CLASS: M.A. H.R.M.
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St. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) TIRUCHIRAPPALLI – 620 002
SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS – APRIL 2010
TIME: 3 Hrs.
MAXIMUM MARKS: 100
SEM
SET
PAPER CODE
TITLE OF THE PAPER
II
2009
08PHR2109
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT
SECTION – A
Answer all the questions:
20 x 1 = 20
Choose the correct answer:
1.
The other name of expatriate is ________
a) Repatriate
c) Local assignee
b)
d)
International assignee
Culture agent
2.
Culture has often served simply as a synonym for ________
a) Nation
b) Language
c) Rituals
d) Sentiments
3.
________ is the initial stage for manufacturing firms entering international operations
a) Import
b) Export
c) Retail
d) Wholesale
4.
________ tend to be relationship or trait based
a) Soft goals
c) Contextual goals
b)
d)
In FCPA, 1977 the letter ‘C’ refers to ________
a) Country
b)
c) Convention
d)
State True or False:
Hard goals
Primary goals
5.
Commercial
Corrupt
6.
The field of IHRM has been characterized by three broad approaches.
7.
IHRM means less HR activities.
8.
Multinationals are born overnight.
9.
Most Mergers and Acquisitions fail because the new company does not go well.
10.
The expartiate is an agent of socialization.
Fill in the blanks:
11.
In _______ structure, the multinational is attempting to integrate its operations across more
than one dimension.
12.
________ are considered boundary spanners.
13.
The ________ of assignment contributes to adjustment and performance.
14.
Generally ________ expartiates are fewer.
15.
An international assignment can be compared with job ________
Answer in one or two sentences:
16.
What is culture shock?
17.
Define human competence.
18.
Write the expansion of ROI.
19.
What is EU?
20.
Which are the most frequent ethical problems encountered by international managers?
SECTION – B
Answer all the questions:
21.
a.
5 x 4 = 20
Differentiate IHRM from Domestic HRM.
OR
22.
b.
Who are the three categories of employees of an international firm?
a.
Compare and contrast ethnocentric and geocentric approaches to staffing.
OR
23.
b.
What are the various types of international assignments?
a.
Enumerate the uses of language training in the pre-departure program.
OR
24.
b.
What are the factors that determine the effectiveness of training?
a.
List out the different phases of repatriation process.
OR
25.
b.
Write short notes on social dumping.
a.
What are the four specific tasks to which expatriates are assigned to foreign assignments?
OR
b.
Explain ethics in international business.
SECTION – C
Answer any FOUR questions:
4 x 15 = 60
26.
Explain the 7Cs of IHRM.
27.
Write an essay on the problems of women expatriates.
28.
Define Training. Explain the role of training with special reference to IHRM.
29.
Describe the individual reactions to Re-entry.
30.
How to appraise the performance of international employees?
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