IBT FINAL EXAM

These are processes like interviews, psychological tests, assessment centers, work simulations or role plays, references, biographical and background data and so on.

• Selection Methods

• Selection Criteria              

• Choice of Evaluators      

• Selection Assessment

In theory, this is based on an analysis of the characteristics of the multinational, those of the subsidiary, the host country, and the position to fill.

• Selection Methods

• Selection Criteria              

• Choice of Evaluators      

• Selection Assessment

The assignee is taught the language of the region where he or she will be sent.

• Preliminary Visits or Look-see Visits

• Language Training     

• Practical Assistance    

• Cross-cultural Training

This is a trip to the host country offered to the assignee so that he or she can assess by himself the situation he or she will have to face.

• Preliminary Visits or Look-see Visits

• Language Training     

• Practical Assistance    

• Cross-cultural Training

This consists in arranging for the visas, for the transportation, finding a new accommodation for the family, new schools for the children, if it has not been done during the look-see trip, and so on.

• Preliminary Visits or Look-see Visits

• Language Training     

• Practical Assistance    

• Cross-cultural Training

The objective of this activity is to teach members of one culture to interact effectively with members of another culture, and to predispose them to a rapid adjustment to their new positions.

• Preliminary Visits or Look-see Visits

• Language Training     

• Practical Assistance    

• Cross-cultural Training

In this case, expatriation is no longer at the center of the international development strategy. The MNC treats each subsidiary as a distinct national entity and empowers it with some decision-making autonomy.

• Polycentric

• Regiocentric    

• Ethnocentric   

• Geocentric

The fourth attitude in managing and staffing their subsidiaries.

• Polycentric

• Regiocentric    

• Ethnocentric   

• Geocentric

Strategic decisions are made at headquarters, and foreign subsidiaries have little autonomy.

• Polycentric

• Regiocentric    

• Ethnocentric   

• Geocentric

The MNC that favors this approach adopts uniform practices for all managers within the same geographical zone.

• Polycentric

• Regiocentric    

• Ethnocentric   

• Geocentric