If a Load Report (Resource Requirements Profile) Shows a Work

question 122

Multiple Choice

If a load report (resource requirements profile) shows a work center scheduled beyond capacity:

• A) the company must add capacity by enlarging the facility.
• B) the company must add capacity by such tactics as overtime and subcontracting.
• C) the work center's load may be smoothed by such tactics as operations splitting or lot splitting.
• D) the aggregate plan must be revised.
• E) the Wagner-Whitin algorithm should be used to rebalance the load.

Explain the advantages and challenges of employing host-country nationals versus expatriates in foreign operations.

Understand the role of HR practices and labor force attributes in the international expansion of businesses.

Recognize the importance of cultural compatibility and flexibility for expatriates’ success in foreign assignments.

Acknowledge the legal and operational challenges in international human resource management, including workforce reduction and labor laws.

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Definitions:

Diminishing Returns

A principle stating that as additional units of a variable resource are added to a fixed resource, the marginal product of the variable resource will eventually decrease.

Fixed Input

A production factor that remains unchanged regardless of the level of output in the short run.

Marginal Product

The additional output generated by employing one more unit of a particular input, keeping other inputs constant.