GPHR Global Professional in Human Resources

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Question 7

A product manager is sent around the world to visit the various engineering sites in order to help develop the appropriate customer customer specifications into the final product. According to Hofstede, which of the following is NOT a potential underlying cultural value that the product manager should consider as being implicit in the interactions with the engineers and their behavior ?

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  • Defined gender roles

  • Individualism vs. collectivism

  • Level of uncertainty avoidance

  • Universaliam vs. particularism

Question 8

The HR Director of a multinaltional, U.S. based company is proposing a staffing plan where foreign office are staffed with as many third country nationals as possible instead of expatriates. Which of the following is an advantage to utilizing third country nationals vs.

expatriates to fill international assignments?

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  • Helps to create a truly global workforce

  • Helps solve specific problems to meet specific needs

  • Facilitates global integration and standardization

  • Helps to develop a pool of global executives

Question 9

A company has two locations and is in the domestic stage of globalization. Headquarters is in the U.S. focused on R&D, and another site has been built in Asia to manufacture the product. The firm has identified an objective to become a truly multinational corporation in 5 years in order to become components will likely MOST benefit this company by pursuing international assignments?

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  • Better strategic decision-making

  • Management controls

  • Increased collaboration globally

  • Knowledge sharing