. It requires minimal documentation.

B. It is inexpensive to implement.

C. It helps build a strong culture and informal management networks.

D. It helps transfer core competencies to foreign operations.

E. It requires less management personnel to implement this staffing policy.

68.Which of the following is a disadvantage of adopting a geocentric staffing approach?  

A. Cultural myopia negatively influences effective management control.

B. Training and relocation costs increase when transferring managers from country to country.

C. Host-country nationals cannot progress beyond senior positions in their own subsidiary.

D. A gap forms between host-country managers and parent-country managers.

E. The lack of management transfers leads to a lack of integration between corporate headquarters and foreign subsidiaries.

69.Broadly speaking, a(n) _____ staffing approach is compatible with an international strategy. 

A. ethnocentric

B. geocentric

C. polycentric

D. transnational

E. ethical

70.Which of the following strategies is compatible with a geocentric staffing policy?  

A. Global standardization strategy

B. Localization strategy

C. International strategy

D. Ethical strategy

E. Global strategy