WGU D358 Global Human Resource
Management |OA| Objective Assessment
| 70 Actual Questions and Answers Latest
Updated 2025/2026 (Graded A+)
/. Culture - Answer-✅A characteristic way of behaving and believing that a group of
people have developed over time and share in common.
/.Group's culture - Answer-✅The shared beliefs, values, and behaviors that give a
sense of belonging and guide how a group should behave. It provides the capacity to
adapt to circumstances and transmit knowledge to succeeding generations.
/.Three layers of culture - Answer-✅Culture can be divided into three layers: invisible
culture, hidden culture, and surface culture.
/.Surface culture - Answer-✅The outer layer of culture that includes visible aspects
such as dress, food, architecture, customs, body language, gestures, etiquette, and gift
giving.
/.Hidden Culture - Answer-✅The underlying beliefs, values, and norms that are not
readily apparent but influence behavior. It includes beliefs about child rearing and views
of right or wrong.
/.Invisible Culture - Answer-✅The deepest layer of culture that consists of universal
truths and forms the basis for a culture's values and beliefs.
/.Cultural dimensions - Answer-✅Aspects of culture that can be measured and
compared across different societies. They include assertiveness, future orientation,
gender differentiation, uncertainty avoidance, power distance, institutional collectivism,
in-group collectivism, performance orientation, and humane orientation.
/.Convergence - Answer-✅The process of modern technology and modernizing
industries leading to firms adopting similar 'best practices'.
/.Divergence - Answer-✅The phenomenon where cultural values and practices of
countries continue to exert strong influences on their business and HR practices,
resulting in differences between nations.
,/.Cross-vergence - Answer-✅The intermixing of cultural systems between different
countries, leading to the emergence of new cultural norms and practices.
/.Globalization - Answer-✅The balance middle ground view that acknowledges the
impact of globalization on cultural convergence and divergence.
/.Limited research on international and comparative management - Answer-✅The
existing research in this field lacks analytical rigor, relies too heavily on descriptions of
organizational practices, suffers from expediency, and lacks sustained effort to develop
case material.
/.Forms of IHRM Research - Answer-✅There are four basic forms of research in
International Human Resources Management (IHRM).
/.Group culture's impact on management process - Answer-✅The culture of a group
has a significant impact on every aspect of the management process, including
decision-making, communication, and conflict resolution.
/.Forms of cross-cultural research - Answer-✅Universal, Situational, and Convergent
are the three fundamental forms of cross-cultural research that explore the impact of
culture on various aspects of human behavior and organizations.
/.Situations where cultural influences impact IHRM - Answer-✅One such situation is
recruitment and hiring practices, where cultural differences can affect the selection
criteria, interview processes, and candidate preferences.
/.Factors limiting IHRM research - Answer-✅Factors such as expense, travel,
experience, cooperation, time, and investments do not limit IHRM research, but they
can pose challenges in conducting comprehensive studies.
/.International Employee Performance Management System - Answer-✅A system
designed to measure the performance of individuals and teams, and set performance
expectations aligned with organizational objectives in a global workforce context.
/.Purpose of International Performance Management - Answer-✅To manage the
performance of the global workforce so that performances at individual, team, and
organizational levels contribute to strategic global objectives and desired multinational
enterprise (MNE) performance.
/.Influence of Cultural Values on Performance Management - Answer-✅Cultural value
dimensions such as power distance, collectivism, and harmony influence the evaluation
of performance in an international context.
/.Exportative Strategy - Answer-✅A strategy that involves developing the Project
Management system in the home country and transferring it to foreign units.
, /.Adaptive Strategy - Answer-✅A strategy that involves developing unique Performance
Management practices in each foreign unit.
/.Integrative Strategy - Answer-✅A strategy that combines local Performance
Management practices with those within the region and around the world.
/.Relevance (Guidelines) - Answer-✅Guidelines for ensuring the relevance of
performance management practices (refer to Exhibit 12.2).
/.Acceptability (Guidelines) - Answer-✅Guidelines for ensuring the acceptability of
performance management practices (refer to Exhibit 12.2).
/.Sensitivity (Guidelines) - Answer-✅Guidelines for ensuring the sensitivity of
performance management practices (refer to Exhibit 12.2).
/.Practicality (Guidelines) - Answer-✅Guidelines for ensuring the practicality of
performance management practices (refer to Exhibit 12.2).
/.IA Performance Appraisal Criteria - Answer-✅Qualifications, targets, attitude, and job
performance criteria used for performance appraisal (refer to Exhibit 12.3).
/.IA Performance Evaluation Criteria - Answer-✅Criteria related to the form, frequency,
and feedback used for performance evaluation.
/.Host-Country Managers' View - Answer-✅The perspective of managers in the foreign
subsidiary or joint venture, considering geographical, communicative, and cultural
distance from the home-country appraiser. Local management opinions are often
sought.
/.Challenge for Global Organizations - Answer-✅The need to develop and utilize skills
specific to international jobs, which differ from those in the domestic environment.
/.Use of Multiple Reviewers - Answer-✅The practice of involving multiple reviewers in
performance management to address potential issues and ensure fairness.
/.Business Strategy and Expectations - Answer-✅The influence of business strategy on
the overall expectations for individual employees' performance in specific countries.
/.International remuneration - Answer-✅Compensation and benefits structure for
employees of multinational enterprises (MNEs) in different locations and subsidiaries.
/.International assignment compensation - Answer-✅Compensation and benefits
provided to employees of MNEs who work globally.
Management |OA| Objective Assessment
| 70 Actual Questions and Answers Latest
Updated 2025/2026 (Graded A+)
/. Culture - Answer-✅A characteristic way of behaving and believing that a group of
people have developed over time and share in common.
/.Group's culture - Answer-✅The shared beliefs, values, and behaviors that give a
sense of belonging and guide how a group should behave. It provides the capacity to
adapt to circumstances and transmit knowledge to succeeding generations.
/.Three layers of culture - Answer-✅Culture can be divided into three layers: invisible
culture, hidden culture, and surface culture.
/.Surface culture - Answer-✅The outer layer of culture that includes visible aspects
such as dress, food, architecture, customs, body language, gestures, etiquette, and gift
giving.
/.Hidden Culture - Answer-✅The underlying beliefs, values, and norms that are not
readily apparent but influence behavior. It includes beliefs about child rearing and views
of right or wrong.
/.Invisible Culture - Answer-✅The deepest layer of culture that consists of universal
truths and forms the basis for a culture's values and beliefs.
/.Cultural dimensions - Answer-✅Aspects of culture that can be measured and
compared across different societies. They include assertiveness, future orientation,
gender differentiation, uncertainty avoidance, power distance, institutional collectivism,
in-group collectivism, performance orientation, and humane orientation.
/.Convergence - Answer-✅The process of modern technology and modernizing
industries leading to firms adopting similar 'best practices'.
/.Divergence - Answer-✅The phenomenon where cultural values and practices of
countries continue to exert strong influences on their business and HR practices,
resulting in differences between nations.
,/.Cross-vergence - Answer-✅The intermixing of cultural systems between different
countries, leading to the emergence of new cultural norms and practices.
/.Globalization - Answer-✅The balance middle ground view that acknowledges the
impact of globalization on cultural convergence and divergence.
/.Limited research on international and comparative management - Answer-✅The
existing research in this field lacks analytical rigor, relies too heavily on descriptions of
organizational practices, suffers from expediency, and lacks sustained effort to develop
case material.
/.Forms of IHRM Research - Answer-✅There are four basic forms of research in
International Human Resources Management (IHRM).
/.Group culture's impact on management process - Answer-✅The culture of a group
has a significant impact on every aspect of the management process, including
decision-making, communication, and conflict resolution.
/.Forms of cross-cultural research - Answer-✅Universal, Situational, and Convergent
are the three fundamental forms of cross-cultural research that explore the impact of
culture on various aspects of human behavior and organizations.
/.Situations where cultural influences impact IHRM - Answer-✅One such situation is
recruitment and hiring practices, where cultural differences can affect the selection
criteria, interview processes, and candidate preferences.
/.Factors limiting IHRM research - Answer-✅Factors such as expense, travel,
experience, cooperation, time, and investments do not limit IHRM research, but they
can pose challenges in conducting comprehensive studies.
/.International Employee Performance Management System - Answer-✅A system
designed to measure the performance of individuals and teams, and set performance
expectations aligned with organizational objectives in a global workforce context.
/.Purpose of International Performance Management - Answer-✅To manage the
performance of the global workforce so that performances at individual, team, and
organizational levels contribute to strategic global objectives and desired multinational
enterprise (MNE) performance.
/.Influence of Cultural Values on Performance Management - Answer-✅Cultural value
dimensions such as power distance, collectivism, and harmony influence the evaluation
of performance in an international context.
/.Exportative Strategy - Answer-✅A strategy that involves developing the Project
Management system in the home country and transferring it to foreign units.
, /.Adaptive Strategy - Answer-✅A strategy that involves developing unique Performance
Management practices in each foreign unit.
/.Integrative Strategy - Answer-✅A strategy that combines local Performance
Management practices with those within the region and around the world.
/.Relevance (Guidelines) - Answer-✅Guidelines for ensuring the relevance of
performance management practices (refer to Exhibit 12.2).
/.Acceptability (Guidelines) - Answer-✅Guidelines for ensuring the acceptability of
performance management practices (refer to Exhibit 12.2).
/.Sensitivity (Guidelines) - Answer-✅Guidelines for ensuring the sensitivity of
performance management practices (refer to Exhibit 12.2).
/.Practicality (Guidelines) - Answer-✅Guidelines for ensuring the practicality of
performance management practices (refer to Exhibit 12.2).
/.IA Performance Appraisal Criteria - Answer-✅Qualifications, targets, attitude, and job
performance criteria used for performance appraisal (refer to Exhibit 12.3).
/.IA Performance Evaluation Criteria - Answer-✅Criteria related to the form, frequency,
and feedback used for performance evaluation.
/.Host-Country Managers' View - Answer-✅The perspective of managers in the foreign
subsidiary or joint venture, considering geographical, communicative, and cultural
distance from the home-country appraiser. Local management opinions are often
sought.
/.Challenge for Global Organizations - Answer-✅The need to develop and utilize skills
specific to international jobs, which differ from those in the domestic environment.
/.Use of Multiple Reviewers - Answer-✅The practice of involving multiple reviewers in
performance management to address potential issues and ensure fairness.
/.Business Strategy and Expectations - Answer-✅The influence of business strategy on
the overall expectations for individual employees' performance in specific countries.
/.International remuneration - Answer-✅Compensation and benefits structure for
employees of multinational enterprises (MNEs) in different locations and subsidiaries.
/.International assignment compensation - Answer-✅Compensation and benefits
provided to employees of MNEs who work globally.
