INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCES
MANAGEMENT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
2024
IHRM is - ANSWER The process of procuring, allocating and effectively utilising human resources in an
international business is called international human resources management (IHRM).
IHRM involves - ANSWER -Need for a broader perspective
-More involvement in employee personal lives
-Changes in emphasis as the workforce mix of expatriates and locals vary
-Risk exposure
-More external influences
Human Resource Planning - ANSWER •Difficulty in implementing HR in host countries
• Aligning strategic business planning to HRP and vice-versa
• Developmental opportunities for international managers.
Employee Hiring - ANSWER • Ability to mix with organisation's culture
• Ethnocentric, polycentric or geocentric staffing approach
• Selection of expatriates
• Coping with expatriate failure
• Managing repatriation process
Training and Development - ANSWER • Emphasis on cultural training
• Language training
• Training in manners and mannerism
Compensation - ANSWER • Devising an appropriate strategy to compensate expatriates
, • Minimising discrepancies in pay between parent, host and third country nationals
• Issues relating to the re-entry of expatriates into the home country
Performance Management - ANSWER • Constraints while operating in host countries need to be
considered
• Physical distance, time differences and cost of reporting system add to the complexity
• Need to evaluate subsidiary performance
Industrial Relations - ANSWER • Handling industrial relations problems in a subsidiary
• Attitude of parent company towards unions in a subsidiary
• Union tactics in subsidiaries
1 step in IHRM is - ANSWER HRP
2 step in IHRM is - ANSWER Recruitment and Selection
3 step in IHRM is - ANSWER Training and
Development
4 step in IHRM is - ANSWER Expatriation
5 step in IHRM is - ANSWER Performance
Management
6 step in IHRM is - ANSWER Remuneration
7 step in IHRM is - ANSWER Repatriation
8 step in IHRM is - ANSWER Employee relations
MANAGEMENT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
2024
IHRM is - ANSWER The process of procuring, allocating and effectively utilising human resources in an
international business is called international human resources management (IHRM).
IHRM involves - ANSWER -Need for a broader perspective
-More involvement in employee personal lives
-Changes in emphasis as the workforce mix of expatriates and locals vary
-Risk exposure
-More external influences
Human Resource Planning - ANSWER •Difficulty in implementing HR in host countries
• Aligning strategic business planning to HRP and vice-versa
• Developmental opportunities for international managers.
Employee Hiring - ANSWER • Ability to mix with organisation's culture
• Ethnocentric, polycentric or geocentric staffing approach
• Selection of expatriates
• Coping with expatriate failure
• Managing repatriation process
Training and Development - ANSWER • Emphasis on cultural training
• Language training
• Training in manners and mannerism
Compensation - ANSWER • Devising an appropriate strategy to compensate expatriates
, • Minimising discrepancies in pay between parent, host and third country nationals
• Issues relating to the re-entry of expatriates into the home country
Performance Management - ANSWER • Constraints while operating in host countries need to be
considered
• Physical distance, time differences and cost of reporting system add to the complexity
• Need to evaluate subsidiary performance
Industrial Relations - ANSWER • Handling industrial relations problems in a subsidiary
• Attitude of parent company towards unions in a subsidiary
• Union tactics in subsidiaries
1 step in IHRM is - ANSWER HRP
2 step in IHRM is - ANSWER Recruitment and Selection
3 step in IHRM is - ANSWER Training and
Development
4 step in IHRM is - ANSWER Expatriation
5 step in IHRM is - ANSWER Performance
Management
6 step in IHRM is - ANSWER Remuneration
7 step in IHRM is - ANSWER Repatriation
8 step in IHRM is - ANSWER Employee relations
