Posted: May 13th, 2018

Strayer Bus325 quiz 8

Question 1

International
trade secretariats (ITS):
Answer

Are the
acts of staging an investment strikes by the multinational

Is a
loose confederation to provide worldwide links for the national unions in a
particular industry or trade

Is a
lobbyist for restrictive national legislation in the USA and Europe

Are
clearing houses for information on key labor provisions around the world

Question 2

Greater
emphasis on formal management controls and close reporting systems tend to be
present in:
Answer

European
firms

USA firms

Asian
firms

Australian
firms

Question 3

Generally
speaking, corporate headquarters:
Answer

Is
seldom involved in labor agreements made by foreign subsidiaries because
these agreements seldom effect international plans nor create precedents for
negotiations in other countries

Is
seldom involved in labor agreements made by foreign subsidiaries because
headquarters staff feel they do not understand local regulatory and
institutional contexts

Is
often involved in labor agreements made by foreign subsidiaries because
headquarters staff do not trust local labor specialist to bargain effectively

Will
become involved in labor agreements made by foreign subsidiaries because
these agreements may affect international plans and/or create precedents for
negotiations in other countries

Question 4

Iron rice
bowl refers to:
Answer

Additional
iron supplement added in a bowl of cereal

Guaranteed
continuation of employment

Exclusive
offshore activities in China

Stringent
compensation differentials

Question 5

McDonald’s
company policy is to staff its restaurants with:
Answer

90% nationals

Only
nationals

Bilingual
managers

Union
employees

Question 5

McDonald’s
company policy is to staff its restaurants with:
Answer

90%
nationals

Only
nationals

Bilingual
managers

Union
employees

Question 6

Ex-host-country
nationals ( EHCN) is
Answer

A
person who was fired in a MNE and wants to return to their home country

A
person who studied abroad and returns to their home country

A
manager who is transferred from one country to another and then returns to
the home country

An
international traveler who is banned from their home country

Question 7

Influencing
wage levels to the extent that cost structures become uncompetitive is:
Answer

A
byproduct of a successful subsidiary

A
result of government regulations

A
disadvantage of trade unions

A multinational
problem

Question 8

Multinationals
operating in Western Europe, Japan and Australia have a more serious problem
than wage level which is:
Answer

Restricted
to overtime provisions

Long
term labor contracts

The
ability to vary employment levels

Unpredictable
regulatory environment

Question 9

The
term “offshoring” is frequently used as a subcategory of:
Answer

MNE
training

Outsourcing

Drilling

Internationalizing

Question 10

A major
problem applying the strategy of lobbying for restrictive national legislation
is:
Answer

The
reality of conflicting national economic interest particularly in times of
economic downturn

The
reality of diffuse and uncoordinated legislative processes

The
reality of diverse interests by the many and varied union representatives as
they seek to approach legislators

The
reality of the complexity of labor legislation and the inability of most
individual legislators to understand the key issues involved

Question 11

Poor
subsidiary performance tends to:
Answer

Be
accompanied by decreased corporate level involvement in local industrial
relations

Be
accompanied by increased corporate level involvement in industrial relations

Encourage
the formation of labor unions

Be
independent of corporate level involvement in local industrial relations

Question 12

Guanxi
is:
Answer

A
network connection based on dyadic, personal relationships between people

A term
used to describe skill shortages in India and China

A
flourishing business process outsourcing industry

The
world’s largest International call center

Question 13

International
call-centers are an example of:
Answer

NGO

Social
dumping

Offshoring
activities

Lobbying

Question 14

Recent
evidence has shown that one of the priorities when making investment location
decisions is:
Answer

Presence
of unions

Capital
resource availability

Equal
opportunity government regulations

The
ability to dismiss employees

Question 15

A lack of
familiarity by multinational managers of local industrial and political
conditions has:
Answer

Worsened
a conflict with a local firm that could have been resolved

Conflicted
with social norms

Encouraged
the development of a union

Contributed
to the failure of a MNE

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