What Is an Advantage of a Polycentric Staffing Approach

question 3

Multiple Choice

What is an advantage of a polycentric staffing approach?

• A) It is less expensive to implement as compared to other staffing approaches.
• B) It gives host-country nationals unlimited opportunities to gain experience outside their own country.
• C) It increases career mobility.
• D) It increases interaction between the headquarters of a firm and its foreign subsidiaries.
• E) It bridges the gap between host-country managers and parent-country managers.

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Definitions:

First Stage Allocations

The process of assigning indirect costs to different departments or cost centers within a business.

Equipment Depreciation

The process of allocating the cost of tangible assets over their useful lives, reflecting the decrease in value due to use, wear and tear, or obsolescence.

Supervisory Expense

Costs associated with managerial or oversight activities within an organization, typically involving salaries and benefits of supervising staff.

Activity-Based Costing

A costing method that assigns overhead and indirect costs to specific activities related to production.